What CoIsland watches in Linear

Each monitor kind brings its own query and its own card in the notch.

How to monitor Linear from your Mac’s notch

Linear’s inbox is where everything lands; the notch is for what needs you now. A CoIsland monitor runs one Linear filter on a schedule and speaks up only about what changed.

Each Linear row in the notch reads ENG-123 · In Review · Urgent · Ana · SLA 14:30: reference, state, priority, owner and deadline, which is what decides whether to act. A click opens the alert in CoIsland, with the issue’s description, labels and latest comments; Open in Linear goes to the issue.

The editor writes Linear’s own IssueFilter for you from teams, states, priority, assignee, labels and age, each list filled from your workspace. A filter the fields cannot show stays editable as JSON.

Connect Linear covers the key, every field and every kind. All connectors share one page.

Connect it in three steps

  1. Create a personal API key with Read permission in Linear's Settings › Account › Security & access.

  2. Add a Linear connector with the key and, optionally, your workspace. Test connector says who the key is and how many teams it sees.

  3. Pick a monitor kind or an example, set its fields, and choose when it alerts.

Built for Linear

  • No admin and no OAuth app, unless your workspace turned off Member API keys.
  • Read only: it never edits, comments on or moves an issue.
  • Linear's Markdown is rendered with raw HTML and scripts removed.
  • The key stays in the macOS Keychain and goes only to api.linear.app.

Then hand it to an agent

A click on the alert opens the agent in a terminal under it, with the whole alert as its first message.

Linear questions

How do I get Linear notifications on my Mac without the email flood?

Add a Linear connector in CoIsland, then a monitor for what matters, such as open issues assigned to you or mentions in your inbox. It checks on its own schedule and opens the notch only when something new matches.

Do I need a Linear admin to connect?

No. A member creates a personal API key in their own settings. Only if an admin turned off Member API keys under Settings › Administration › API does a member need to ask for it back.

Can CoIsland alert me before a Linear SLA breaches?

Yes, on Linear Business and Enterprise. An SLA at risk monitor alerts when an issue's SLA turns high risk, and once more when it breaches.

Will CoIsland alert me about every issue that already matches?

No. The first check learns what already matches and stays quiet; after that, only issues that start matching alert.

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