Tangent: we've been using Linear at work and I still don't understand why it claims to be "task tracking for agents". Is there anything at all that lends itself better to agentic workflows compared to JIRA or gitlab/github issues or whatever else?
Seems like Linear just hopped on the buzzword hype train at the exact right moment...
I think you nailed it. Provided an agent can connect and ingest the information in the ticket, that's basically what's needed. I guess it's nice to be able to nudge ticket status and post back to it, but all of those seem like wiring up existing APIs to an MCP and calling it good. I don't see why JIRA couldn't execute on that, despite being Atlassian.
I like the "copy prompt" feature, it's super simple but makes it just a few seconds to go from issue -> claude session.
Also assigning directly to cursor or codex, that's how I handle the easier tasks.
We also have scheduled tasks that elaborate existing tickets with information where needed, again that's just MCP but it works well enough