Case Study: Coinbase accelerates agent-first development with Linear

Coinbase puts agent-first development into practice with Linear, driving 500 PRs in 15 minutes

Coinbase, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, sought to overcome the inefficiencies and coordination tax inherent in large-scale software development. To pioneer a new, agent-first approach to building products, they partnered with Linear and used its issue tracking platform as their central system of record.

Using Linear as the single source of truth for their product data, Coinbase built custom agents, including their own called Forge, to automate workflows. The solution, implemented via Linear, resulted in massive efficiency gains, including agents autonomously drafting hundreds of pull requests overnight and a significant reduction in human intervention, enabling development to continue around the clock.

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