Impact Score: 5/10
Linear: Deeplink to AI coding tools
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Component: linear Β· Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-10-31.
β‘ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Linear 2026-02-26-deeplink-to-ai-coding-to. Source highlight: Starting an issue used to mean manually creating a feature branch. Now it means assembling the right context so your coding agent can take a first pass. Weβve made this much easier to do in Linear.
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Starting an issue used to mean manually creating a feature branch. Now it means assembling the right context so your coding agent can take a first pass. Weβve made this much easier to do in Linear.
You can now launch your preferred coding tool directly from a Linear issue, with a prefilled prompt that includes the issue ID and all relevant context: description, comments, updates, linked references, and images. No copying or reformatting required.
Open in a coding tool by pressing
Cmd
Option
.
(Mac) or
Ctrl
Alt
.
(Windows/Linux) to launch your most recently used tool,
W
then
O
to choose from your enabled tools, or by clicking the button next to the issue identifier.
Supported tools:
Claude Code
Codex
Conductor
Cursor
GitHub Copilot
OpenCode
Replit
v0
Zed
Prompt templates can also be customized to add standing instructions for how your agent should approach issues. For example, you may always want your agent to give you a detailed plan before writing any code.
Configure your personal coding tools, prompt template, and more in
preferences
.
Linear in Notionβs Custom Agents
Create and update Linear issues and projects using Notionβs new
Custom Agents
. Flexibly and seamlessly connect your workflows across both tools.
API
Markdown:
Previously uploaded file links now render correctly in the editor when used in mutations
Webhooks:
Project webhooks now trigger on milestone and relation changes
Fixes
Agent sessions:
Fixed agent sessions remaining associated when an issue is archived, allowing them to be restored along with the issue
Documents:
Fixed a bug where switching tabs while commenting on a document would lose the draft of the comment
Editor:
Fixed an issue preventing editing an empty Mermaid diagram in fullscreen mode
Insights:
Fixed an issue where Insights in fullscreen would not reopen after pressing Back when opening an issue
iOS:
Corrected SLA history duration rendering in issue activity when SLA start times are reset, including proper βagoβ formatting for pre-start breach timestamps
Lists:
Fixed an issue with selecting a parent when a child issue is already selected
Locale:
Fixed a crash that could occur when using an unknown system locale
Project Labels:
Fixed an issue adding new labels to existing project label groups in some scenarios
Project Milestones:
Fixed drag-and-drop glitches on the project overview page
Project Updates:
Fixed an issue where updates could post to Slack twice
Pulse:
Fixed daily Pulse project/update links incorrectly pointing to
example.com
Settings:
Fixed editing statuses occasionally getting stuck in a pending state
Views:
Fixed inline search on view lists not reliably returning results.
Improvements
Images:
Removed meaningless image captions (such as hashes or UUIDs) from display
Issue Templates:
Default template statuses are now respected in more situations
Webhooks:
Added a
diffMarkdown
field to project and initiative update webhook payloads, providing a formatted summary of changes between updates
Emojis:
Improved emoji search performance for organizations with many custom emojis
Agent sessions:
Thought items in the session sheet now render as full rich text instead of a single truncated line
MCP server
Issues:
Added SLA status to issue responses
Issues:
Improved support for parent labels
Issues:
Added support for filtering issues without an assignee
Issues:
Combined
create_issue
and
update_issue
tools into a single
save_issue
tool.
Projects:
Added support for looking up projects by slug
Keyboard shortcuts
The
/
key now correctly types as a character in action menu text fields when text is present, instead of always triggering search