{"id":21758,"date":"2025-08-14T17:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codegen.com\/blog\/?p=21758"},"modified":"2025-08-29T15:50:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:50:40","slug":"codegen-linear-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codegen.com\/blog\/codegen-linear-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"Codegen + Linear: Where Tickets Become Code"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Backlogs don\u2019t clear themselves. But now, they can feel like they do. With our new <a href=\"https:\/\/codegen.com\/integrations\/linear\">Codegen + Linear integration<\/a>, the distance between \u201cthis needs to get done\u201d and \u201cit\u2019s live in production\u201d just got a whole lot shorter. 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It\u2019s an agentic developer, built on <a href=\"https:\/\/codegen.com\/blog\/mcp-for-claude-cline-and-cursor\/\">Anthropic and OpenAI APIs<\/a>, that understands your tickets, your codebase, and your team\u2019s workflow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once connected to Linear (and optionally Slack and GitHub), you can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tag @codegen in a Linear issue and watch it pick it up, plan the work, and ship the PR.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skip the \u201cdid this get done?\u201d loop. 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You can skip the \u201cround-the-room\u201d syncs that just restate what everyone could\u2019ve read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-from-ticket-to-pr-in-minutes\"><strong>From ticket to PR in minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether it\u2019s a small bug fix or a routine feature, Codegen can take it from description to merged PR, fast. It clears your backlog to frees your team for high-value engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-full-context-awareness\"><strong>Full context awareness<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Codegen understands your codebase. It implements changes that fit your patterns, follow your dependencies, and avoid regressions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-adopting-it-across-your-team\">Adopting it across your team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Start small. Pilot with one team, pair early adopters with new users, and document best practices. 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