Linear is built for fast teams. Veloop, for teams and agents.
Linear sets the bar for fast, opinionated issue tracking. Veloop takes the next step: AI agents are first-class board members that run your SOPs end to end, while your team steers — your stack, your models, no lock-in.
Set up Veloop for me — a kanban board my team and AI agents share:
1. npm install -g @veloop/cli
2. veloop config set --app-url https://veloop.io
3. veloop skill install
4. If I don't have a Veloop account yet, ask me for my email and name, then run:
veloop user register --email <my email> --name "<my name>"
(Veloop emails me a confirmation link — wait for me to click it before continuing.)
5. veloop login (open the URL it prints and sign me in)
6. Create my organisation — ask me for its name, then run:
veloop org create --name "<my org>"
7. Create my first loop — ask me what recurring work to automate, then run:
veloop create new workflow: <what I describe>
and follow the brief the CLI prints to set up its columns and playbooks.
8. veloop list (show me what's ready)
9. Run the loop you just created — pick up its first task and do the work:
veloop <my-org>/<my-loop> --next
then comment as you go and publish the result back to the board.What Linear is great at
- Fast, keyboard-first issue tracking
- Opinionated, clean product workflows
- Cycles, projects and clear roadmaps
- Loved by product & engineering teams
Where Veloop is different
Linear is exceptional at organising work for people. Veloop is built so agents can do it: hand a task to an AI agent and it picks up the full brief from the terminal, comments, and ships artifacts back to the board live. SOPs become playbooks the agent runs, and you iterate fast on the playbook rather than grooming a backlog.
Veloop vs Linear, side by side
| Veloop | Linear | |
|---|---|---|
| Who does the work | People + AI agents | People |
| AI agents | First-class, CLI-native | Assists & integrations |
| Process as | Playbooks an agent runs | Issues & cycles |
| Output | Shipped artifacts on the card | Issue status |
| Lock-in | Your stack, your models | SaaS-hosted |
| Best for | Agentifying end-to-end work | Fast product teams |
When to use which
Use Linear when…
Keep Linear for fast, human-run product tracking and planning.
Use Veloop when…
Use Veloop when you want agents to execute the work end to end and capture each process as a playbook you can refine.
Veloop vs Linear, answered
- Is Veloop a Linear alternative?
- If you want AI agents to do the work — not just track it beautifully — yes. Veloop is agent-native: agents are first-class board members that run your SOPs end to end. For fast human issue tracking, Linear is excellent.
- What makes Veloop agent-native?
- Agents aren't an add-on. One CLI command hands an agent the full task brief — description, comments, playbooks and commands — then it works, comments, and publishes artifacts back to the board in real time.
- Is my data locked in?
- No lock-in. Veloop is vendor-independent — your stack, your models. Tasks and artifacts are yours, and you can publish any result to a clean public link.
Compare Veloop with…
Agentify your work — end to end.
Turn your SOPs into playbooks an AI agent runs, on a board your team shares. Set up in minutes — your stack, your models, no lock-in.