Milestone 4 — Enable Automation & Insights
In this milestone, you can enable additional LinearB capabilities that improve visibility, automation, and developer productivity. These features are recommended but not required to start using Linea…
In this milestone, you can enable additional LinearB capabilities that improve visibility, automation, and developer productivity.
These features are recommended but not required to start using LinearB dashboards and metrics.
Goal of this milestone: Unlock additional insights and workflow automation across your engineering organization.
- Milestone 1 — Connect Your Systems
- Milestone 2 — Configure Data & Metrics Accuracy
- Milestone 3 — Organize Teams & Ownership
- ➡ Milestone 4 — Enable Automation & Insights
- Milestone 5 — Verify Your Setup
Step 1 — Enable LinearB AI Services
LinearB AI services power AI analytics and insights across dashboards and reporting.
When enabled, LinearB can analyze development activity and generate insights such as:
- AI adoption trends
- AI-assisted code activity
- AI impact on delivery metrics
How to Enable AI Services
- Go to Settings → AI Services
- Enable AI Services
- Save the configuration
Enable AI services early so adoption and usage metrics begin collecting data immediately.
Step 2 — Connect AI Coding Tools
LinearB can collect and analyze usage data from supported AI development tools. This enables AI usage, adoption, and other supported AI metrics in AI Analytics.
Supported AI Tools
- GitHub Copilot
- Cursor
- Claude Code
- Amazon Q Developer
- Kiro
- Codex
Available metrics and connection methods vary by provider. For a complete comparison of supported tools, connection options, and available data, see:
Supported AI Tools and Provider Capabilities
Connect an AI Tool
Use the appropriate connection guide for your AI tool:
- Choose a GitHub Copilot connection
- Connect Cursor to LinearB
- Choose a Claude Code connection
- Connect Amazon Q Developer to LinearB
- Connect Kiro to LinearB
Available data and metrics depend on the AI provider and connection type. See Supported AI Tools and Provider Capabilities for details.
Step 3 — Enable WorkerB Notifications
WorkerB integrates LinearB insights directly into collaboration platforms such as Slack and Microsoft Teams.
This allows developers and engineering leaders to receive real-time insights and alerts within their existing workflows.
Common WorkerB Capabilities
- PR review reminders
- Delivery insights notifications
- Engineering productivity insights
- Team performance summaries
How to Enable WorkerB
- Go to Settings → WorkerB
- Select your collaboration platform
- Authorize the integration
- Select channels or teams to receive notifications
WorkerB currently supports:
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
Step 4 — Enable gitStream Automation
gitStream allows teams to automate pull request workflows using rules and policies.
This helps reduce manual work and enforce consistent engineering practices.
Common gitStream Use Cases
- Automatically assign reviewers
- Apply labels to pull requests
- Trigger workflow actions based on PR conditions
- Enforce repository policies
Getting Started with gitStream
- Navigate to the gitStream section in LinearB
- Enable gitStream for your organization
- Create or import automation rules
Learn more:
Start with a small number of automation rules and expand gradually once teams become familiar with gitStream.
Verify Milestone 4 — Confirm Automation & Insights Are Active
Before moving to the final milestone, confirm that automation and insights features are working correctly.
AI Services
- AI Services is enabled in settings
- AI analytics dashboards begin populating over time
AI Tool Integrations
- Configured tools appear in the AI tools usage panel
- AI usage metrics begin collecting data
WorkerB
- Notifications appear in Slack or Teams
- WorkerB integration status shows active
gitStream
- Rules appear in the gitStream configuration
- Automation triggers when pull request conditions match rules
- AI insights appear in dashboards
- Notifications appear in collaboration tools
- Automation rules execute successfully
Next Step
You are now ready to perform a final verification of your LinearB setup.
How did we do?
Milestone 3 — Organize Teams & Ownership
Miletone 5 — Verify Your Setup
