Integration · Project management
Linear + Slack
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What Linear brings
Fast, opinionated issue tracker for product teams.
Free up to 250 issues. Standard $8/user/mo.
What Slack brings
Channel-based team messaging.
Free with 90-day limit. Pro $7.25/user/mo.
How they connect
The integration route
The primary route is native. Both Linear and Slack maintain this integration directly, which means schema changes get patched upstream rather than breaking your workflow.
Linear issues and comments stream into Slack with status sync.
Common use case
Why teams wire these together
Linear issues and comments stream into Slack with status sync.
The most common failure mode is one-way sync rot — when Linear updates a record that should mirror into Slack but the integration only runs hourly. Set up bidirectional sync from day one if both systems are sources of truth.
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