Linear Dashboard for Obsidian

A read-only Linear dashboard plugin for Obsidian, displaying a multi-project kanban view of your Linear issues.

Features

• Multi-project kanban board with collapsible project sections
• Status columns with issue count badges
• Issue cards with priority icons, labels, estimates, and markdown descriptions
• Collapsible description previews rendered with Obsidian's MarkdownRenderer
• Click issue titles to open directly in Linear desktop app (linear:// links)
• Local cache for instant loading on startup
• Manual refresh with relative timestamp display

Setup

1. Install the plugin in your Obsidian vault
2. Open Settings → Linear Dashboard
3. Enter your Linear API key (get one from Linear Settings → API)
4. Select your team from the dropdown
5. Optionally toggle which projects to display

Usage

• Click the dashboard icon in the ribbon or use the command palette: Open Linear Dashboard
• Click Refresh to fetch latest issues from Linear
• Click project headers to collapse/expand sections
• Click issue titles to open in the Linear desktop app
• Click descriptions to expand/collapse

Development

pnpm install
pnpm run dev       # watch mode
pnpm run build     # type-check + production build
pnpm test          # run tests

Tech Stack

• TypeScript (strict mode), React 19, esbuild
• Obsidian API with requestUrl for HTTP calls
• Linear GraphQL API (read-only, personal API key)
• Vitest for testing