◉ Linearite

A tiny Linear CLI

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Installation

curl -fsSL https://kade.work/linearite/install | bash

Setup

Get your API key: linear.app/settings/api

export LINEAR_API_KEY="lin_api_..."

Add to ~/.zshrc for persistence.

Usage

+ Discovery

linearite list-teams
linearite list-projects

+ Create Issues

# Flags
# -t --team-id (team identifier)
# -d --description (description of the issue)
# -p --project (project identifier)
linearite create "Fix API bug" --team-id team-abc123

linearite create "Add feature X" \
  --team-id team-abc123 \
  --description "Detailed context" \
  --project-id proj-xyz789

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║ ◉  Linearite   ║
╚════════════════╝
 # ENG-1234
 ¶ Fix API bug
 ⌘ https://linear.app/acme/issue/ENG-1234
 ⎇ eng-1234-fix-api-bug

+ Velocity Rankings

# Ranks by completed issue points. Defaults to last 14 days, top 10.
linearite rank-teams
linearite rank-users

# Flags
# -s --since (duration like `7d` or date like `2025-01-15`)
# -t --top (top N results)
linearite rank-teams --since 30d --top 5
linearite rank-users --since 2025-01-01 --top 20

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║                         ◉ Linearite                         ║
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║ Rank ║      User Name      ║ User Points ║ Issues Completed ║
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║ 1    ║ Tony Stark          ║ 31          ║ 19               ║
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║ 2    ║ Peter Parker        ║ 20          ║ 8                ║
╠══════╬═════════════════════╬═════════════╬══════════════════╣
║ 3    ║ Natasha Romanoff    ║ 19          ║ 7                ║
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