Patricia works your Linear.
Ask her in Slack. She files the issues, builds the projects, and tells you what is slipping in this cycle before a client does.
@Pati what's slipping across our client work this cycle?
Three issues need eyes before the cycle closes Friday:
- Fernbrook: the paid-creative review is 2 days past its due date, still assigned to Maya
- Northwind: 6 issues in the Q3 launch project have no assignee
- Northwind: the site revamp was scoped and signed off Monday, but there's no project for it yet. Want me to build one from the brief?
Build the revamp project, and nudge Maya on the review.
Done. The Northwind revamp is live: 11 issues across 3 milestones, assignees and estimates set from the brief, all in this cycle. I nudged Maya and moved her review to the top of her issues.
Patricia + Linear
What she does in Linear.
Real actions she takes on your say-so, not a list of API endpoints.
Turn briefs into projects
She reads an approved brief and builds the project: issues, milestones, assignees, and estimates, sorted into the cycle the way your team already plans in Linear.
File issues from Slack
Mention her in any thread and the follow-up becomes a Linear issue with an assignee, a due date, and the context attached.
Keep the cycle honest
She posts project updates from what actually moved this cycle, so nobody sends a client a status that is three days stale.
Catch work that is slipping
Overdue issues, unassigned work, and blocking relations across every client project, surfaced in Slack before they become apologies.
Move issues through the workflow
When something is approved she moves it to the next state, links the issues it blocks, and labels it, so nothing sits in review.
Triage the backlog
She searches the backlog, labels and links related issues, and pulls the right ones into the cycle, so planning starts from a clean board.
Say it like you'd say it
Things to ask her on day one.
Build a project from the Northwind revamp brief and assign the design issues to Maya
What is overdue across the Northwind project this cycle?
Turn this thread into an issue in the Fernbrook project and put it in this cycle
Move everything approved this week to Done and update the followers
Post a project update on Northwind Q3 from this cycle's progress
Pull the labeled design-debt issues into the current cycle
Better together
Linear is one hand. Give her the other.
Patricia's value compounds when the whole workflow lives with her, not just one tool.
Linear + Slack
Where you ask, and where the answers land. Every Linear update reaches the channel that cares.
Setup
Linear, connected in minutes.
Add Patricia to Slack
She joins your workspace like any teammate. Two minutes, no engineering.
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Connect Linear
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Ask
Mention @Pati with the job. Anything sensitive, she confirms with you before she acts.
@Pati Build a project from the Northwind revamp brief and assign the design issues to Maya
On it.
FAQ
Linear questions, answered.
What can Patricia actually do in Linear?
She works with issues, projects, milestones, project updates, cycles, labels, comments, issue relations, and workflow states. In practice: she files and assigns issues, keeps projects and the cycle current, and flags what is slipping.
Does she act without asking?
Routine reads and updates, yes, that is the point. Anything sensitive, like archiving an issue or deleting a comment, waits for your explicit approval in Slack.
Which Linear plan do we need?
Any plan works. She connects through Linear's official OAuth flow, the same way other approved apps do, and only sees the teams you connect.
We keep a separate Linear team per client. Does that work?
Yes, that is the agency setup she is built for. Connect the teams you want her in and each client's issues and cycles stay contained to that client, never bleeding across.
What does the Linear integration cost?
Nothing extra. Every integration is included, on every plan.
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She handles the mess. You keep the clients. See what changes in your first week.
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