Linear moves sideways to agentic AI as CEO declares issue tracking dead

Linear has launched an AI agent in beta that integrates with Slack, Teams, and Zendesk to automate issue creation and workflow tasks. CEO Karri Saarinen declared 'issue tracking is dead,' positioning Linear as a context-capture layer while agents handle engineering work. Future plans include a coding agent for writing code and fixing bugs, plus MCP support. Coding agents are already active in 75% of Linear enterprise workspaces, with agent work volume up 5x in three months. Pricing remains unchanged during beta, but usage-based pricing is planned for automations and coding features beyond certain thresholds. Security concerns around prompt injection are noted but not addressed in official documentation.