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Clients

Add stakeholders who receive reports, portal access, asks, and bulletins—scoped per Linear team.

Alignear is a client communication layer for teams using Linear. Clients are the people who receive cycle reports, portal access, decision asks, and team announcements—without needing Linear seats.

Add a client

  1. Select the correct Linear team in the Alignear sidebar (clients belong to the active team).
  2. Open Clients and choose Add client.
  3. Enter a name and email.
  4. Optionally assign a group so they share a request inbox with other clients.
  5. Optionally enable Send portal invitation on create.

Email addresses must be unique per team.

Groups

Clients in the same group share one request inbox in the portal. Ungrouped clients keep a private inbox (their own requests only). Asks, reports, custom views, bulletins, and links are not shared by groups.

  1. Open Clients in the sidebar, then Groups.
  2. Create a group with a unique name for the team.
  3. Add existing clients. If someone is already in another group, adding them here moves them.
  4. Remove a client to send them back to a private inbox.
  5. Rename or delete a group. Deleting a group does not delete clients.

A client can belong to at most one group. You can also set the group when creating or editing a client.

Manage clients

From the clients table you can:

  • View profile — see client details, group, and their portal requests
  • Edit — update name, email, or group
  • Send portal invitation — email a portal link anytime
  • Delete — remove the client from the team

Portal invitations

Clients do not need a Linear account. Their portal link is included in:

  • Portal invitation emails
  • Cycle and custom report deliveries
  • Client asks and published bulletins

You can resend an invitation from the client actions menu if someone loses the link.

What clients see in their portal

Each client gets a dedicated portal with:

Clients never see your full Linear workspace, internal comments, or unrelated teams.