ENGINEERING

Track GitLab review assignments as Linear tasks

When a reviewer is assigned to a merge request, creates or updates a Linear review task on that reviewer so review work shows up alongside their feature load in sprint planning.

CategoryEngineering
Enginesim
Difficultyintermediate
Triggerevent
Steps5
Setup~15 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerGitLab reviewer-assigned or MR-closed eventGitLabGitLab
  • LogicRoute by event type
  • ActionLook up reviewer queue depth for priorityPostgreSQLPostgres
  • ActionCreate or update Linear review taskLinearLinear
  • OutputComplete Linear task on MR closeLinearLinear

What it does

This workflow makes review work visible in your sprint board. Whenever GitLab assigns a reviewer, it opens a lightweight Linear task assigned to that engineer, linked to the MR. When the MR merges or closes, it marks the matching Linear task done, so review effort is planned and accounted for instead of being invisible overhead.

When to use it

Use it when your team plans capacity in Linear but reviews never appear there, leaving reviewers silently overcommitted. It gives leads an honest picture of who is buried in review work.

How it works

  1. 1A GitLab webhook fires on reviewer-assigned and MR-closed events.
  2. 2A logic step routes assigned events to create-or-update and closed events to completion.
  3. 3For an assignment, it looks up the reviewer's queue depth in Postgres to set task priority.
  4. 4It creates or updates a Linear task on that reviewer with the MR link and priority.
  5. 5For a close event, it finds the linked Linear task and transitions it to Done.
  6. 6It writes the task ID back to Postgres so future events resolve the same task.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect GitLabRepos, MRs, pipelines, registry.
  2. 2
    Connect LinearIssues, projects, cycles, triage.
  3. 3
    Connect PostgresAny Postgres URL — query, write, migrate.
  4. 4
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  5. 5
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  6. 6
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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