MCP server official
Risk level
low
20/100

Linear MCP Server ↗

Linear MCP Server is an officially published MCP server from Linear. Anomity scores its risk at 20 out of 100 (low).

network:outbound credentials:access

Analysis summary

Linear MCP Server is an officially published MCP server from Linear. Anomity scores its risk at 20 out of 100 (low).

Linear's official remote MCP server exposes issues, projects, cycles, and comments, so an agent can file bugs, update status, and pull the context behind a ticket while working in an editor.

Declared capabilities are outbound network access and credential access. The specific thing to watch is that issue and comment bodies are a natural injection channel in any team that accepts external bug reports: text a stranger wrote arrives in the agent's context, and the same agent holds a token that can modify your tracker. Read-only scopes cover most assistant use cases; grant write when an actual workflow needs it rather than by default.

Why this entry scored 20 out of 100

This profile starts at the catalog's neutral base of 50. Because the entry is officially published, trust adjusts the score by -40. Declared high-risk capabilities add +10 (capped at +30). It matches no dangerous capability combinations. The clamped result is 20, placing it in the low band.

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Findings

  • Published by the vendor Trust offset
    Contribution to score: -40
  • 1 high-risk capability: credentials:access High
    Contribution to score: +10

Capabilities

Every capability the entry declares, with the security implication of each.

  • network:outbound Outbound network
    Can make outbound network requests. Required for hosted model providers and remote APIs; also the path for data exfiltration if combined with read access.
  • credentials:access Credentials access
    Reads provider API keys, OAuth tokens, or other secrets from the host keychain or environment.