Discord to Linear Ticket Automation

A val that automatically creates Linear tickets from Discord messages when they receive specific emoji reactions. Team members can use custom emojis to identify themselves as the ticket creator.

How it works: React to any Discord message with a configured emoji (like :huss: or 🧿 - used as an example in this val) and it automatically becomes a Linear ticket with context from the Discord thread.

Before you can run this cron, you must add the following Environment Variables (via left sidebar of this val):

• DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN: Your Discord bot token
  • Go to Discord Developer Portal → Create application → Bot → Copy token
  • Important: Enable "Message Content Intent" in Bot → Privileged Gateway Intents
• DISCORD_SERVER_ID: Your Discord server ID (right-click server name → Copy ID)
• DISCORD_MONITORED_CHANNELS: Comma-separated channel IDs to monitor (right-click channel → Copy ID)
  • Example: 1327384540187983926,1327384540187983927
• LINEAR_API_KEY: Your Linear API key
  • Go to Linear Settings → API → Personal API keys → Create key
• LINEAR_TEAM_ID: Your Linear team UUID (from Linear team URL)
  • Example: 6312a2a0-633b-47dc-a225-81d5d1759bf4

1. Create bot: Discord Developer Portal → New Application → Bot
2. Set permissions: OAuth2 → URL Generator → Bot scope → View Channels, Read Message History, Add Reactions
3. Enable intents: Bot → Privileged Gateway Intents → ✅ Message Content Intent
4. Invite bot: Use generated URL to add bot to your server

• discord-reaction-cron.ts - Main cron job that runs every minute checking for new reactions
• Emoji Configuration - Edit backend/config.ts to customize team member emojis:

TARGET_EMOJIS: {
  "huss": "Huss",        // Custom Discord emoji :huss: 
  "nas": "Nas",          // Custom Discord emoji :nas:
  "🧿": "Team",          // Unicode built-in emoji 
}

• Custom Discord emojis: Use just the name without colons (e.g., "huss" for :huss:)
• Unicode emojis: Use the actual emoji (e.g., "🧿")

React to Discord messages with your configured emoji and watch them automatically become Linear tickets!