OpenClaw × Linear Integration

Basic Information

• Company/Brand: OpenClaw / Community Ecosystem / stepandel / NexAgents / Composio
• Country/Region: Global
• Official Website: https://openclaw.ai/
• Type: Open-source AI Agent - Linear Project Management Integration
• Founded: November 2025 (Platform Creation), Rapid Development of Linear Integration in 2026

Product Description

The OpenClaw × Linear integration deeply connects OpenClaw AI agents with the Linear project management tool. OpenClaw's AI assistant "speaks Linear fluently," bringing speed and elegance to voice and chat-based project management. stepandel released the openclaw-linear plugin (npm package) on GitHub, providing a complete Linear integration solution. This integration grants the AI assistant full access to the workspace through Linear's GraphQL API, receives Linear Webhook events, routes them through a persistent work queue, and offers tools for managing Issues, comments, projects, teams, and relationships.

Core Features/Characteristics

• Instant Issue Creation: Create well-formatted Linear Issues in less than a second
• Automatic Triage: Automatically summarize, categorize, and route received Issues to the correct team
• Cross-Referencing: Link Issues, reference duplicates, and maintain relationships between tickets
• Cycle Progress Monitoring: View Cycle progress, burn-down trends, and roadmap status
• Multi-Project Tracking: Monitor roadmap progress across multiple projects
• Deep GraphQL API Integration: Access the entire workspace through Linear's GraphQL API
• Webhook Event-Driven: Receive Linear events and process them through a persistent work queue
• OAuth/API Key Authentication: Supports both OAuth and API key authentication methods

Business Model

• Open-source core free (MIT License)
• openclaw-linear npm package (open-source and free, v0.7.1)
• AI model API call fees (paid by users)
• Composio certification management (free tier + paid tier)

Target Users

• Linear users and teams
• Modern software development teams
• Product management teams
• Startup engineering teams
• Teams that prefer streamlined project management

Competitive Advantages

• Extremely Fast: Issue creation in less than a second, aligning with Linear's "speed" product philosophy
• Deep Integration: GraphQL API provides full workspace access, unlike the limited operations of REST APIs
• Event-Driven: Webhook events processed through a persistent work queue ensure reliability
• Community-Driven: openclaw-linear released on npm with an active community
• AI-Native Triage: Automatic summarization, categorization, and routing reduce manual triage burden

Market Performance

• stepandel's openclaw-linear plugin released v0.7.1 on npm
• getopenclaw.ai launched a dedicated Linear integration guide page
• NexAgents published the blog post "OpenClaw + Linear: AI-Enhanced Project Tracking"
• Composio provided an integration solution for Linear MCP + OpenClaw
• Linear integration is the fastest-growing integration among OpenClaw's modern development teams

Relationship with OpenClaw Ecosystem

The Linear integration is one of the core components of OpenClaw's project management automation (No. 230), complementing the Jira integration (No. 231) — Jira serves large enterprise teams, while Linear serves modern startup teams. It collaborates deeply with the GitHub integration (No. 232) to automate code changes to Issue status updates. The release of openclaw-linear as an npm package demonstrates the standardized development path for third-party integrations within the OpenClaw ecosystem. The involvement of NexAgents and Composio indicates the formation of a commercial ecosystem around OpenClaw integrations.