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title: "Working with Indent in Linear"
description: "Delegate a Linear issue to Indent or mention it on one, and follow the work from the issue."
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# Working with Indent in Linear

Once Linear is connected at organization scope, you can put Indent on an issue and follow what it
does without leaving Linear. To connect the integration first, see
[Connecting Linear](/connecting/linear).

## Delegate an issue to Indent

There are three ways to start Indent from an issue:

- **Delegate the issue to Indent.** Indent owns the issue and implements it.
- **@-mention Indent in the issue description.** Indent answers what the description asks, and
  implements only if you ask it to.
- **@-mention Indent in a comment.** Indent answers in that thread, and implements only if you ask
  it to.

Delegation and assignment are separate fields in Linear, so delegating to Indent leaves the issue's
assignee alone.

To keep going, reply in the thread Linear opened. Every reply there reaches Indent, so you don't
need to mention it again.

## What Indent reads

Indent gets the issue's identifier, title, URL, description, and assignee, plus the comments in the
thread it was mentioned in. A new mention on the same issue adds the comments posted since the last
turn. A reply in a thread Indent is already working in carries only that reply.

It doesn't read the issue's labels, status, project, cycle, parent or sub-issues, other comment
threads, or files attached to the issue. Ask for anything else in your request. The Linear tools are
available from the first turn of the session, so Indent can also look it up.

## One session per issue

Indent keeps one session per issue. A second delegation or mention on the same issue continues that
session, and Indent picks up from what it has already done. Each Linear thread is answered on its
own. Two requests on the same issue run one after the other.

The session is titled with the issue identifier, such as `ENG-231: Rate-limit the export endpoint`,
and is visible to your organization.

## Follow the work

Linear opens a thread for each delegation or mention, and Indent posts its progress there as it
works. Progress updates arrive as thoughts, and the last message of a turn is the response. A turn
that fails ends with an error in the thread instead.

- Each thread has an **Open in Indent** link, and the issue gets an **Indent session** attachment.
- A pull request Indent opens is linked on the thread, and attached to the issue when the issue is
  delegated.
- On a delegated issue, Indent's answer also lands as a comment on the issue.
- Images render inline. Other files are attached as links. A file over 25 MiB links to the session
  in Indent instead.
- If Indent has a question for you, it posts a link to answer it in Indent. Commenting in Linear
  instead dismisses the question and steers the run.

On a delegated issue, Indent opens pull requests as the issue's assignee, falling back to whoever
delegated the issue. The assignee needs an Indent account for that.

To stop a run, use Linear's **Send stop request**. Indent replies that it was stopped before it
finished.

## Teammates who don't have an Indent account

Indent matches whoever delegates or mentions it by their Linear email address. If your organization
signs people up automatically by email domain, a teammate gets an account there and then.

Without a match, Indent replies in the thread and the run doesn't start. A Linear email that matches
no Indent account gets a link to sign up. One that matches several accounts gets asked to link their
Linear account in Indent.

## Limits

Indent doesn't change an issue's status, assignee, or labels on its own. Ask for it in your request.

A tool call that needs your approval isn't shown in Linear. The run waits until you approve it in
Indent, so open the session from the thread if a run goes quiet.

Delegating or mentioning Indent from a Linear project or document does nothing. Use an issue.

Source: https://docs.indent.com/collaborating/working-in-linear/index.mdx