# Linear MCP vs Todoist (slim)

> Todoist scores 66.9 (B) to Linear MCP's 53.8 (D) for issues and tasks. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Todoist scores 66.9 (B) on agent readiness against Linear MCP's 53.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Linear MCP leads on security & auth. Both do issues and tasks.

- Linear MCP: D 53.8, rank #698 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linear-mcp.min.md
- Todoist: B 66.9, rank #271 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/todoist.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 Security & auth, 71 against 61.
- Todoist, good for Individuals and small teams who already keep tasks in Todoist and want an agent to add, reschedule, comment and report through MCP. Ahead on Reliability, 66 against 60; Schema & documentation, 76 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 77 against 38; Maintenance & community, 88 against 57; Transparency & trust, 77 against 71. Also Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Linear MCP | Todoist |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 66 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 51 | 76 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 38 | 77 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 71 | 61 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 57 | 88 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 71 | 77 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Linear MCP | Todoist |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Linear | Doist |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.linear.app/mcp` | `https://api.todoist.com` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Pricing | Your plan | Freemium |
| Licence | proprietary | Proprietary service under Todoist's terms of service. The MCP server, the Python and TypeScript SDKs and the CLI on GitHub are MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 47 |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| MCP registry | `app.linear/linear` | `net.todoist/mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-08-13 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-06-09 | 2026-08-27 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-03-17 | 2026-08-27 |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | none | 554 stars, 5.4k npm/wk, 26k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |