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Create Initiative

Create an initiative in Linear. See the documentation.
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Linear account once, then configure and run Create Initiative from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "linear-create-initiative",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    linear: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    name: "Name",
    description: "Description",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Create Initiative inputs
Property Type Description
name Name string
The name of the initiative
Required
description Description string
The description of the initiative
Optional
content Content string
The content of the initiative in markdown format
Optional
status Status string
The status of the initiative
Optional
color Color string
The color of the initiative
Optional
targetDate Target Date string
The target date of the initiative in ISO 8601 format
Optional
ownerId Owner string
The user to assign to the initiative
Optional Dynamic

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
linear-create-initiative
Version
0.0.2
App
Linear
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes