Linear
Project tracking software for product teams, with AI agents built in.
- Type
- Apps
- Last shipped
- Oct 22, 2026
Everything Linear shipped
October 2026
- New feature
Linear now lets users trigger Loops from Slack and GitHub, share them as templates, and customize their reasoning levels.
- Availability
Linear made guided reviews available on the Basic plan, surfacing key changes first and explaining them alongside the diff in large pull requests.
- New feature
Linear Diffs now displays stacked pull requests, so users can split complex changes into scoped reviews while keeping the full picture.
September 2026
- New feature
Linear's MCP now gives access to custom views.
- New feature
Linear coding sessions can now access environment secrets during install, to securely fetch private dependencies and other environment configuration.
- New feature
Linear coding agent now automatically picks a model for each issue, sending simpler tasks to a faster model and complex work to the default reasoning model.
- New feature
Linear Inbox is now available through MCP, so agents can read and manage a user's notifications.
- New model
Linear added OpenAI GPT-6 Sol, GPT-6 Luna, and Claude Opus 5.5 as model choices in its coding sessions.
- New feature
Linear now lets users drop .md and .txt files in as content instead of attachments.
- New feature
Linear Loops can now be triggered by project, initiative, cycle, and issue changes, edit documents automatically, and send tailored Slack updates.
- New feature
Linear Agent can now draft projects in a new project composer that pulls in context, sharpens the brief, and builds a plan before creation.
- New feature
Linear Loops can now run on specific days of the week.
- New feature
Linear added a priority inbox that surfaces a user's most important notifications in a dedicated view.
- Availability
Linear made third-party app approvals available on every paid plan, letting workspace admins approve apps before they gain access to company data.
- New feature
Linear Agent now reacts to a message instead of replying when no response is needed.
- New model
Linear made Claude Fable 5.1 available in its coding sessions.
August 2026
- New feature
Linear's desktop app can now tidy up inactive tabs automatically.
- New feature
Linear now shows merge queue status in diffs, including where a pull request sits in the queue and when it is expected to merge.
