Linear: Update Issue - Assignee

Reassigns an existing Linear issue to a different owner directly from a PagerDuty Incident Workflow, without manual context switching.

Availability

See the Incident Workflow Actions Overview table for the plans this workflow is available on.

Description

Update the assignee of an existing issue in Linear directly from a PagerDuty Incident Workflow. This action enables teams to automatically route Linear issues to the appropriate owner during incident response, ensuring accountability without requiring manual context switching.

Instructions

If you have not done so, follow the instructions to Create an Incident Workflow.
When the instructions prompt you to add actions, select this action.
Enter the following Inputs and click Save.
Continue following instructions to Publish the Workflow.
When the action runs, you will see the Outputs listed below.

Reference Linear Issue ID

You can dynamically reference the Linear Issue ID from a prior step, such as a Linear: Create Issue action, using the output variable reference syntax.

Inputs

Field References

Fields with the {+} icon accept Field References, which can be useful for referencing incident data or outputs created in prior workflow steps. To add Field References, click {+}, or enter {{, and select relevant fields. Refer to the Field References article for more information.

Name	Description
Issue ID	The unique identifier of the Linear issue to update. Example: `ENG-123` or a UUID.
Assignee	The email address or Linear user ID of the person to assign the issue to. Example: `user@company.com`.

Outputs

Name	Description
Issue ID	The unique identifier of the updated Linear issue.
Issue URL	A direct link to the updated issue in Linear. Use this in notifications or subsequent steps.