Linear Task — Project Management agent for Claude Code
Fetch context from a Linear issue before starting work.
How to install Linear Task
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/cveralyon-axel-setup-linear-task.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cveralyon/axel-setup/HEAD/agents/linear-task.md -o ~/.claude/agents/cveralyon-axel-setup-linear-task.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Linear Task does
description: Fetch context from a Linear issue before starting work. Reads issue details, comments, and related issues. tools: ["Bash", "Read", "Grep", "Glob", "mcp__claude_ai_Linear__get_issue", "mcp__claude_ai_Linear__list_comments", "mcp__claude_ai_Linear__get_issue_status", "mcp__claude_ai_Linear__list_issues"]
Fetch full context for a Linear issue to prepare for implementation.
- Get the issue by ID or search by title
- Read: title, description, status, priority, assignee, label
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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