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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 lets individual contributors receive personal alerts and run development-focused commands directly inside Microsoft Teams.

This article explains how to link your Teams account with LinearB and customize your personal WorkerB preferences.

Before you begin

WorkerB must already be installed in your Microsoft Teams environment.

If WorkerB has not yet been installed, follow the setup instructions here:

Connecting WorkerB to a Microsoft Teams channel

Linking your Microsoft Teams account
  1. Open the invite link shared by your admin or team lead.
  2. Click Add to install the WorkerB app in Microsoft Teams.
  3. Open the WorkerB chat.
  4. Type LinkUser and send the message.
  5. Click Link my account in the popup.
  1. You’ll be redirected to the LinearB login page in your browser.
  2. Log in using your Git provider credentials (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, etc.).
  3. After authentication, you’ll receive a confirmation message in Teams indicating the connection is complete.
To keep WorkerB easily accessible, open the three-dot menu next to the WorkerB chat and select Pin.
Customizing personal notification preferences
  1. Open the WorkerB chat in Teams.
  2. Type Pref.
  3. Select which alerts you want to receive.
  4. Click Save to apply your preferences.
Using WorkerB personal commands

Once your account is linked, you can use the following commands directly in the WorkerB chat:

Help Display all available WorkerB commands.
LinkUser Link your Microsoft Teams account to LinearB.
Invite Invite teammates to enable personal notifications.
Pref Update your personal alert preferences.
Prs Show all open pull requests you created.
Prs long Show pull requests that have been open for an extended time.
Prs done Show recently completed pull requests.
Updates Show the latest updates on your pull requests.
Reviews Show pull requests awaiting your review.
Unlink Unlink your Microsoft Teams account from LinearB.

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