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Import Your Linear Roadmap and Link It to Customer Evidence

Import Linear initiatives and projects into Deck, keep each one linked to Linear, and back every roadmap item with customer evidence. Nothing changes in Linear.

By Matt TeixeiraUpdated

Run it in Deck
Time to Run
15 min
Uses
Initiatives,Projects,Integrations
You Get
Linear Roadmap Import Plan
Run It
In Deck or with your agent

How Do You Import a Linear Roadmap into Deck?

Connect Linear in Settings → Integrations, then import each Linear initiative from Build → Initiatives. Deck creates a matching initiative and brings in its child projects as Deck Projects, each linked to its Linear item. Nothing changes in Linear, imports use no credits, and every item is now ready to link to customer evidence.

Why Your Roadmap and Customer Evidence Live Apart

The roadmap lives in Linear, and the reasons behind it live somewhere else. When someone asks why a project is on the list, the answer is a meeting nobody wrote down. You cannot tell which initiatives customers asked for and which ones run on gut feel.

How Deck Links Linear Work to Customer Evidence

Deck imports Linear initiatives and projects as Deck initiatives and Projects and keeps each one linked to its Linear item. Linear stays the place you run delivery. Deck refreshes the title, status, owner, and dates daily, while documents and customer evidence stay in Deck, so every roadmap item can carry the feedback behind it.

How to Import Your Linear Roadmap into Deck

Run it yourself in Deck, or hand it to your AI agent. Same steps, same result.

  1. 01

    Connect Linear

    An organization admin opens Settings → Integrations, picks Linear, clicks Connect, and completes the authorization. Linear does not count toward the Free plan's one-integration limit.

  2. 02

    Decide What to Import, Link, or Skip

    List the Linear initiatives and projects you want in Deck. If a Deck Project already covers a Linear project, link it instead of importing, so you do not create a duplicate. Skip items that are already linked.

  3. 03

    Import Each Linear Initiative

    Open Build → Initiatives, open the New menu, and choose Import from Linear. Pick the initiative, optionally pick a segment, and confirm. Deck also imports its child projects that are not linked yet.

  4. 04

    Import Standalone Linear Projects

    Open Build → Projects and choose the Linear import option. Pick the project, optionally the initiative it belongs to and a segment, and confirm.

  5. 05

    Link Deck Projects That Already Cover the Work

    Open the Deck Project, open the external handoff menu, and choose the Linear link option. Deck fills only empty fields from Linear and does not overwrite your title, owner, Overview, or Evidence.

  6. 06

    Check the Customer Evidence

    Check the Insights column in Build → Initiatives, then open each imported Project's Evidence tab. Items with few linked insights need customer evidence before they earn their place. As new feedback arrives, Deck can attach high-confidence matches to Projects on its own.

Linear Roadmap Import Plan

linear-roadmap-import-plan.md
Linear item    | Kind                 | Status   | Target date | Action               | Deck initiative      | Segment          
---------------|----------------------|----------|-------------|----------------------|----------------------|------------------
[Linear title] | Initiative / Project | [Status] | [Date]      | Import / Link / Skip | [Initiative or none] | [Segment or none]
## Actions
- Import: Not in Deck yet. Import initiatives first, their unlinked child projects come with them.
- Link: A Deck Project already covers it. Link it instead of importing.
- Skip: Already linked in Deck. Open it from its Deck link.
## Before you start
[ ] Linear is connected in Settings → Integrations
[ ] An organization admin is available to import initiatives
## After the import
Item    | Result                                 | Deck link   | Linked insights
--------|----------------------------------------|-------------|----------------
[Title] | Imported / Linked / Skipped ([reason]) | [Deck link] | [Deck count]
Plain text. Pastes into Docs, Notion, or your agent.17 lines

Frequently Asked Questions

No. Imports read Linear and create Deck records only. Unlinking removes only the Deck-side link and does not delete or change the Linear item.

Only organization admins can connect Linear and import a Linear initiative. Any member can import a single Linear project, but a project imported that way has no link to its Linear initiative.

No. Imports spend no credits, and Linear does not count toward the Free plan's one-integration limit.

Deck refreshes the title, status, owner, and dates of linked items daily. It does not sync child relationships after the import, and Linear never overwrites your documents or evidence in Deck.

A Linear item can link to one Deck item per organization, so already-linked items are skipped and reported. An identical import within 24 hours returns the first result and creates nothing new.

Yes. With Deck MCP connected, paste the prompt on this page. The agent lists what Linear has, flags items already in Deck, and shows you an import, link, or skip plan. It asks before it imports or links anything.