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A Linear alternative for coding agents you run yourself

Linear is an issue tracker, and it now lets you delegate an issue to an agent^[1]: Cursor, Codex, Devin and GitHub Copilot among them^[2],[3], or its own Linear Agent, whose coding sessions run in a cloud sandbox^[4]. AgentMingo is for the other way of working: a developer runs Claude Code on their own computer, in the terminal or the editor, and stays in the loop.

Free during the open beta. Works with Claude Code today; Codex and more are next. On macOS or Linux.

Two ways to put an agent on an issue

Delegating, as in Linear
You delegate the issue, a teammate stays the assignee, and the agent works in its own environment and reports back^[1],[4],[2].
A thread you run, as in AgentMingo
You or a teammate start a thread on the task, from a terminal or with Start on my computer. It's a normal Claude Code session: you see its prompts and you steer it, while AgentMingo hands it the task, its review results and teammates' overlapping edits.

They suit different work. A well-specified chore can go to a cloud agent; work you want to steer suits a thread you run.

What you'd use instead of Linear

Tasks with a key (WEB-12), a description, acceptance criteria, type, priority, labels, estimate, assignee and parent task.
A board by status, where you drag cards between columns, and a list with filters and search.
Sprints you plan, start and complete. Unfinished tasks move to the next sprint or back to the backlog.
Dependencies: blocks and blocked by.
Statuses that move with the work. Linear's GitHub integration moves issues when pull requests open and merge^[5]. AgentMingo also counts the thread: a task goes to In progress when a thread on its branch first reports.
Workflows a thread follows one step at a time, with a plan a person approves.

Example

WEB-12

Add saved carts

In progress

Replied — your turnAna's thread · web-12-saved-carts

Its processone step at a time

PlanDone

Approve the planNeeds your approvalApprove

Build itNot started

Run the testsNot started

Open the pull requestsNot started

Example: a made-up task, its steps as AgentMingo words them.

AgentMingo and Linear side by side

AgentMingo and Linear, on what both sides' docs describe. As of November 2026.
Compared	AgentMingo	Linear
Agents	Claude Code threads you run on your computers. Works with Claude Code today; Codex and more are next.	Delegate to agents such as Cursor, Codex, Devin and GitHub Copilot; Linear Agent's coding sessions run in a cloud sandbox^[2],[3],[4]
Getting the issue into Claude Code	It arrives with the thread's first message when the branch names the task	Through Linear's MCP server, which Claude Code can add^[6]
Pull request and status	Key in the branch or the title; In review when a pull request opens, Done when the last one merges	Issue ID in the branch or the title; by default In Progress when a pull request opens, Done when it merges^[5]
Price	Free during the open beta	A free plan and paid plans^[7]

When to stay with Linear

You want Linear's own planning, such as cycles^[8], and the way it works day to day. AgentMingo's planning is simpler.
You already delegate issues to cloud agents and you're happy with what comes back.
Linear's free plan covers your team^[7].
You need issues to sync both ways. AgentMingo doesn't read Linear; it can only export a task to a new Linear issue.
Your developers mostly use agents other than Claude Code. Works with Claude Code today; Codex and more are next.

Keep Linear and add AgentMingo for the threads

If Linear stays your tracker, AgentMingo still covers the threads themselves. Every thread in a connected repository is live, with what it's waiting on. Review bot and CI results go back to the thread on the branch. Teammates' overlapping files are flagged. What you won't get without AgentMingo tasks or Jira is the brief at a thread's start and statuses that move with it.

There's no importer from Linear. Going the other way, a task written in AgentMingo can be exported to a new Linear issue with a Linear API key and team id, and the issue links back to the task.

Sources

Checked November 3, 2026, on each product's own pages. Products change: the links say what they say today.

Linear: An issue can be delegated to an agent while a teammate stays its assignee. linear.app
Linear: Linear's agents page lists Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Devin and others. linear.app
Linear: Linear issues can be assigned to GitHub Copilot coding agent. linear.app
Linear: Linear Agent's coding sessions are powered by Claude Code and Codex, and each runs in a cloud sandbox. linear.app
Linear: Linear's GitHub integration links pull requests by issue ID (in the branch name or the title) and, by default, moves linked issues to In Progress when a pull request opens and to Done when it merges. linear.app
Linear: Linear hosts an MCP server, and its docs show how to add it to Claude Code. linear.app
Linear: Linear has a free plan and paid plans. linear.app
Linear: Linear has cycles, which its docs liken to sprints. linear.app

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Questions

Can I keep planning in Linear's cycles?

Yes, in Linear. AgentMingo doesn't read Linear today. Cycles and issues stay where they are, and AgentMingo's own sprints are for tasks written in AgentMingo.

Does a branch named for a Linear issue tie to anything?

Only if an AgentMingo project uses that key. Branch keys tie threads to AgentMingo tasks, or to issues in Jira projects you follow.

Can Linear's agents and AgentMingo work side by side?

Yes. Linear's agents work in their own environments, and AgentMingo sees the Claude Code threads on your team's computers. Check out a cloud agent's branch in a Claude Code thread, and that thread gets its pull request's review results.

Two ways to put an agent on an issue

Delegating, as in Linear

A thread you run, as in AgentMingo