Agent skill

Linear Reference Architecture

by jeremylongshore in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace

Design a Linear integration with separated auth, GraphQL, webhook, queue, policy, and reconciliation boundaries.

MITAuto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Linear Reference Architecture

skills CLI
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill linear-reference-architecture -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace linear-reference-architecture --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/linear-reference-architecture .claude/skills/linear-reference-architecture && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
linear-reference-architecture
GitHub stars
2.8k
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
490 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
3,342
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Design a Linear integration with separated auth, GraphQL, webhook, queue, policy, and reconciliation boundaries.

  • Works in 6 steps: Map callers, workspaces, teams, auth… → Separate credential acquisition, Linear… → Define stable identifiers, idempotency,… → …
  • Creating a durable service architecture
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Prerequisites, Tool Discipline and Current Contract, plus 7 more sections
  • Needs API_KEY and ACCESS_TOKEN

What it does

Linear Reference Architecture is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Design a Linear integration with separated auth, GraphQL, webhook, queue, policy, and reconciliation boundaries. Use when reviewing or creating a durable service architecture. Trigger with "design Linear integration", "architect Linear webhook service", or "review Linear system design".

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/official-docs.md`). Compatibility notes: Designed for Claude Code; live verification requires network access and an approved Linear workspace credential

It sits in Backend & APIs, covering Webhooks, Accounting and bookkeeping and GraphQL. It works with GraphQL. The repository describes itself as: Model-agnostic agent-skills platform with a harness-free canonical layer, verified adapters, and the ccpi package manager. Explore at tonsofskills.com. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Creating a durable service architecture
  • With design Linear integration
  • Architect Linear webhook service
  • Review Linear system design

Example prompts

  • “design Linear integration”
  • “architect Linear webhook service”
  • “review Linear system design”
  • “/linear-reference-architecture”

Requirements

  • A credential in API_KEY
  • A credential in ACCESS_TOKEN
  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code; live verification requires network access and an approved Linear workspace credential
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, Write, Edit

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Map callers, workspaces, teams, auth actors, data classes, latency targets, writes, and compliance boundaries from the repository.
  2. Separate credential acquisition, Linear adapter, policy/authorization, webhook ingress, durable queue, worker, and reconciliation…
  3. Define stable identifiers, idempotency, pagination checkpoints, partial-error handling, and rate-budget ownership.
  4. Keep mutation commands behind policy and approval checks; keep reads and reconciliation independently operable.
  5. Design observability around operation metadata and delivery IDs with strict content redaction.
  6. Review outage, backlog, schema change, credential rotation, replay, rollback, and tenant-isolation scenarios.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cfae287. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Glob
    • Grep
    • WebFetch
    • Write
    • Edit

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • linear.app

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • API_KEY
    • ACCESS_TOKEN

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

  • Compatibility

    Designed for Claude Code; live verification requires network access and an approved Linear workspace credential

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Linear Reference Architecture loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 79 tokens; SKILL.md has 490 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~79
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit cfae287, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 490 words, ~1,261 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/linear-reference-architecture/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
linear-reference-architecture
description
Design a Linear integration with separated auth, GraphQL, webhook, queue, policy, and reconciliation boundaries. Use when reviewing or creating a durable service architecture. Trigger with "design Linear integration", "architect Linear webhook service", or "review Linear system design".
allowed-tools
Read, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, Write, Edit
compatibility
Designed for Claude Code; live verification requires network access and an approved Linear workspace credential
argument-hint
[repository-path] [read-only|bidirectional|event-driven]
version
1.13.0
author
Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>
license
MIT
tags
saas, linear, architecture
model
inherit
effort
high

Linear Integration Reference Architecture

Overview

Create a repo-grounded architecture that makes authority, data flow, failure containment, and reconciliation explicit. Preserve the host application's boundaries instead of forcing a generic service topology.

Prerequisites

  • The target repository, Linear workspace, environment, and accountable owner
  • Current security, privacy, compliance, capacity, and change-control requirements
  • An approved Linear credential only when a bounded live verification is necessary

Tool Discipline

Use Read, Glob, and Grep to inspect code, configuration, and evidence. Use WebFetch only for current first-party Linear documentation and package metadata. Use Write or Edit only for requested implementation with known target files. Never write credentials, customer content, unrestricted environment output, or unredacted GraphQL variables.

Current Contract

  • Use the official SDK for broad typed access and purpose-built GraphQL queries for narrow high-volume projections.
  • Webhook ingress must verify the raw-body HMAC, acknowledge within five seconds, deduplicate by delivery ID, and move durable work to a queue.
  • A reconciliation reader is still required because webhooks and downstream consumers can fail or be disabled.

Authentication

Use a personal API key only for owner-controlled scripts, OAuth with PKCE for user-delegated applications, or an enabled client-credentials grant for approved automation. Personal keys use Authorization: <API_KEY>; OAuth tokens use Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>. Store credentials server-side in an approved secret manager.

Treat app approval, team access, scope changes, credential creation, rotation, revocation, and production access as owner-approved actions.

Instructions

  1. Map callers, workspaces, teams, auth actors, data classes, latency targets, writes, and compliance boundaries from the repository.
  2. Separate credential acquisition, Linear adapter, policy/authorization, webhook ingress, durable queue, worker, and reconciliation components.
  3. Define stable identifiers, idempotency, pagination checkpoints, partial-error handling, and rate-budget ownership.
  4. Keep mutation commands behind policy and approval checks; keep reads and reconciliation independently operable.
  5. Design observability around operation metadata and delivery IDs with strict content redaction.
  6. Review outage, backlog, schema change, credential rotation, replay, rollback, and tenant-isolation scenarios.
Show full SKILL.md (178 more words)Show less

Approval Boundaries

Do not create, reveal, rotate, or revoke credentials; authorize an OAuth app; change scopes or team access; create, mutate, archive, or delete workspace data; configure or re-enable webhooks; import or export data; change roles, SCIM, or audit streaming; transmit diagnostics; change paid entitlements; or perform another production mutation without explicit approval from the accountable owner. Keep diagnosis read-only unless implementation was requested.

Output

Return the workspace and team scope, auth mode without credential value, files and contracts inspected, exact operation names, evidence collected, validation result, sensitive fields redacted, remaining risk, accountable owner, approval state, and rollback or next action.

Error Handling

ConditionResponse
Shared mutable client crosses tenantsSplit credential and cache scope by workspace/actor.
Webhook does business work inlineQueue after verification and acknowledge quickly.
No reconciliation pathAdd a cursor-based reader before declaring event-driven completeness.
Mutation policy embedded in transportSeparate business authorization from GraphQL mechanics.

Examples

Use a compact handoff that makes scope, mutation authority, and verification evidence reviewable.

Input:

text
mode=bidirectional; tenants=multi-workspace; freshness=5m; writes=approval-gated

Expected handoff:

text
boundaries=defined; ingress=queued; reconciliation=cursor-based; rollback=owned

Resources

© jeremylongshore, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/.curated/linear-reference-architecture of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/official-docs.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cfae287

Compare with similar skills

Linear Reference Architecture next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

Linear Reference Architecture compared with similar skills
SkillStarsUsed inTokensAuto-checkLicenceRepo updated
Linear Reference Architecture this skilljeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace2.8k—~1.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Saleor GraphQL API Change Checklistsaleor/saleor23k—~1.2kAutomated safety check: PassBSD-3-Clause
Ar Io Gateway Operatorar-io/ar-io-node127—~8.8kAutomated safety check: NotesAGPL-3.0
Pii DetectorgoSprinto/compliance-skills133—~1.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Bigcommerce APIqdhenry/Claude-Command-Suite1.3k—~1.5kAutomated safety check: PassNone
Shopify Developmentdavila7/claude-code-templates33k7 repos~2.2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

Similar skills

  • Checklist for adding, changing, deprecating or removing Saleor GraphQL fields, mutations, enums and webhook event types so the change passes review first time.

    23k GitHub stars~1.2k tokensUpdated today
    Backend & APIsAuto-check passed
  • Ar Io Gateway Operator

    ar-io/ar-io-node

    Operate any AR.IO node deployment — architecture, daily ops, diagnostics, and recurring pitfalls that apply to every operator.

    127 GitHub stars~8.8k tokensUpdated today
    Backend & APIsAuto-check: notes
  • Pii Detector

    goSprinto/compliance-skills

    Proactive PII add-on — augments the main response with PII guidance.

    133 GitHub stars~1.6k tokensUpdated 4 mo ago
    Backend & APIsAuto-check passed
  • Bigcommerce API

    qdhenry/Claude-Command-Suite

    BigCommerce API expert for building integrations, apps, headless storefronts, and automations.

    1.3k GitHub stars~1.5k tokensUpdated 7 mo ago
    Backend & APIsAuto-check passed
  • Shopify Development

    davila7/claude-code-templates

    Build Shopify apps, extensions, themes using GraphQL Admin API, Shopify CLI, Polaris UI, and Liquid.

    33k GitHub starsUsed in 7 repos~2.2k tokens
    Backend & APIsAuto-check passed
  • Shopify Expert

    Jeffallan/claude-skills

    Builds Shopify themes in Liquid, custom apps, Storefront API storefronts and checkout extensions, using the Shopify CLI to lint, run locally and deploy.

    12k GitHub stars~1.8k tokensUpdated 6 days ago
    Backend & APIsAuto-check passed

More from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace

All 3,342 skills in this repo
  • Performing Security Code Review

    jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace

    Execute this skill enables AI assistant to conduct a security-focused code review using the security-agent plugin.

    2.8k GitHub starsUsed in 2 repos~1.3k tokens
    Auto-check: notes
  • Adapting Transfer Learning Models

    jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace

    Build this skill automates the adaptation of pre-trained machine learning models using transfer learning techniques.

    2.8k GitHub stars~1.1k tokensUpdated today
    Auto-check passed
  • Agent Context Loader

    jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace

    Execute proactive auto-loading: automatically detects and loads agents.md files.

    2.8k GitHub stars~1.1k tokensUpdated today
    Auto-check passed
  • Aggregating Performance Metrics

    jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace

    Aggregate and centralize performance metrics from applications, systems, databases, caches, and services.

    2.8k GitHub stars~1.2k tokensUpdated today
    Auto-check passed
  • Analyzing Capacity Planning

    jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace

    Execute this skill enables AI assistant to analyze capacity requirements and plan for future growth.

    2.8k GitHub stars~947 tokensUpdated today
    Auto-check passed
  • Analyzing Database Indexes

    jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace

    Process use when you need to work with database indexing. An agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

    2.8k GitHub stars~2k tokensUpdated today
    Auto-check passed

Works with

Categories

Questions about Linear Reference Architecture

What does Linear Reference Architecture do?

Design a Linear integration with separated auth, GraphQL, webhook, queue, policy, and reconciliation boundaries. Linear Reference Architecture is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Design a Linear integration with separated auth, GraphQL, webhook, queue, policy, and reconciliation boundaries.

When should I use Linear Reference Architecture?

Linear Reference Architecture fits situations like: creating a durable service architecture; with design Linear integration; architect Linear webhook service; review Linear system design.

How do I install Linear Reference Architecture in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill linear-reference-architecture -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/linear-reference-architecture in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .claude/skills/linear-reference-architecture in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Linear Reference Architecture in Codex?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill linear-reference-architecture -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/linear-reference-architecture in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .agents/skills/linear-reference-architecture in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Linear Reference Architecture in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill linear-reference-architecture -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/linear-reference-architecture, .gemini/skills/linear-reference-architecture, .github/skills/linear-reference-architecture and .opencode/skills/linear-reference-architecture in your project.

What does Linear Reference Architecture need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Linear Reference Architecture needs credentials named API_KEY and ACCESS_TOKEN. Our summary lists: A credential in API_KEY; A credential in ACCESS_TOKEN. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, Write, Edit. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code; live verification requires network access and an approved Linear workspace credential.

Does Linear Reference Architecture access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: linear.app. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Linear Reference Architecture safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Linear Reference Architecture use?

Linear Reference Architecture is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Linear Reference Architecture use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 818 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Linear Reference Architecture?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Linear Reference Architecture: Saleor GraphQL API Change Checklist (saleor/saleor, 23k stars), Ar Io Gateway Operator (ar-io/ar-io-node, 127 stars), Pii Detector (goSprinto/compliance-skills, 133 stars) and Bigcommerce API (qdhenry/Claude-Command-Suite, 1.3k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Linear Reference Architecture?

jeremylongshore (a GitHub user) maintains it in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, which has 2,827 GitHub stars. The repository holds 3,342 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.