Add the Linear project operations Bot, then start with investigation
An official Grok Bot guide dated Nov. 2, written by Cristina Cordova, shows how to connect Linear so a Bot can investigate a product problem and plan work there. The same guide covers coordinating coding agents you authorize. Here's how we'd set it up from that guide. We did not add the Bot or connect Linear for this piece, and we did not open the marketplace listing.
The official guide says to add the Linear project operations Bot, which arrives with Linear already attached, plus saved instructions and routines. That Bot can read existing Linear work, turn an agreed direction into issues, hand scoped tasks to a coding agent you connect, watch for a linked pull request and draft updates from actual progress. You do not need a coding agent for discovery or planning, or to draft updates. Implementation depends on the tools you connect.
1. Add the packaged Bot. Add the Linear project operations Bot the guide names. Review its instructions and included integrations first.
2. Connect Linear. Connect Linear for the workspace you want this Bot to use. If your company has to approve that access, wait for that approval.
3. Connect coding tools only if you want implementation. Connect the coding agent you prefer and give it access to the repository and the checks it should run. The guide says Grok Bot will ask which available agent to use if you have not picked one.
4. Give it a starting point. Share a Linear issue or project link and say what you want done. Ask the Bot to read what is already there and to follow how your team already works.
5. Choose the scope. Ask it to investigate or to plan first. Do not authorize implementation until you are ready. If you want recurring checks or notifications, say so then.
When a pull request merges, the guide says that merge is recorded. Shipping the change and checking that it works are still separate steps. If you already hand coding work to a connected agent, GG has covered that separately. This setup is about giving the Bot a Linear project to start from.
What to do: Add the Linear project operations Bot the official guide names, connect Linear, point it at one existing issue or project, and ask what the problem is and what is already underway before you authorize any implementation.
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