Linear
Create Linear issues from email
Turn any email into a Linear issue in seconds - without leaving your inbox. No complex setup. No apps to install. Compatible with every email provider.
Josh Whitfield
Export to CSV crashes the app
Your instructions
Raise this as an urgent bug in the Mobile team, assigned to Amara.
Linear
Raise a bug for the export crash
Mobile team, urgent, for Amara
You receive a confirmation email once complete, with an undo button that works for 24 hours.
Setup in 30 seconds.
How it works
Forward the email to your ForwardThis address with some simple instructions, like "raise this as an urgent bug in the Mobile team, assigned to Amara".
The issue is created in Linear as per your instructions. ForwardThis can set the assignee, priority and labels at the same time, and put the email's contents in the description.
You receive a confirmation email containing a link to the new issue, plus an undo button if something doesn't look right.
What is ForwardThis?
ForwardThis is an ops assistant for your inbox. It turns email into action, without the hassle. Compatible with over 145+ of the apps you use every day.
Works with any email
Compatible with any personal or professional email provider. Gmail, Outlook and more.
145+ apps
Works across all the apps you already use every day. With more being added every month.
Setup in seconds
No complex setup, apps to install or workflows to build. Sign up, forward, done.
Secure & private
ForwardThis only acts on the emails you send it, and no data gets retained after actions have been completed.
Try it with a real email.
Forward any work email to the address below and see what ForwardThis can do. No signup required.
Occasional product emails may follow.
FAQs
- How do I create a Linear issue from an email?
- Forward the email to your ForwardThis address with some simple instructions, like "raise this as an urgent bug in the Mobile team, assigned to Amara". ForwardThis creates the issue and replies with a link. The first time, you will need a free ForwardThis account with Linear connected - it takes about 30 seconds.
- Which team does the issue go to?
- Whichever your instructions name, and with only one team, ForwardThis uses it without asking.
- Can it set the priority, assignee and labels?
- Yes. Your instructions can set the priority, assignee, labels and description when the issue is created, and can even make it a sub-issue of an existing one.
- Can it attach the email's files to the issue?
- Yes. ForwardThis can attach the email's files to the issue, and the confirmation lists what was attached.
- Can Linear create issues from email on its own?
- It can, through Linear Asks on Linear's paid plans, which turns emails to a dedicated address into issues for triage. The difference is that ForwardThis works on any plan and takes instructions in plain words: the team, priority and assignee are set from your one line, and the reply links to the issue.
- Does it work with Outlook and other email apps?
- Yes. ForwardThis works with any email provider: Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail and everything else. If it can forward an email, it works.
- What happens to my email afterwards?
- It gets deleted. ForwardThis holds your email briefly in case you press undo, then removes it completely. Nothing is stored long term.