Install Linear Project for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"openly-useful-linear-project-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@openly-useful/linear-project-mcp-server@0.1.0"
],
"env": {
"LINEAR_API_KEY": "YOUR_LINEAR_API_KEY",
"LINEAR_ACCESS_TOKEN": "YOUR_LINEAR_ACCESS_TOKEN",
"LINEAR_ALLOWED_ORGANIZATION_ID": "",
"LINEAR_ALLOWED_TEAM_IDS": "",
"LINEAR_ALLOWED_PROJECT_IDS": "",
"LINEAR_ALLOWED_SCOPE_CODES": "",
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN",
"GITHUB_ALLOWED_REPOSITORIES": "",
"OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH": "",
"OBSIDIAN_VAULT_NAME": "",
"OBSIDIAN_ALLOWED_DIRECTORIES": "",
"MCP_WRITES_ENABLED": "false",
"MCP_WRITE_WINDOW_EXPIRES_AT": "",
"MCP_AUDIT_LOG_PATH": ""
}
}
}
}