Linear Sprint Triage, Duplicate Detection & Cycle Hygiene Skill

Automate Linear issue triage: detect duplicate bug reports, infer team/project labels from stack traces, flag blocked cycle items, and draft weekly enginee

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name: linear-sprint-hygiene
description: Automate Linear issue triage: detect duplicate bug reports, infer team/project labels from stack traces, flag blocked cycle items, and draft weekly engineering release notes. Use when working with Linear MCP, Issue Triage, Sprint Cycles, Release Notes.
triggers:
  - linear sprint hygiene
  - linear mcp
  - issue triage
---

# Linear Sprint Triage, Duplicate Detection & Cycle Hygiene Skill

## 1. When to Use This Skill
Load `skill-linear-sprint-hygiene` whenever an engineering or operations task involves **Linear MCP, Issue Triage, Sprint Cycles, Release Notes**. Specifically:
- Automate Linear issue triage: detect duplicate bug reports, infer team/project labels from stack traces, flag blocked cycle items, and draft weekly engineering release notes.
- Designing, reviewing, or debugging production configurations without guesswork or deprecated flags.
- Running deterministic pre-flight and post-execution verification checks before reporting completion.

## 2. Prerequisites & Required Environment
- **Target Stack:** Linear MCP, Issue Triage, Sprint Cycles, Release Notes
- **Permissions:** Read-only inspection by default; ask for explicit confirmation before executing destructive mutations or production deployments.
- **Reference Repository:** `https://linear.app/docs/mcp`

## 3. Step-by-Step Execution Playbook
1. **Context & Configuration Discovery:**
   Inspect existing project manifests (`package.json`, `wrangler.jsonc`, schema files, or environment declarations) before proposing changes. Never overwrite existing bindings or credentials blindly.
2. **Deterministic Implementation:**
   Apply the canonical patterns for **Linear MCP**:
   - Enforce strict schema/type validation at every external boundary.
   - Include explicit error handling, structured logging, and idempotency keys on all mutating calls.
   - Keep secrets in environment variables or secret stores—never hardcode tokens in source files.
3. **Verification & Regression Gate:**
   Run the verification commands below and inspect both exit codes and output payloads before marking the task complete.

## 4. Reference Commands & CLI Workflow
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http linear https://mcp.linear.app/mcp
```

## 5. Edge Cases & Anti-Hallucination Guardrails
- **Zero Unverified Claims:** Never claim a deployment, migration, or API call succeeded without inspecting the command output or HTTP status code.
- **Rollback Readiness:** Always record the previous state or migration version so changes can be reverted cleanly if downstream health checks fail.

Synthesized Engineering Blueprint & Setup Guide