Add Linear as a social connection

How to set up social connection with Linear

Overview

Adding social connection with Linear to your app with Clerk is done in a few steps - you only need to set the Client ID, Client Secret and Authorized redirect URL in your instance settings.

To make the development flow as smooth as possible, Clerk uses preconfigured shared OAuth credentials and redirect URIs for development instances - no other configuration is needed.

For production instances, you will need to generate your own Client ID and Client secret using your Linear account.

Before you start

• You need to create a Clerk Application in your Clerk Dashboard. For more information, check out our Set up your application guide.
• You need to have a Linear account. To create one, click here.

Configuring Linear social connection

First, you need to create a new OAuth Linear app. Navigate on your Settings > Account > API > OAuth applications and click on Create new. On the modal that pops up, enter all the necessary info for your new app such as the name, the logo etc.

Navigate to the Clerk Dashboard. In the top navigation, select Configure. Then in the sidebar, select SSO Connections. Select the Add connection button, and select For all users. In the Choose provider dropdown, select Linear. Toggle on Use custom credentials and copy Authorized redirect URI. Paste this value in the Callback URLs field of your Linear application.

When you have filled all the necessary info, click Create. Congratulations, you have successfully created your Linear OAuth application.

Copy the Client ID and Client secret as shown in the above image from the Basic Information menu of your app. Go back to the Clerk Dashboard and paste them into the respective fields.

Don't forget to click Apply in the Clerk dashboard. Congratulations! Social connection with Linear is now configured for your instance.