Tiger Linear MCP Server
A wrapper around the Linear API to provide some focused tools to LLMs via the Model Context Protocol.
Development
Cloning and running the server locally.
git clone [email protected]:timescale/tiger-linear-mcp-server.git
Building
Run npm i to install dependencies and build the project. Use npm run watch to rebuild on changes.
Create a .env file based on the .env.sample file.
cp .env.sample .env
Testing
The MCP Inspector is a very handy to exercise the MCP server from a web-based UI.
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector
Testing in Claude Desktop
Create/edit the file ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json to add an entry like the following, making sure to use the absolute path to your local tiger-linear-mcp-server project, and use a valid api token.
{
"mcpServers": {
"tiger-linear": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/absolute/path/to/tiger-linear-mcp-server/dist/index.js",
"stdio"
],
"env": {
"LINEAR_API_KEY": "lin_api_..."
}
}
}
}
