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# Linear: Update Issue - Assignee

> 📘 Availability
>
> This workflow action is available on Business and Enterprise for Incident Management pricing plans. Contact the [Sales Team](https://www.pagerduty.com/contact-us/#contact-sales) to upgrade to an account with this action.

# Description

Update the assignee of an existing issue in Linear directly from a PagerDuty Incident Workflow. This action enables teams to automatically route Linear issues to the appropriate owner during incident response, ensuring accountability without requiring manual context switching.

# Instructions

1. If you have not done so, follow the instructions to [Create an Incident Workflow](/main/docs/incident-workflows#create-an-incident-workflow).
2. When the instructions prompt you to [add actions](/main/docs/incident-workflows#add-actions), select **this action**.
3. Enter the following **Inputs** and click **Save**.
4. Continue following instructions to **Publish** the Workflow.
5. When the action runs, you will see the **Outputs** listed below.

> 📘 Reference Linear Issue ID
>
> You can dynamically reference the Linear Issue ID from a prior step, such as a Linear: Create Issue action, using the output variable reference syntax.

# Inputs

> 📘 Field References
>
> Fields with the **{+}** icon accept [Field References](https://support.pagerduty.com/main/docs/incident-workflows#field-references), which can be useful for referencing incident data or outputs created in prior workflow steps. To add Field References, click **{+}**, or enter `{{`, and select relevant fields. Refer to the [Field References](https://support.pagerduty.com/main/docs/incident-workflows#field-references) article for more information.

| Name         | Description                                                                                            |
| :----------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Issue ID** | The unique identifier of the Linear issue to update. Example: `ENG-123` or a UUID.                     |
| **Assignee** | The email address or Linear user ID of the person to assign the issue to. Example: `user@company.com`. |

# Outputs

| Name          | Description                                                                                  |
| :------------ | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Issue ID**  | The unique identifier of the updated Linear issue.                                           |
| **Issue URL** | A direct link to the updated issue in Linear. Use this in notifications or subsequent steps. |