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tjcages / linear

linear-monitor

Health-check Linear projects for slipping dates, stale in-progress work, orphan issues, and tracking anti-patterns.

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Install

npx skills add https://github.com/tjcages/linear --skill linear-monitor

Optional Monitor Automation (Cursor)

Weekly health digest for Cursor. Not required for install to be complete.

Complete install = skills installed + always-on loaded + Linear MCP auth. That gives every session the same Linear skills and the assumption that Linear is the default source of truth.

Use this Automation when you want a scheduled /linear-monitor without opening a chat. Non-Cursor harnesses: run /linear-monitor manually when you want a health check.

Plain-language recipe (feed to /automate)

FieldValue
NameLinear tracking health
DescriptionWeekly health check for Linear projects using linear-monitor
TriggerSchedule — weekly at 7:00 AM in the user’s local timezone (default Monday)
ToolsLinear MCP
InstructionsSee prompt below
Write policyDefault: read + comment on existing issues only. No mass issue creation. Status updates only on real health signals (§20).

Timezone (critical)

Cursor cron is UTC. The Automations UI shows times in the viewer’s local zone. Never prefill 0 7 * * 1 and call it “7am local” — that is 7:00 UTC (e.g. 1:00 AM Denver MDT, or worse if the UI mis-labels).

When drafting / prefilling:

  1. Detect or ask the user’s IANA timezone (e.g. America/Denver).
  2. Convert 7:00 local → UTC hour for the cron (account for DST).
  3. Prefill that UTC cron, and state in the draft table: “7:00 AM <Timezone> (cron UTC = …)”.
  4. Prefer letting the user confirm 7:00 AM in the Automations schedule picker (local) over raw cron when unsure.

Examples (Monday 7:00 AM local → cron):

TimezoneWinter (STD)Summer (DST)
America/Denver0 14 * * 1 (MST UTC−7)0 13 * * 1 (MDT UTC−6)
America/New_York0 12 * * 10 11 * * 1
America/Los_Angeles0 15 * * 10 14 * * 1
UTC0 7 * * 10 7 * * 1

Automation prompt (paste as instructions)

You are running the linear-monitor skill for a scheduled health check.
1. Step 0: confirm Linear MCP auth (AUTH.md). If unauthorized, stop with auth steps — do not invent API calls.2. Follow RESPONSE.md for any user-visible output (action-first, ≤5 bullets).3. Scope: team/workspace the user configured, or all teams you can list if unset.4. Checks (read-only first):   - Milestones with target dates approaching where open issues are not trending Done → note atRisk candidates   - Issues In Progress with no comment for >7 days → list them   - Issues with no milestone (orphans) → list them   - Do not post status updates unless health actually changed (onTrack↔atRisk↔offTrack)5. Writes (only if explicitly enabled in this Automation): comment on existing issues with findings; never create a spray of new issues.6. Output: ADHD-shaped digest — findings first, then ONE next action for the human.7. Never soft-nudge untracked git repos from an Automation run.

How to create it (Cursor)

  1. In Agent chat, invoke /automate or offer it at the end of finish linear-tracking install.
  2. Approve the draft (verify the schedule line says 7:00 AM your timezone).
  3. Finish in the Automations editor — set/confirm 7:00 AM local, save, enable.

Verify (optional)

  • Automation named Linear tracking health (or equivalent) exists and is enabled.
  • Next run shows ~7:00 AM in your local timezone.
  • Linear tool is attached.