# Linear MCP vs Roma (slim)

> Linear MCP scores 53.8 (D) to Roma's 51.1 (D) for issues and tasks. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Linear MCP scores 53.8 (D) on agent readiness against Roma's 51.1 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Roma leads on schema & documentation and agent ergonomics. Both do issues and tasks.

- Linear MCP: D 53.8, rank #698 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linear-mcp.min.md
- Roma: D 51.1, rank #757 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/roma.min.md
- Linear MCP, good for Teams on Linear who want an agent to triage, file and update issues under the user's permissions, with a hard read-only option. Ahead on Reliability, 60 against 38; Security & auth, 71 against 44; Payments & pricing, 30 against 20; Transparency & trust, 71 against 58.
- Roma, good for One person who wants an AI chat to read and write their own task list, notes and typed lists, with a single orientation call. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 83 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 60 against 38.

| Category | Linear MCP | Roma |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 38 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 51 | 83 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 38 | 60 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 71 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 57 | 57 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 71 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Linear MCP | Roma |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Linear | Milo Mode Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.linear.app/mcp` | `https://api.roma.app/mcp` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) | Streamable HTTP, HTTP |
| Pricing | Your plan | Free |
| Licence | proprietary | Proprietary service under Roma's terms of service. No public source repository found |
| Tools exposed | none | 31 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| MCP registry | `app.linear/linear` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-08-13 | 2026-10-02 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-06-09 | 2026-09-18 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-03-17 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |