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Get a Mac notification for new and completed Linear issues

Linear's webhooks post an action (create, update, remove) and a type (Issue, Comment, Project). One hook with type as the type field keeps issues and comments apart.

Needs: the free EventBar app on your Mac, an EventBar account, and a Linear account with permission to add webhooks. About five minutes. Generic JSON.

Steps

1. Create the webhook URL. In the EventBar dashboard, open the Webhooks tab, pick the group this belongs to (one group per site or app is the usual shape), choose the provider Generic JSON, name it, and press Create. Copy the URL; it stays visible and can be rotated any time.
2. Paste it into Linear. In Linear: Settings, then API, then Webhooks, then New webhook. URL your hook URL, choose the resource types (Issues, Comments). Create the EventBar hook as Generic JSON with type field type.
3. Trigger one. Most services offer a test delivery; otherwise do the real thing once. It shows up in the dashboard's Events tab within a second and in the menu bar, as an undefined type named after the event. That first one is your proof the wiring works.
4. Make it read well. Press Define on the new type and give it a title and a body template. Fields come from the payload, nested ones with dots. The table below is a starting point.

What you'll see

Every type has its own switch in the menu bar, so a noisy one can be quiet on this Mac and still counted. Counts cover the last hour, 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days and all time.

Worth knowing

• Link template {url} opens the issue or comment in Linear.
• Updates are frequent; if you only want creations, keep the type on and watch the count, or use a Linear webhook scoped to a single team.

The full contract, including how each preset reads a payload and what the answers mean, is in the API docs. Something about Linear's payload changed? Tell us and we'll fix the guide.