Linear's agent now runs recurring workflows for you
By Steven Van ·
Loops let the Linear Agent handle repetitive process work like triage and stale-issue sweeps on its own.
Linear gave its agent a standing set of chores. Loops are recurring workflows that the Linear Agent can run for your team, the repetitive process work that keeps projects moving but eats human time.
The recurring-work problem
Every team runs on repetitive process: triaging incoming issues, nudging stale ones, updating statuses, prepping cycle reviews. None of it is hard, but it's constant, and it's exactly the kind of work that either falls to someone's manual routine or quietly doesn't happen. Loops make that work a defined, recurring thing the agent handles, so the process runs whether or not a person remembers to do it.
An agent that acts, not just answers
The important distinction is that Loops has the Linear Agent run the workflow, not just suggest it. Linear is opinionated software with clear structure, issues, cycles, projects, and that structure is what makes reliable automation possible: the agent knows what an issue is and what to do with it. Recurring workflows on top of that structure turn Linear from a place you track work into a place where routine work partly runs itself.
Fits how Linear thinks
Linear built its reputation on speed and removing friction for product teams. Loops is a natural extension of that philosophy, less time spent on process upkeep, more on the actual work. For teams already living in Linear, it's the kind of feature that compounds quietly: each loop you set up is a recurring task you never think about again.
Try it
Loops are available in Linear now. The place to start is your most tedious recurring ritual, the weekly triage, the stale-issue sweep, and setting it up as a loop for the agent to run, then seeing how much process upkeep disappears from your team's plate.
Sources: Linear on X, Linear.