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Issue Get

Linear

Retrieve an issue from a connected Linear workspace by identifier.

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

What this API does

Retrieves issue details, status, assignee, team, project and labels through a fixed read-only GraphQL document. Always one upstream request at $0.0050.

Agents select this operation with tool ID linear.issue-get, 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-get",
  "input": {
    "body": {
      "id": "YOUR-LINEAR-ISSUE-ID"
    }
  }
}

Output

{
  "data": {
    "issue": {
      "id": "11111111-2222-4333-8444-555555555556",
      "state": {
        "name": "Backlog",
        "type": "backlog"
      },
      "title": "Prepare launch readiness brief",
      "priority": 0,
      "identifier": "ENG-42",
      "description": "Document the final launch risks, owners, rollback criteria and verification evidence."
    }
  }
}
Teaching errors and limitations
  • connection_required: This capability acts on your own Linear workspace, which isn't connected yet.Open connect_url, approve read access, then retry this run unchanged.
  • invalid_input: Linear could not resolve the supplied issue id.example: {"body":{"id":"ENG-42"}}
Updated
18 August 2026

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