Release
GitHub Copilot for Linear available in public preview
You can now assign issues in Linear to Copilot coding agent, our asynchronous, autonomous background agent.
When you assign a Linear issue to Copilot, it will:
- Analyze the issue contents and open a draft pull request.
- Work independently in its own ephemeral development environment, powered by GitHub Actions. Within this environment, Copilot can explore your code, make changes, run automated tests and linters, and more.
- Stream progress updates back to your Linear activity timeline.
- Request a pull request review from you when work is completed.
Key benefits
- Automate repetitive tasks like bug fixes, refactors, and documentation updates.
- Reduce manual steps and context switching between Linear and GitHub.
- Follow your existing review and approval rules for every pull request Copilot creates.
Get started
- Install the GitHub Copilot coding agent for Linear app from the GitHub Marketplace. You’ll need organization owner permissions in GitHub and workspace admin privileges in Linear.
- Review our documentation to learn more about the integration and Copilot coding agent.
We welcome your feedback. Feel free to share your thoughts in the community discussion.