---
title: "Connect Linear to OpenClaw"
description: "Connect Linear so your assistant can answer questions about your issues, projects, and cycles using your own workspace access."
updated: 2026-06-11
canonical: https://holaclaw.ai/docs/connectors/connect-linear
---

Connecting Linear lets your assistant reach into the issues, projects, and cycles from your Linear workspace — so you can stay on top of what's in flight by just asking. Once it's wired up, your assistant (powered by OpenClaw under the hood) looks things up with your own Linear access and answers you wherever you're chatting.

```provider-card
name: Linear
company: linear.app
tagline: Issues, projects, and cycles from your Linear workspace.
hue: 280
auth: Sign in with Linear
best-for: Staying on top of issues and cycles
```

## What you'll need

- A **Linear account** with access to the workspace you want to ask about. Sign in with the account that's already a member of that workspace.
- A **running assistant**. Connectors are set up per-assistant, and the sign-in happens inside that assistant's private VM, so it needs to be awake.

## Connect it

1. Open the assistant you want to give access to, and make sure it's **running**.
2. Click **Connectors** in the sidebar to open the catalog.
3. Search for **Linear** in the box at the top to filter the list.
4. Click **Authorize** on the Linear card.
5. Your browser opens **Linear's own consent screen** — Linear's page, on Linear's site.
6. Sign in if you aren't already, review what's being requested, and **approve** it.
7. Switch back to HolaClaw. The connector verifies the connection and moves to **Active**.

For the full generic walkthrough and troubleshooting, see [Connect a service](/docs/connectors/connect-a-service).

## Try it

With Linear connected, message your assistant:

- *What's in my current Linear cycle?*
- *Which Linear issues are assigned to me?*
- *Summarize where the mobile project stands*

## If it stops working

If the Linear connector shows **Re-authorize**, your sign-in has expired or you revoked it from Linear's side. Click **Re-authorize** and approve again in the browser — nothing to reconfigure. For everything else, see the troubleshooting section in [Connect a service](/docs/connectors/connect-a-service).

## A quick word on privacy

Your Linear access token lives **inside the assistant's private VM on your Mac** — never on HolaClaw's servers, and we never see your password. Connectors are **per-assistant**, so authorizing Linear here gives it to this assistant only. You can also revoke access anytime from Linear's own authorized-apps settings.

## Next steps

Want the bigger picture on connectors? See [What are connectors](/docs/connectors/what-are-connectors). And if Linear won't cooperate, the [HolaClaw Discord](https://discord.gg/FbxAbS5sGQ) is a friendly place to ask.