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Linear Workflow

  • 146 installs
  • 128 repo stars
  • Updated July 24, 2026
  • finesssee/linear-cli

Start and stop work on Linear issues from the terminal, optionally creating a git branch, and get the current issue from the git branch.

About

A CLI skill for the Linear work lifecycle: start an issue (assign and set In Progress), stop it, and resolve the current issue from the git branch. A developer uses it to tie git work to Linear issues.

  • i start --checkout assigns, sets In Progress, creates branch
  • context resolves the issue from the current git branch

Linear Workflow by the numbers

  • 146 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • Ranked #1,194 of 3,282 Productivity & Planning skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Data as of Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
npx skills add https://github.com/finesssee/linear-cli --skill linear-workflow

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Installs146
repo stars128
Last updatedJuly 24, 2026
Repositoryfinesssee/linear-cli

What it does

Start and stop work on Linear issues from the terminal, optionally creating a git branch, and get the current issue from the git branch.

Files

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Workflow Commands

Start Work

# Start working (assigns to you, sets In Progress)
linear-cli i start LIN-123

# Start + create git branch
linear-cli i start LIN-123 --checkout

Stop Work

# Stop working (unassigns, resets status)
linear-cli i stop LIN-123

Get Current Issue

# Get issue from current git branch
linear-cli context
linear-cli context --output json

Full Workflow

# 1. Start
linear-cli i start LIN-123 --checkout

# 2. Code...

# 3. Create PR
linear-cli g pr LIN-123

# 4. Done
linear-cli i update LIN-123 -s Done

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