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Connecting WorkerB for Microsoft Teams (Individual Users)

Link your Microsoft Teams account with LinearB’s WorkerB bot to receive personal alerts, manage PRs, and stay on top of development tasks—right from your Teams chat.

Steven Silverstone
Updated by Steven Silverstone

LinearB’s WorkerB bot enables individual users to receive personal alerts and use development-focused commands directly within Microsoft Teams. This article guides you through linking your Teams account with WorkerB and customizing your preferences.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure that WorkerB is installed in your Microsoft Teams environment.

If not yet installed, follow the instructions here:

Connecting WorkerB to a Microsoft Teams Channel

Linking Your Teams Account with WorkerB

  1. Open the invite link provided by your admin or team lead.
  2. Click Add to install the WorkerB app in your Teams account.
  3. Once installed, open the WorkerB bot in Teams.
  4. Type LinkUser in the chat.
  5. Click Link my account in the popup that appears.
  1. You’ll be redirected to the LinearB browser login page.
  2. Log in using your Git provider credentials (GitHub, GitLab, etc.).
  3. After successful authentication, you will receive a confirmation message in Teams indicating the connection is complete.
To keep WorkerB easily accessible, click the three dots next to the WorkerB chat and select Pin to add it to your top chats.

Customizing Personal Notification Preferences

  1. Open the WorkerB chat in Teams.
  2. Type Pref.
  3. In the popup window, select or deselect the types of alerts you want to receive.
  4. Click Save to confirm your changes.

Using WorkerB Personal Commands

After linking your account, you can use the following commands directly in the WorkerB chat to manage your code review and delivery workflow:

Help

Opens a help message with all current availble commands.

LinkUser

Link your Teams account with your LinearB account.

Invite

Invite your team members to use personal notifications and commands.

Pref

Customize your personal notification preferences.

Prs

Display all open pull requests issued by you.

Prs long

Display all of your PRs which have been open for a long time.

Prs done

Display all completed PRs.

Updates

Display your latest PR updates.

Reviews

Display all your open PR reviews.

Unlink

Unlink your Teams account from LinearB ☹️

How did we do?

Connecting LinearB to a Private Slack Channel

Connecting WorkerB to Microsoft Teams

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