Linear Deploy Integration

Overview

Deploy Linear-integrated applications and track deployments in Linear.

Prerequisites

• Working Linear integration
• Deployment platform account (Vercel, Railway, Cloud Run, etc.)
• CI/CD pipeline configured

Instructions

Step 1: Vercel Deployment

# Install Vercel CLI
npm install -g vercel

# Configure environment variables
vercel env add LINEAR_API_KEY production
vercel env add LINEAR_WEBHOOK_SECRET production

# Deploy
vercel --prod

// vercel.json
{
  "env": {
    "LINEAR_API_KEY": "@linear-api-key",
    "LINEAR_WEBHOOK_SECRET": "@linear-webhook-secret"
  },
  "functions": {
    "api/webhooks/linear.ts": {
      "maxDuration": 30
    }
  }
}

Step 2: Google Cloud Run Deployment

# Build and push container
gcloud builds submit --tag gcr.io/PROJECT_ID/linear-integration

# Deploy with secrets
gcloud run deploy linear-integration \
  --image gcr.io/PROJECT_ID/linear-integration \
  --platform managed \
  --region us-central1 \
  --set-secrets="LINEAR_API_KEY=linear-api-key:latest,LINEAR_WEBHOOK_SECRET=linear-webhook-secret:latest" \
  --allow-unauthenticated

# cloudbuild.yaml
steps:
  - name: 'gcr.io/cloud-builders/docker'
    args: ['build', '-t', 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/linear-integration', '.']

  - name: 'gcr.io/cloud-builders/docker'
    args: ['push', 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/linear-integration']

  - name: 'gcr.io/cloud-builders/gcloud'
    args:
      - 'run'
      - 'deploy'
      - 'linear-integration'
      - '--image=gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/linear-integration'
      - '--region=us-central1'
      - '--platform=managed'

Step 3: Railway Deployment

# Install Railway CLI
npm install -g @railway/cli

# Login and initialize
railway login
railway init

# Set environment variables
railway variables set LINEAR_API_KEY=lin_api_xxxx
railway variables set LINEAR_WEBHOOK_SECRET=secret

# Deploy
railway up

Step 4: Deployment Tracking in Linear

// scripts/notify-linear-deploy.ts
import { LinearClient } from "@linear/sdk";

interface DeploymentInfo {
  environment: "staging" | "production";
  version: string;
  commitSha: string;
  deployUrl: string;
  issueIdentifiers: string[];
}

async function notifyLinearDeploy(info: DeploymentInfo) {
  const client = new LinearClient({
    apiKey: process.env.LINEAR_API_KEY!,
  });

  // Add deployment comment to each issue
  for (const identifier of info.issueIdentifiers) {
    try {
      const issue = await client.issue(identifier);

      await client.createComment({
        issueId: issue.id,
        body: `## Deployed to ${info.environment}

**Version:** ${info.version}
**Commit:** \`${info.commitSha.slice(0, 7)}\`
**URL:** ${info.deployUrl}
**Time:** ${new Date().toISOString()}`,
      });

      // If production deploy, mark issue as done
      if (info.environment === "production") {
        const team = await issue.team;
        const states = await team?.states();
        const doneState = states?.nodes.find(s => s.type === "completed");

        if (doneState) {
          await client.updateIssue(issue.id, { stateId: doneState.id });
        }
      }

      console.log(`Updated ${identifier}`);
    } catch (error) {
      console.error(`Failed to update ${identifier}:`, error);
    }
  }
}

// Usage
notifyLinearDeploy({
  environment: "production",
  version: process.env.VERSION!,
  commitSha: process.env.COMMIT_SHA!,
  deployUrl: process.env.DEPLOY_URL!,
  issueIdentifiers: process.env.ISSUE_IDS!.split(","),
});

Step 5: GitHub Actions Deployment Workflow

# .github/workflows/deploy.yml
name: Deploy

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Extract Linear Issues
        id: issues
        run: |
          # Get issues from commits since last deploy
          ISSUES=$(git log ${{ github.event.before }}..${{ github.sha }} --oneline | grep -oE '[A-Z]+-[0-9]+' | sort -u | tr '\n' ',' | sed 's/,$//')
          echo "ids=$ISSUES" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

      - name: Deploy to Production
        id: deploy
        run: |
          # Your deploy command here
          DEPLOY_URL=$(vercel --prod --token ${{ secrets.VERCEL_TOKEN }} | tail -1)
          echo "url=$DEPLOY_URL" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

      - name: Notify Linear
        run: |
          npx ts-node scripts/notify-linear-deploy.ts
        env:
          LINEAR_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.LINEAR_API_KEY }}
          VERSION: ${{ github.sha }}
          COMMIT_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
          DEPLOY_URL: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.url }}
          ISSUE_IDS: ${{ steps.issues.outputs.ids }}

Step 6: Rollback Tracking

// scripts/notify-linear-rollback.ts
import { LinearClient } from "@linear/sdk";

async function notifyRollback(options: {
  version: string;
  reason: string;
  affectedIssues: string[];
}) {
  const client = new LinearClient({
    apiKey: process.env.LINEAR_API_KEY!,
  });

  for (const identifier of options.affectedIssues) {
    const issue = await client.issue(identifier);

    // Reopen the issue
    const team = await issue.team;
    const states = await team?.states();
    const inProgressState = states?.nodes.find(s =>
      s.name.toLowerCase().includes("progress")
    );

    if (inProgressState) {
      await client.updateIssue(issue.id, { stateId: inProgressState.id });
    }

    await client.createComment({
      issueId: issue.id,
      body: `## Production Rollback

**Rolled back version:** ${options.version}
**Reason:** ${options.reason}
**Time:** ${new Date().toISOString()}

This issue has been reopened for investigation.`,
    });
  }
}

Deployment Checklist

[ ] Environment variables configured on platform
[ ] Secrets stored securely (not in code)
[ ] Webhook endpoint accessible from internet
[ ] Health check endpoint configured
[ ] Deployment notifications enabled
[ ] Rollback procedure documented

Error Handling

Error	Cause	Solution
Secret not found	Missing env var	Configure secrets on platform
Webhook timeout	Long processing	Increase function timeout
Connection refused	Firewall blocking	Check egress rules

Resources

• Vercel Environment Variables
• Cloud Run Secrets
• Linear Deployment Tracking

Next Steps

Set up webhooks with linear-webhooks-events.