HeyBobThe thread becomes a tracked issue.
Connect Linear and Bob searches issues, files new ones, updates them and leaves comments, showing you each change before it lands. In the HeyBob app on Mac, Windows and Linux, or in Slack.
- Your own Linear account
- Asks before every change
- A receipt on every job
What Bob can do in Linear.
A short, focused set of actions for the jobs teams hand off most, so every approval card is easy to read. Narrower than everything Linear can do, on purpose.
Search and read
Search issue titles to find work and spot duplicates, and read one issue in full: status, priority, owner, labels and dates.
Teams and projects
List your teams to file in the right place, and list projects to report on progress.
Create, update, comment
File a bug or task, change its title, description, status, owner or priority, or post a comment.
Five things to hand him.
Start with the handoff your team drops every week.
“Read this thread and search Linear for a checkout timeout. If there’s no duplicate, draft a bug for the Payments team with the steps and customer impact.”
A linked issue, not a promise that someone will copy the thread later.
“Before standup every weekday, list the active Payments projects and sum up the urgent or blocked issues from yesterday’s threads.”
A short brief. Nobody opens Linear to learn the blocker was already discussed.
“Add this customer’s workaround and impact to ENG-482 as a comment. Show me the exact note first.”
Sales and support context reaches engineering without anyone living in Linear.
“Check whether PR 194 fixed LIN-217. If the tests passed and it shipped, comment with the evidence and move the issue to Done.”
He checks the facts first, then shows the comment and status change.
“Sum up every active Linear project for the product review: progress, key issue changes, and customer promises from HubSpot.”
Linear has the state, HubSpot the promise, the conversation the reason. One brief.
The promise from the meeting lands in Linear.
On Mac and Windows, the HeyBob app takes notes on any call with no bot joining, on Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex or Slack huddles. Tap Have Bob do it on an action item and he searches Linear for a duplicate, drafts the issue, and asks before he files it.
Connected in a minute.
Tell Bob to connect Linear, or give him a job that needs it.
Open the Connect Linear button he posts.
Allow access on Linear’s own page.
Come back and say “retry.”
Each person connects their own Linear account. If your role cannot see a private team or change an issue, neither can Bob. A schedule or reminder uses the account of whoever set it up, never whoever happened to connect Linear first.
Prove the first few changes, then loosen.
Searching and reading keep moving. Creating, updating or commenting shows an approval card unless an admin has set a narrower rule. After the job runs, the receipt shows what changed in Linear, how long it took, what it cost and which tools he used.
Limits worth knowing.
- Title search only. If the only match is buried in a comment, his search may miss it.
- No extra permissions. Your Linear account decides what he can reach.
- Issues, teams, projects, comments. Not every admin feature in Linear.
- Not every message is a ticket. He files one when asked, or when your team sets up a schedule or trigger to do it.
Common questions.
What can Bob do in Linear?
Search issues, read issue details, list teams and projects, create issues, update an issue’s fields and status, and add comments.
Does everyone share one Linear account in Bob?
No. Each person connects their own Linear account, and Bob uses the account and permissions of whoever asked or set up the job.
Does Bob ask before changing Linear?
Yes, by default. Reading runs on its own. Creating, updating or commenting on an issue shows you the change first unless an admin has set a narrower rule.
Can Bob prevent duplicate Linear issues?
He searches issue titles before he creates one, which cuts duplicates. It still depends on the title and team he searches.
Hand Bob the issue nobody filed.
$100 of work, on us. Set up in 2 minutes.