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linear-reminder

A webhook server for automating Linear reminders written in Rust and served with Shuttle.


linear-reminder is a simple demo webhook server written using Rocket for automating a specific workflow of reminders in Linear.

The workflow

Suppose you have an intermediate status that your devs tickets go to. For example, maybe you have a Merged state tickets go to as soon as their associated pull requests merge. However, Merged is not the final desired state. Perhaps these tickets need to move from Merged to either QA Ready or Done.

stateDiagram-v2
    qa: QA Ready
    Merged --> Done
    Merged --> qa
    qa --> Done

But, it's easy to forget that, so you want some way to remind people to move the ticket along by posting a comment on tickets which are sitting in Merged for some amount of time.

linear-reminder is a webhook server to accomplish that.

Configuration

This server can be configured using standard Rocket configuration. Specifically, we add the following configuration options.

# Rocket.toml
[default]
# The amount of time to wait between an issue hiting the `target_status` and a reminder being sent.
# This is provided in "humantime" format (e.g, 15days 3hr 3min)
time_to_remind = '30min'

[default.linear]
# Your Linear personal api Key
api_key = 'insert-here'
# Your Linear webhook signing key
signing_key = 'insert-here'
# The target status to send reminders for
target_status = 'Merged'
# The content of the comment to send as the reminder.
# Must be a single line.
message = 'If this issue is QA-able, please write instructions and move to `QA Ready`. If not, mark it as `Done`. Thanks!\n\n*This is an automated message.*'

These can be overridden using Shuttle Secrets when deployed.

# Secrets.toml
'ROCKET_LINEAR.API_KEY' = 'lin_api_fillinyourkey'
'ROCKET_LINEAR.SIGNING_KEY' = 'lin_wh_fillinyourotherkey'
'ROCKET_LINEAR.TARGET_STATUS' = 'Limbo'
'ROCKET_LINEAR.MESSAGE' = 'Get out of Limbo.'
'ROCKET_TIME_TO_REMIND' = '10min'