# Team initiatives

By Steven Van · 2026-08-13

Initiatives are Linear's way to manage product strategy and high-level planning across projects.

[Linear](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/linear>) initiatives can now be led by a specific team rather than tracked only at the company level, making clear who is responsible for driving that piece of strategy. Initiatives led by a private team are visible only to that team's members, for confidential planning, regulated projects, audits, or other restricted work. Details are in the [changelog entry](<https://linear.app/changelog/2026-08-13-team-initiatives>).

Linear's MCP also gains enterprise-managed authorization. When an employee connects from a supported Anthropic agent, Linear verifies their identity through the workspace's Okta-managed identity and applies their existing Linear permissions, so admins can manage access centrally without employees signing in to Linear individually. This requires an **Enterprise** workspace with Okta SAML configured.

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Sources

[Original source](<https://linear.app/changelog/2026-08-13-team-initiatives>)

[Read Team initiatives on Creators Toolbox](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/linear-team-initiatives>)

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