Linear is the best issue tracker / project tool that exists. Linear Docs extended that to ship-adjacent documentation. But the *thinking* before something becomes an issue — the messy ideation, the rejected alternatives, the rationale — lives somewhere else. Draftlize is the substrate for that phase.
You can run both. Most PMs who use Draftlize also use Linear — Draftlize for the upstream thinking, Linear for the downstream tracking.
| Draftlize | Linear Docs | |
|---|---|---|
| Issue + project + cycle tracking | — | excellent |
| Real-time team collaboration | solo first | native |
| AI agents that read decisions as context | native | Linear AI summaries |
| AI agents can write structured updates back | native | — |
| Stale propagation when a decision changes | native | — |
| Card-level history + provenance | every edit, author, source | doc history |
| Claude Code / Cursor / MCP integration | native | — |
| Spec-status drift detection (built → drift_detected) | native | — |
Issues, cycles, projects, milestones — Linear is the best execution layer that exists. Draftlize isn't trying to track issues; it's tracking the thinking that *becomes* issues.
Linear is built for product teams of 5-100. Real-time, fast, deep integrations with GitHub, Slack, Figma. Draftlize is solo-first; multi-user is on the roadmap but not v1.
PR linking, deploys, sentry integration — Linear has the engineering side covered. Draftlize has Claude Code / Cursor / MCP, which serves AI-assisted spec→build flows but not traditional dev workflows.
Linear assumes you've already decided to build the thing. Draftlize is for the upstream phase — the "should we build it" / "what should it do" / "what does it depend on" thinking that produces issues for Linear later.
In Linear, rejected ideas vanish. In Draftlize, they become dead_end kind cards — agent sees "this path was explored and abandoned" instead of re-suggesting it three sprints later.
Linear doesn't currently have an AI that can edit specs based on conversation. Draftlize does — and when you implement a spec (mark it built), edits later auto-flip status to drift_detected so you know what's gone out of sync with the code.
Linear: what we're building. Draftlize: why we decided to build it, and what changes when that decision moves.The clean way to run both: Draftlize cards graduate to Linear issues when they're concrete enough to ship.
New accounts start with $5 free, pay only for what you use, balance never expires. Keep Linear for shipping. Add Draftlize for the thinking that decides what gets shipped.
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