Fellow's Linear integration connects your meeting workflows with your team's Linear project management, allowing you to create, import, and manage Linear issues directly from Fellow.
Note: this integration is available on our Team, Solo, Business, and Enterprise plans.
About This Integration
The Linear integration is a user-level integration, meaning each person on your team connects their own Linear account individually. This integration is useful for any team that uses Linear for project management, including Engineering, Design, and Product teams.
Who this integration is for
This integration lets you use Fellow for planning and discussion in 1-on-1s and team meetings, while keeping more granular issue tracking in Linear where it belongs.
What This Integration Does
Once connected, you can:
Sync a note to a Linear team: Link a specific note to a Linear team so that action items and issues stay in sync automatically
Create Linear issues from action items: Any action item you add in Fellow can be created as a Linear issue
Import existing Linear issues: Bring Linear issues into your Fellow notes for high-level planning or meeting discussion
Keep issues in sync: Due dates and status (complete/incomplete) stay automatically updated between Fellow and Linear
Connect Your Linear Account
Before you can sync action items or import issues, you need to connect your Linear account to Fellow.
Steps to connect
Go to User Settings > Apps & integrations
Scroll to the Automation section
Click the three dots in the upper right corner of the Linear card then click Connect
Review the permissions
Click Authorize Fellow
You'll see a confirmation notification at the bottom of the screen
The Linear card will now show Connected
Sync Individual Action Items to Linear
You can manually sync specific action items from Fellow to Linear.
Create a new Linear issue from an action item
Create an action item in Fellow
Click on the three dot drop down at the end of line next to the avatar. Select Link to Linear
Specify where you would like the information to go including the team
Press Create issue (the button will turn purple once all the relevant info has been added)
That's it! That action item will show up with an icon demonstrating that it has been synced to Linear. The status (complete/incomplete), the due date, and assignee will stay in sync with Linear.
And you'll be able to see that issue in Linear
The action item will now show an icon indicating it's synced to Linear. The status (complete/incomplete), due date, and assignee will stay in sync between Fellow and Linear. In Linear, the issue will show as being created in Fellow.
Import an existing Linear issue
Bring existing Linear issues into your Fellow notes for discussion during meetings.
Use the forward slash (/) menu and type Linear
Search for the issue that you would like to import from Linear. Then select that issue from the drop down.
Once you select the issue, you will then see a preview of the issue in Fellow complete with the assignee and due date (optional).
Specify how you would like the Linear and Fellow status to match up.
A Unchecked action item in Fellow corresponds to a ___ status in Linear
A checked action item in Fellow corresponds to a ___ status in Linear.
Press Import issue the button will turn purple once all the relevant info has been added
That's it! The Linear issue will now appear in the note as a Fellow action item. The status (complete/incomplete), the due date, and assignee will stay in sync with Linear.
The Linear issue will now appear in the note as a Fellow action item. The status, due date, and assignee will stay in sync between both platforms.
Connect a Note to a Linear Team
If you have a specific note that corresponds to a Linear team and project, you can set up automatic syncing so all action items created in that note are automatically created as issues in Linear.
Steps to connect a note to Linear
Visit the note you want to connect click the three dots in the upper right corner
Select Settings from the dropdown
Select Integrations from the sidebar then click Linear
Select the Linear team you want to sync with the note
Optionally, specify:
Project
Cycle
Status
Determine the status mapping for action items:
Unchecked (incomplete) action items in Fellow will have the ___ status in Linear
Checked (complete) action items in Fellow will have the ___ status in Linear
Click Connect
Once connected, all action items created in this note will automatically sync to your selected Linear team with the specified settings.
Note: You must have the Linear integration connected in your user settings before you can connect a note to Linear.