A Linear alternative that keeps the spec
Issues on a board, plus the spec they come from and an audit of what happened to every requirement. And the rest of the company, from chat to hiring, in the same workspace.
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Why teams look around
Why teams look beyond Linear
Linear is a focused tool that engineers enjoy. These are the common reasons small companies look for something broader.
The rest of the company is elsewhere
Sales, scheduling, hiring and chat happen in other tools, so the non-engineers never see the board.
The spec lives apart from the issues
Requirements are written in one tool and tracked in another, and they drift.
One more per-seat bill
A small team paying per user in several tools pays for the same people again and again.
What you will find
What you get in Atrix AI
From the spec to the board and back, with the whole team in the loop.
A closer look
Pages
The spec lives with the issues
Requirements and architecture are pages in the same project as the board, and a Develop run can write the first draft for you.
- Requirements and architecture as pages
- Whiteboards for diagrams
- Issues planned from the spec
Launch plan
☐ Press list · ☑ Pricing
Whiteboard · 13 templates
MCP
Keep your AI tools
Atrix is an MCP server. Claude Code, Claude and ChatGPT can read pages, plan work and file issues with the scopes you grant.
- OAuth sign-in in the browser; no key to paste
- Scoped tokens, revocable per device
- Every call audited, never the contents
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$ claude mcp add --transport http atrix https://atrix.dev/api/mcp
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Be honest about it
When to keep Linear
Atrix AI covers more ground with less depth in issue tracking. You may want to keep Linear for:
- Estimates, cycle capacity and velocity built on points.
- Triage of incoming requests at scale.
- A large engineering organisation with many teams.
- Workflows your engineers have tuned over years.
How to move
Moving from Linear
Start with the product where the spec matters most.
- 01
Create the project
Start the 7-day trial (card required) and create a project for one product.
- 02
Write the spec
Run Develop on your brief to get requirements, an architecture and planned issues.
- 03
Freeze the baseline
Once the requirements are agreed, freeze them and track each one through to done.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Is Atrix AI a good Linear alternative for startups?
If you want issues, the spec, a requirements audit and the rest of the company in one workspace, yes. If you only need a dedicated engineering tracker, Linear is excellent at that.
Does Atrix AI have cycles?
Yes. Each product runs cycles of one to four weeks with a goal, progress and a burndown. You plan them from the backlog, and completing one moves its unfinished work to the next cycle or back to the backlog. Issues also carry workspace labels. There are no estimates or story points.
Does Atrix AI check our code?
No. It does not run static analysis or security scans. The requirements audit tracks agreed requirements against the work on the board.
Does it work with Claude Code?
Yes. Atrix is an MCP server, so Claude Code and other MCP clients can work in your workspace.
From the blog
- Linear vs Asana (2026): engineering vs cross-functionalLinear vs Asana compared on October 2026 prices, engineering versus cross-functional work, MCP servers and AI, with a cost table for teams of 5 to 25.
- Best MCP servers for project management in 2026Asana, Linear, Notion, Atlassian, ClickUp, monday.com, GitHub and Atrix MCP servers compared: hosting, auth, read and write tools, limits and who each suits.
- How to connect Claude to project management (MCP)Connect Claude Code, Claude Desktop and Cursor to your project management tool over MCP: the setup steps, how scopes work, and prompts that do real work.
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