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Linear + Discord integration: Community feedback 2025

Connect Linear with Discord for community feedback collection, bug reports, and feature requests. Setup guide for gaming and tech communities.

25 minutes
Setup time
Medium
Difficulty
Community
Support
Overview

Integrate Linear with Discord to collect community feedback, manage bug reports, and engage with your user base directly.

Features
Bidirectional sync
Automation
Real-time notifications
Custom fields
Bulk operations
Benefits
  • Collect feedback from Discord community
  • Automated issue creation from bot commands
  • Community engagement and transparency
  • Bug report collection with user context
  • Feature request voting and discussion
Limitations
  • Requires custom bot development
  • No built-in bidirectional sync
  • Limited to Discord server members
Setup guide
Step-by-step instructions to integrate Discord with Linear
1

Create Discord bot

Create a new Discord application and bot in the Discord Developer Portal.

# Discord bot setup:
# 1. Go to https://discord.com/developers/applications
# 2. Create new application
# 3. Go to Bot section and create bot
# 4. Copy bot token for later use
2

Set up bot permissions

Configure necessary permissions for the bot to read messages, send messages, and use slash commands.

# Required bot permissions:
# - Send Messages
# - Use Slash Commands
# - Read Message History
# - Add Reactions
3

Deploy bot with Linear integration

Deploy a bot that can create Linear issues from Discord commands or reactions.

# Example bot command:
/bugreport title:"Login broken" description:"Can't log in with Google" priority:"High"
4

Configure webhook notifications

Set up webhooks to send Linear issue updates back to Discord channels.

5

Add community features

Implement upvoting, issue status commands, and feedback collection features.

Automation ideas
Popular automation workflows you can set up

Easy bug reporting from community

Trigger: User reacts with 🐛 emoji
Action: Bot prompts for bug report details

Community transparency and engagement

Trigger: Linear issue status changes
Action: Post update in Discord channel

Community-driven feature prioritisation

Trigger: New feature suggestion in #feedback
Action: Create Linear issue with community votes
Troubleshooting
Common issues and their solutions

Bot not responding to commands

Check bot permissions, ensure it's online, and verify command syntax matches your implementation.

Linear API authentication failing

Verify your Linear API token is correct and has necessary permissions for issue creation.

Webhook notifications not working

Check webhook URL configuration and ensure your bot server is accessible from Linear's servers.

Use cases
Perfect for teams working on
Gaming community feedback
Open source project management
Beta testing coordination
Community feature requests
Technical support automation

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