Linear discipline

Skill tjcages/linear/skills/linear-discipline

Always-on Linear session discipline and one-time soft nudge for untracked repos. Use whenever non-trivial work is happening in a repo that already has a Linear tracking protocol in CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, or .cursor/rules; or when opening/working in a repo with no protocol and no .linear-tracking-skip file (ask once to run linear-setup). Enforces search-before-create, lifecycle, and close-the-loop. NOT for full bootstrap, sync, or monitor runs.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add tjcages/linear --skill linear-discipline

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One thing to look at

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SKILL.md

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Linear discipline (always-on)

Chat rules: RESPONSE.md. Auth before Linear calls: AUTH.md.

Detect tracking

Tracked if the repo has a “Linear tracking” (or equivalent) section in CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, or .cursor/rules/* that names team + project.

Skipped if .linear-tracking-skip exists at repo root.

If tracked

Follow the protocol written in-repo:

Search before create.
Non-trivial work → file/update an issue in the named project + milestone.
Backlog → In Progress at start → Done only when shipped.
Close the loop before session end (state and/or comment).
Prefer Linear’s generated branch names.

Before any Linear tool call: Step 0 auth.

If untracked and not skipped (soft nudge — 1B)

Ask once, one line, no preamble:

This repo isn’t tracked in Linear. Set it up now? (~10–20 min)

Yes → hand off to linear-setup (do not bootstrap inline without that skill’s gates).
No → create .linear-tracking-skip at repo root; stay quiet next time.
Never auto-create Linear projects or issues from a nudge alone.
Never nudge from Automation / linear-monitor runs.

If skipped

Stay quiet about setup. Still use Linear MCP for explicit user requests.

Out of scope

Full bootstrap → linear-setup. Rescue/audit → linear-sync. Health digest → linear-monitor.