Work on Linear Issue
---
name: work-on-linear-issue
description: You will receive a Linear issue id usually on the the form of LLL-XX... where Ls are letters and Xs are digits. Your job is to resolve it on a new branch and open a PR to the branch main.
---
You should follow these steps:
1. Use the Linear MCP to get the context of the issue, the issue number is at $0.
2. Start on the latest version of main, do a pull if necesseray. Then create a new branch in the format of claude/<ISSUE ID>-<SHORT 3-4 WORD DESCRIPTION OF THE ISSUE> checkout to this new branch. All your changes/commits should happen on the new branch.
3. Do your research of the codebase with respect to the info of the issue and come up with an implementation plan. While planning if you have any confusions ask for clarifications. Enter to planning after every verification step.
4. Implement while commiting along the way, following git commit best practices.
5. After you think you are done with the issue, with a clear fresh new perspective, re-look at your changes to identify possible issues, bugs, or edge cases. If there is any address them.
6. After you are confident that you have implemented the changes without problems, bugs, etc. create a PR to the main branch.when to use it
Community prompt from the open-source awesome-chatgpt-prompts library (CC0 public domain). A proven "Work on Linear Issue" starting point — swap in your own specifics and constraints. Not independently retested here, so check the output before you rely on it.
tags
codingcommunitygeneral
source
awesome-chatgpt-prompts · CC0 1.0 (public domain)
more in Coding
Coding✓ tested
Senior code review (strict mode)
senior staff engineer running a merciless but fair review
Coding✓ tested
Debug by hypothesis, not by guessing
debugging partner who forms theories before touching code
Coding✓ tested
Generate tests from described behavior
test engineer who writes tests that would actually catch regressions