Description

Create a new issue in Linear with customizable title, description, team assignment, priority level, and workflow state. This action enables automated issue creation during incident response, allowing teams to track follow-up work, post-incident tasks, and remediation items directly from PagerDuty incidents.

Instructions

Inputs

Name	Description
Integration	Select your Linear connection. If you have not yet configured a Linear integration, please see the Linear Integration instructions.
Team	The Linear team where the issue will be created. Selecting a team populates the State and Assignee dropdowns.
Title	Title for the issue (max 255 characters). Default value is `{{incident.title}}`.
Description (optional)	Description for the issue in Markdown format (max 10,000 characters). Default value is `{{incident.url}}`. Supports full Markdown syntax including headers, lists, and links.
Priority (optional)	Issue priority level. Options: `0` (No priority), `1` (Urgent), `2` (High), `3` (Medium), `4` (Low). Default is `0`.
State (optional)	Workflow state for the issue (e.g., "Backlog", "Todo", "In Progress"). Available states depend on the selected team. If not specified, defaults to the team's backlog state.
Assignee (optional)	Team member to assign the issue to. Available assignees depend on the selected team. If not specified, issue is created unassigned.
Label (optional)	Label to apply to the issue. Select from workspace-wide labels.

Outputs

Name	Description
Issue ID	The unique UUID identifier of the created Linear issue. Use this in subsequent actions that require an issue ID.
Issue URL	Direct URL to view the issue in Linear. Useful for including in notifications or follow-up communications.
Issue Identifier	The human-readable identifier for the issue in the format `[TEAM]-[NUMBER]` (e.g., `ENG-123`).
Result	Status of the action execution. Returns `Success` or `Failed`.
Result Summary	Brief description of the action result, such as `Issue created successfully: ENG-123` or error details if the action failed.
Error	Error message if the action failed. Empty if successful.

Examples

Basic Issue Creation

Create a Linear issue with incident details:

Team: Engineering
Title:{{incident.title}}
Description:{{incident.url}}

This creates a basic issue with the incident title and URL in the description.