Linear?

YESA focused first version is a sensible AI-assisted build. Keep the first release narrow and polish the workflow people repeat.

BUILD FIRST

One defined user and a repeatable end-to-end job
A small, clear data model with sign-in only if it is genuinely needed
Loading, empty, error, and success states that make the workflow feel complete

LEAVE FOR LATER

Large integration marketplaces
Multi-region scale and enterprise administration
Every power-user setting from the established product

RESEARCH NOTES

What this tool actually does.

Checked 2026-09-06

Linear is a team product-planning and issue-tracking workspace built around issues, team workflows, projects, repeating cycles, labels, priorities, comments, views, and archives. Projects group issues around an outcome, while cycles provide a repeating time-box for near-term execution.

SOURCES

RESEARCHED BUILD PROMPT

Give this to your coding agent.

Build a focused issue tracker for one software team. Do not copy Linear's brand, proprietary assets, keyboard map, or UI.

Core workflow
- Let team members create issues with title, description, status, priority, estimate, labels, assignee, project, and cycle; support comments, attachments as links, relationships, and a history timeline.
- Provide a backlog/triage inbox, configurable workflow statuses, a project page with milestones and target date, repeating time-boxed cycles, and saved filtered views for active work, backlog, and the current cycle.
- Add keyboard-accessible issue creation and navigation, optimistic edits with retry/error states, archive/restore, and a small progress view that counts completed work without pretending to predict delivery.

Implementation and scope
- Use React, a Node/Python API, Postgres with workspace/team row-level permissions, an auditable issue-history table, and a simple polling or WebSocket update channel. Keep the data model and filters documented.
- Out of scope: GitHub/Slack integrations, multi-team enterprise administration, complex initiatives, AI agents, mobile clients, billing, and real-time scale guarantees.
- Seed one team, project, cycle, and issue set so triage → plan → work → close is demonstrable.

Include a README with setup, schema, permissions, workflow configuration, keyboard shortcuts, and important limitations.

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