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Clients pinned to flat tool names break; gateway mode rediscovers it (https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/rovo-mcp/changelog/)" ], "verdict": "v2 gateway exposes primary tools plus discover and three execute meta-tools, and the rest load on demand. No numeric rate limits or 429 guidance published for the MCP server.", "strengths": [ "v2 gateway exposes primary tools plus discover and three execute meta-tools, and the rest load on demand", "Every tool call is written to the organisation audit log under Rovo MCP User Actions", "delete_jira and manage_jira are off until an admin enables them, and admins can block client domains and apply IP allowlists", "v1 retirement dated in public, with an automatic move to v2 on 1 March 2027", "Listed in the official MCP registry as com.atlassian/atlassian-mcp-server 2.0.0" ], "weaknesses": [ "No numeric rate limits or 429 guidance published for the MCP server", "Enriched Teamwork Graph calls cost 1 to 10 Rovo credits each, with no price per credit beside them", "Tool schemas aren't published, and the supported-tools page gives one line per tool", "76 open GitHub issues, most of the recent ones still labelled needs-triage", "JSM tools work only with API-token auth, and Compass only with OAuth" 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Read-only endpoint: https://mcp.linear.app/mcp/readonly. Legacy SSE: https://mcp.linear.app/sse.", "pricing": "byo-plan", "pricingNotes": "No separate charge; available to Linear workspaces (Linear has a free plan). 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Both do issue tracking. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 25 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atlassian-rovo-mcp-vs-linear-mcp", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atlassian-rovo-mcp-vs-linear-mcp.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atlassian-rovo-mcp-vs-linear-mcp.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atlassian-rovo-mcp-vs-linear-mcp.min.md" }, "markdown": "Atlassian Rovo MCP Server has a score of 58.1 (C) against Linear MCP's 54 (C). Both do issue tracking. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 25 points.\n\n- Atlassian Rovo MCP Server: grade C, 58.1/100, rank #284 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/atlassian-rovo-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/atlassian-rovo-mcp.json\n- Linear MCP: grade C, 54/100, rank #328 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linear-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/linear-mcp.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Atlassian Rovo MCP Server for schema \u0026 documentation (+7), agent ergonomics (+25), security \u0026 auth (+14), maintenance \u0026 community (+23), transparency \u0026 trust (+8).\n\nPick Linear MCP for reliability (+10), payments \u0026 pricing (+10).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Atlassian Rovo MCP Server | Linear MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 50 | 60 | Linear MCP +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 58 | 51 | Atlassian Rovo MCP Server +7 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 38 | Atlassian Rovo MCP Server +25 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 85 | 71 | Atlassian Rovo MCP Server +14 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | Linear MCP +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 57 | Atlassian Rovo MCP Server +23 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 73 | Atlassian Rovo MCP Server +8 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **58.1 · C** | **54 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Atlassian Rovo MCP Server | Linear MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | MCP server |\n| Vendor | Atlassian | Linear |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.atlassian.com/v2/mcp` | `https://mcp.linear.app/mcp` |\n| Transports | Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) | Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Your plan | Your plan |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | proprietary | proprietary |\n| Tools exposed | none | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | `com.atlassian/atlassian-mcp-server` | `app.linear/linear` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-08-13 |\n| Popularity | 1.1k stars | none |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Atlassian Rovo MCP Server.** v2 gateway exposes primary tools plus discover and three execute meta-tools, and the rest load on demand. No numeric rate limits or 429 guidance published for the MCP server.\n\n**Linear MCP.** OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration, so most MCP clients connect without a registered app. No published tool list, schemas or MCP error responses.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Atlassian Rovo MCP Server\n\n1. Connect to `https://mcp.atlassian.com/v2/mcp`, not `/v1/sse`, which stopped being supported after 30 June 2026\n2. Call `discover` before execute, since flat tool names have changed under v2\n3. Pass `maxResults: 10` on JQL and CQL searches, as Atlassian's own skills require\n4. Expect a permission error rather than a tool for deletes until an admin enables delete_jira\n5. For headless runs send a service-account key as `Authorization: Bearer`, and note that JSM tools need this route\n\n### Linear MCP\n\n1. Use `https://mcp.linear.app/mcp/readonly` for triage and reporting, it only exposes read tools\n2. Headless runs take `Authorization: Bearer \u003cAPI key\u003e`, and a key created with Read permission can't write\n3. Treat an HTTP 400 with RATELIMITED as a rate limit and wait for the X-RateLimit-Requests-Reset time\n4. Call `list_teams` first, since team visibility and retired teams come back in its output\n\n## Other comparisons with Atlassian Rovo MCP Server or Linear MCP\n\n- [Atlassian Rovo MCP Server vs Notion MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atlassian-rovo-mcp-vs-notion-mcp.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-04", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.3", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "Atlassian Rovo MCP Server vs Linear MCP", "url": "" } ], "description": "Atlassian Rovo MCP Server has a score of 58.1 (C) against Linear MCP's 54 (C). 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