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Linear

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Velocity7.5

Issue tracking and project management for software teams

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Linear closes the loop from issue to shipped code, with agents doing the writing.

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◆Current state
Linear has spent the past two months turning its agent from a planning aid into a coding participant. Code Intelligence gave the agent codebase reasoning, MCP brought in external context, Diffs added native review, and Coding sessions now let it write and ship code with Claude Code and Codex. The project tracker is becoming the place where work is also executed, not just coordinated.
◆Where it's heading
The direction is unmistakable: Linear wants the full plan-write-review-ship loop to live inside its workspace. Each release this quarter has filled one gap in that loop, and the surrounding work (Slack/Teams channels, team documents, releases tracking) keeps feeding the agent more context to act on. Expect the boundary between Linear and the IDE/GitHub to keep blurring.
◆Prediction
Next moves likely deepen the coding-session workflow visible in these entries: more review automation on top of Diffs, and tighter loops between agent-written PRs and deployment tracking via Releases.

◆Recent moves

  1. 16d ago

    Coding sessions in Linear

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    The capstone of Linear's agent arc: after teaching the agent to read code (Code Intelligence) and review it (Diffs), the agent can now write it. This closes the plan-write-review-ship loop entirely inside Linear.

  2. 23d ago

    Team documents

    A dedicated team page for notes, docs, and shared references that don't belong to a single issue or project. Useful context plumbing that also gives the agent more durable team knowledge to draw on.

  3. 1mo ago

    Linear Diffs

    Native code-diff review inside Linear, synced back to GitHub. A real step toward owning the review stage of the loop, though it builds toward the coding-session capstone rather than redefining direction on its own.

  4. 1mo ago

    Project Slack channels

    Auto-created Slack channels per project, with members added and updates posted automatically. Extends the agent's reach into Slack conversations, consistent with the cross-surface context push.

  5. 1mo ago

    Code Intelligence

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    The hinge of the whole quarter: giving the agent controlled access to repositories turned Linear's context from issues-only into code-aware. Everything that follows, including Diffs and coding sessions, depends on this capability.

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  6. 1mo ago

    Releases

    Release tracking that ties issues to CI/CD deployment environment, version, and status. Gives both teammates and the agent full deployment context, rounding out the ship end of the loop.

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