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Connect Indexbrain to Linear to search issues with real filters, and — the only write-capable integration in Indexbrain today — create issues, update them, and add comments directly from conversation.

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Setup

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Go to Integrations

Navigate to Settings > Integrations > Linear.
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Authorize

Click Connect and authorize Indexbrain in Linear.
Linear now requests both read and write scope. If you connected Linear before this shipped, reconnect — your existing connection only has read access and won’t be able to create issues, update them, or post comments until you reauthorize.
Every other Indexbrain integration is read-only by design. Linear is the one deliberate exception — the write actions below are real: they create, change, and post to your actual Linear workspace, visible to your whole team.

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Capabilities

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Search and analyze issues

Issue search resolves into real filters against Linear’s API — state, team, assignee, title, and priority — not fuzzy text search over flattened issues. Filters combine with AND.

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Create new issues

You’ll always be shown the exact title, team, and description before it’s created — Indexbrain confirms with you first, then creates the real issue and gives you the link.

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Update existing issues

Updates the issue’s state, title, or priority. Confirmed with you before the change is made.

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Comment on issues

Posts a real, visible comment to the issue — confirmed with you first.

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What gets synced

  • Issues — all states, including cancelled/duplicate (kept deliberately — “we tried X, cancelled it” is real decision history, not noise).
  • Comments on each issue.
  • Team, assignee, labels, priority, and workflow state.
Updates are picked up correctly — a state change, a new comment, or an edited description refreshes on the next sync rather than the item staying frozen at its first-synced state.

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How data moves

Linear syncs on your configured processing interval by default, and live — once the Linear webhook is registered (a one-time setup step in Linear’s own workspace settings), an issue being created, updated, or commented on is picked up within about a minute instead of waiting for the next scheduled sync.

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What Indexbrain does not do in Linear (yet)

  • No projects, cycles, or roadmaps — issues only.
  • Combined/complex filters beyond AND — “bugs OR features” isn’t supported, only ANDed conditions.
  • Bulk operations — one issue at a time, not “close all issues tagged X.”

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Troubleshooting

  • Reconnect Linear — connections made before write access shipped only have read scope.
  • Confirm the team name or issue identifier you used matches Linear exactly.
  • Confirm the property name and value match how they appear in Linear (e.g. the exact workflow state name, the team’s key like “ENG” not its full name).
  • If the live webhook isn’t registered yet, it can take up to your configured processing interval to appear.