ops-linear

Productivity

Linear command center. Shows current sprint, creates/updates issues, manages priorities, syncs with GSD phases.

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OPS ► LINEAR COMMAND CENTER

Runtime Context

Before executing, load available context:

Secrets: Linear API key required for MCP fallback queries.

Secret Resolution
- Check $LINEAR_API_KEY env var
- Then: Doppler MCP tools (mcp__doppler__*) — if Doppler MCP server is configured
- Then: doppler secrets get LINEAR_API_KEY --plain (if doppler CLI configured in prefs)
- Then: use password_manager_config.query_cmd from ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA_DIR:-$HOME/.claude/plugins/data/ops-ops-marketplace}/preferences.json
- If unavailable, use Linear MCP tools exclusively (no curl fallback possible)
Preferences: Read ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA_DIR}/preferences.json for secrets_manager / doppler config.

CLI/API Reference

Linear GraphQL (fallback when MCP unavailable)

Command	Usage	Output
`curl -X POST https://api.linear.app/graphql -H "Authorization: $LINEAR_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"query":"{ issues(filter: {state: {type: {in: [\"started\",\"unstarted\"]}}}) { nodes { id title state { name } priority assignee { name } } } }"}'`	Active issues	JSON
`curl -X POST https://api.linear.app/graphql -H "Authorization: $LINEAR_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"query":"{ cycles(filter: {isActive: {eq: true}}) { nodes { id number startsAt endsAt } } }"}'`	Current cycles	JSON

Phase 1 — Load data

Run in parallel:

mcp__linear__list_teams — get all team IDs
mcp__linear__list_issues — get issues with cycle filter (use GraphQL fallback for cycle queries if needed)

Then fetch issues for the current cycle: mcp__linear__list_issues filtered to current cycle ID.

Route by `$ARGUMENTS`

Argument	Action
(empty), sprint	Show current sprint board
backlog	Show unassigned/unscheduled issues
create [title]	Create a new issue (prompt for details)
update [id]	Update issue by ID
sync	Sync GSD phases to Linear issues
[issue-id]	Show and edit that specific issue

Sprint board view

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
 LINEAR ► SPRINT [N] — [start] → [end]
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IN PROGRESS
 [id]  [priority]  [title]  [assignee]  [estimate]

TODO
 [id]  [priority]  [title]  [assignee]  [estimate]

DONE THIS SPRINT
 [id]  [title]  [completed date]

BLOCKED / CANCELLED
 [id]  [title]  [reason]

──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 Sprint velocity: [done points] / [total points] ([%])
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Use batched AskUserQuestion calls (max 4 options each):

AskUserQuestion call 1:

  [Create new issue]
  [Update issue status]
  [Move issue to/from sprint]
  [More...]

AskUserQuestion call 2 (only if "More..."):

  [View backlog]
  [Sync with GSD phases]

Create issue flow

Collect from user (or parse from $ARGUMENTS):

Title
Team (list choices if ambiguous)
Priority (urgent/high/medium/low)
Cycle (current sprint or backlog)
Assignee (optional)
Estimate (optional)

Use mcp__linear__create_issue to create. Confirm: Created [id]: [title]

GSD sync flow

Read all active GSD STATE.md files across projects. For each active phase:

Check if a Linear issue exists with matching phase reference.
If not, offer to create one.
If status differs (GSD says done, Linear says in-progress), offer to sync.

Update Linear issues to match GSD phase completion status.

Use AskUserQuestion after displaying any view to get the next action.

Native tool usage

Tasks — sprint work tracking

When the user starts working on a Linear issue, use TaskCreate to track it locally. Update with TaskUpdate as the issue progresses. This bridges Linear state with local session state.

WebFetch — Linear API fallback

When Linear MCP tools hit quota limits or fail, fall back to WebFetch with the Linear GraphQL API:

WebFetch(url: "https://api.linear.app/graphql", method: "POST", headers: {"Authorization": "$LINEAR_API_KEY"}, body: '{"query":"{ issues(filter: {cycle: {id: {eq: \"<id>\"}}}}) { nodes { id title state { name } } } }"}')