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Issue Create

Linear

Create an issue in a connected Linear workspace with team, title and optional fields.

Capability
Issue management
Current price
$0.0050/call
Availability
Connected app
Last accepted verification

What this API does

Creates one Linear issue through a fixed GraphQL mutation. Supports an optional description, priority, state, assignee, cycle, labels and project; it cannot delete or archive issues. Always one upstream request at $0.0050.

Agents select this operation with tool ID linear.issue-create, then inspect its current executable contract before a run.

Public input and output shape

Input

bodyobject · required

Bounded request body sent to the connected application.

Output

dataobject

Returned data value.

Example request and output

This reviewed worked example is shared with inspect. Inspect also returns the current executable schema and price estimate before a paid run.

Request

{
  "tool_id": "linear.issue-create",
  "input": {
    "body": {
      "input": {
        "title": "Audit customer onboarding drop-off",
        "teamId": "YOUR-LINEAR-TEAM-ID",
        "priority": 2,
        "description": "Identify the highest-friction onboarding step and propose one measurable correction."
      }
    }
  }
}

Output

{
  "data": {
    "issueCreate": {
      "issue": {
        "id": "11111111-2222-4333-8444-555555555557",
        "state": {
          "name": "Backlog",
          "type": "backlog"
        },
        "title": "Audit customer onboarding drop-off",
        "priority": 2,
        "identifier": "ENG-43",
        "description": "Identify the highest-friction onboarding step and propose one measurable correction."
      },
      "success": true
    }
  }
}
Teaching errors and limitations
  • connection_required: This capability acts on your own Linear workspace, which isn't connected yet.Open connect_url, approve read and write access, then retry this run unchanged.
  • invalid_input: Linear requires a valid team id and non-empty issue title.example: {"body":{"input":{"teamId":"team-uuid","title":"Investigate failed checkout"}}}
Updated
18 August 2026

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