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getLinearIssue

Get Linear Issue

Read one Linear issue by identifier (ENG-123) or id: title, description, state, assignee, priority, labels, project, url and its latest 50 comments.

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Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "open ENG-123", and it calls getLinearIssue.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {
    "issueId": "<issueId>"
  },
  "name": "getLinearIssue"
}

Arguments

• issueIdstringrequiredIssue identifier like ENG-123, or its id.

Returns

The registry does not declare a return shape.

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

• open ENG-123
• what does that Linear issue say?

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

• listLinearIssues
• updateLinearIssue
• commentOnLinearIssue

Questions

• What does getLinearIssue do?

  Read one Linear issue by identifier (ENG-123) or id: title, description, state, assignee, priority, labels, project, url and its latest 50 comments. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.

• How do I use getLinearIssue from Claude or ChatGPT?

  Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "open ENG-123", and it calls getLinearIssue.

• Is getLinearIssue safe to let an AI call?

  getLinearIssue is read-only: it changes nothing. It reaches a system outside The Cloud on your behalf.

Connect

One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.