How to Use Linear's API Tokens: 1-Min Guide

How to Use Linear's API Tokens

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May 12, 2026

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Use this interactive demo to learn how to generate and manage personal API tokens in Linear.

Quick summary

Linear's Personal API keys let you authenticate third-party integrations and automate workflows directly from your account. You can create a new API token in seconds by navigating to Security & access settings and clicking New API key.

Steps

Navigate to your profile icon in Linear.
Select Settings from the dropdown menu.
Click Security & access in the settings sidebar.
Go to the Personal API keys section.
Click on New API key to start creating a token.
Click the API key field and enter a name for your API.
Click Create to proceed and generate the key.
A confirmation notification appears once the API key has been generated successfully.

📌 Why this matters

Linear's Personal API keys enable developers and teams to securely connect third-party tools, build custom automations, and access Linear data programmatically. Generating a personal API token is the first step to integrating Linear with CI/CD pipelines, internal dashboards, or productivity scripts. Having a straightforward, self-service API key creation flow means teams can extend Linear's project management capabilities without waiting on admin intervention. This makes Linear a flexible, developer-friendly platform for engineering teams that need programmatic control over their issue tracking workflows.

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