Timely + Linear

Sync Linear with Timely so every issue, cycle, and decision is backed by real effort data. Teams plan and ship in Linear while Timely captures time automatically in the background, turning daily activity into clear insight on cost, progress, and capacity.

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What is Timely?

Timely removes the single biggest source of operational drag in your business: unreliable, incomplete, and retrospective time data.

Instead of asking teams to track time, Timely captures it automatically from the tools they already use and organizes it into accurate, decision-ready insight, so you can make business decisions based on real time-data.

Why use Timely and Linear

Linear is built for speed and clarity. Timely makes that speed measurable. By capturing effort automatically as work moves through issues and cycles, Timely turns Linear activity into a clear picture of investment and impact. You understand not just what shipped, but what it took to ship it, so planning gets sharper, tradeoffs get easier, and delivery stays sustainable as teams scale.

Instant structure, zero drag

Connect Linear once and your teams, projects, and issues appear in Timely automatically. There is nothing to configure and nothing to maintain. Engineers keep working in Linear, Timely stays invisible, and leadership gets consistent time data without slowing delivery or adding process.

See what really drives progress

Autosheet captures the work that happens between planning and shipping, then lets teams confirm it in one click. You understand where effort concentrates, who is accelerating progress, and how workloads feel across the team. Visibility increases without surveillance, and clarity replaces guesswork.

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Time that reflects how work flows

When time is captured alongside Linear issues and cycles, reporting starts matching reality. You see how effort moves through work, where momentum stalls, and what delivery actually costs. Planning improves because it is based on evidence, not assumptions

Plan with confidence, ship sustainably

With issues, timelines, and activity continuously reflected in Timely, plans stay grounded as work evolves. You spot tradeoffs earlier, understand the true cost of iteration, and reduce delivery surprises. Better insight leads to steadier execution and teams that can sustain their pace as you scale.

How to sync Linear and Timely?

"Black box for all your daily efforts.
Timely does everything in the background - you don't need to perform complex setups or remember to turn the timer "on" every time you start the next task. You just do the job: use your productivity apps, attend online meetings, work with mail, etc."

Anton K.

Senior SAP ECM Consultant

Users Love us! G2
"Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy
Timely has user friendly clickability and syncs seamlessly with google calendar. I submit my time daily , and it takes 2 mins or less because I keep my Google calendar updated.

Soooo efficient! "

Micaela McDade

Design Principal

"Multi-taskers just need to track every minute for billing...
The application meticulously records tasks across various platforms, ensuring that no fragment of time is lost in the ether of busyness. "

Aly R.

Founder & CEO

How the Timely + Linear Sync Works

The Timely + Linear sync turns Linear activity into reliable effort data automatically. Teams plan and ship in Linear while Timely captures work in the background, with no manual logging or disruption.

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Teams and projects map cleanly into Timely, while issues become the reference point for time entries, preserving Linear as the source of truth.

Linear objects ↓
Timely objects ↓
Teams
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Clients
Projects
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Projects
Issues
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Time entries

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The Linear time tracking experience

Instead of asking teams to remember what they worked on, the Linear integration captures activity automatically as work moves through issues and cycles. Timely turns that activity into clear, accurate time data, so your timeline stays trustworthy and reporting reflects how product work actually happens.
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Linear

Timely connects with Linear to capture time automatically as teams plan, build, and ship. Issues become reference points for time entries, activity stays read-only in Linear, and reporting stays accurate without manual updates or process overhead.
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