Linear Brag Doc Generator 🎯

Automatically generate professional weekly brag documents from your Linear issues using AI.

What is a Brag Doc?

A brag document (or brag doc) is a living record of your accomplishments at work. It helps you:

• Track your achievements for performance reviews
• Remember what you've worked on when updating your resume
• Share progress with your manager and team
• Build confidence by seeing what you've accomplished

This tool makes creating brag docs effortless by automatically pulling your work from Linear and summarizing it with AI.

How It Works

┌─────────────┐
│   Linear    │  Fetches issues (configurable lookback)
│     API     │  (completed + in progress)
└──────┬──────┘
       │
       ▼
┌─────────────────────────┐
│  Generate Verbose MD    │  Creates detailed markdown
│  (all issue details)    │  with metadata, comments, etc.
└──────────┬──────────────┘
           │
           ▼
    ┌──────────────┐
    │  AI Provider │  Choose your AI:
    │              │  • Ollama (local, free)
    │              │  • Claude (cloud, powerful)
    └──────┬───────┘
           │
           ▼
    ┌─────────────────┐
    │  Summarization  │  AI condenses verbose details
    │                 │  into polished brag doc
    └─────────┬───────┘
              │
              ▼
       ┌──────────────┐
       │  bragdoc.md  │  Ready to share!
       └──────────────┘

Requirements

• Node.js 18.0.0 or higher

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone git@github.com:jstanier/bragdoc.git
cd bragdoc

# Install dependencies
npm install

Configuration

This tool supports three configuration methods with the following priority:

1. Command-line arguments (highest priority)
2. Config file (.bragdoc.config.json)
3. Environment variables (.env file)

Option 1: Command-Line Arguments

npm start -- --linear-key lin_api_xxx --claude-key sk-ant-xxx

Available flags:

• --version - Show version number
• --linear-key <key> - Your Linear API key (required)
• --claude-key <key> - Your Claude API key (optional)
• --ai-provider <provider> - AI provider: ollama or claude
• --ollama-url <url> - Ollama API URL (default: http://localhost:11434)
• --ollama-model <model> - Ollama model name (default: llama2)
• --output <file> - Output file path (default: bragdoc.md)
• --days <number> - Number of days to look back (default: 7)
• --dry-run - Fetch and display issues without calling AI (useful for testing)

Option 2: Config File (Recommended for local use)

1. Copy the example config:

   cp .bragdoc.config.example.json .bragdoc.config.json

2. Edit .bragdoc.config.json with your settings:

   {
     "linearApiKey": "lin_api_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
     "claudeApiKey": "sk-ant-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
     "aiProvider": "ollama",
     "ollamaUrl": "http://localhost:11434",
     "ollamaModel": "llama2",
     "outputFile": "bragdoc.md",
     "days": 7
   }

3. Run the tool:

   npm start

Note: .bragdoc.config.json is git-ignored by default to protect your API keys.

Option 3: Environment Variables

1. Copy the example env file:

   cp .env.example .env

2. Edit .env with your settings:

   LINEAR_API_KEY=your_linear_api_key_here
   CLAUDE_API_KEY=sk-ant-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
   OLLAMA_URL=http://localhost:11434
   OLLAMA_MODEL=llama2

3. Run the tool:

   npm start

Getting API Keys

Linear API Key (Required)

1. Go to Linear Settings → API
2. Click "Create new key"
3. Give it a name (e.g., "Brag Doc Generator")
4. Copy the key (starts with lin_api_)

Claude API Key (Optional)

1. Sign up at Anthropic Console
2. Go to API Keys section
3. Create a new API key
4. Copy the key (starts with sk-ant-)

Note: Claude is more powerful but costs money. Ollama is free and runs locally but requires setup.

Using Ollama (Local AI)

If you want to use Ollama instead of Claude:

1. Install Ollama
2. Pull a model:

   ollama pull llama2
   # or try other models like mistral, codellama, etc.

3. Make sure Ollama is running:

   ollama serve

4. Configure the tool to use Ollama (it's the default if no Claude key is provided)

Usage Examples

Basic usage with config file

npm start

Use Claude instead of Ollama

npm start -- --ai-provider claude

Override config with command-line args

npm start -- --linear-key lin_api_xxx --output ./reports/weekly.md

Use a different Ollama model

npm start -- --ollama-model mistral

Look back 14 days instead of 7

npm start -- --days 14

Dry run (fetch issues without AI summarization)

npm start -- --dry-run

Check version

npm start -- --version

Output Files

The tool generates two files:

1. bragdoc.md - Concise, polished brag document ready to share
2. bragdoc-verbose.md - Detailed version with all issue metadata (for reference)

Both files are git-ignored by default.

What Gets Included?

The tool fetches Linear issues that:

• Are assigned to you
• Were updated in the configured time period (default: last 7 days)
• Are either:
  • Completed (Done/Completed status)
  • In Progress (In Progress/In Review status)

For each issue, it includes:

• Title and identifier
• Description
• State and metadata (priority, estimate, team, labels)
• Comments and discussion

The AI then summarizes this into a professional brag doc format.

Troubleshooting

"Linear API key is required"

Make sure you've provided your Linear API key via one of the three configuration methods.

"Claude API key is required when using Claude provider"

Either:

• Provide a Claude API key, or
• Switch to Ollama: --ai-provider ollama

"Ollama API error"

Make sure Ollama is running:

ollama serve

"No issues found for the past week"

This is normal if you haven't updated any Linear issues recently. Try increasing the lookback period:

npm start -- --days 14

API call failures

The tool automatically retries failed API calls up to 3 times with exponential backoff. If you're still experiencing issues, check your network connection and API key validity.

Project Structure

bragdoc/
├── index.ts                          # Main entry point
├── config.ts                         # Configuration management
├── utils.ts                          # Utility functions (retry logic, etc.)
├── providers/
│   ├── ai-provider.interface.ts     # AI provider interface
│   ├── ollama-provider.ts           # Ollama implementation
│   └── claude-provider.ts           # Claude implementation
├── .bragdoc.config.example.json     # Example config file
├── .env.example                      # Example environment variables
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json
├── LICENSE
└── README.md

Contributing

Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests!

License

MIT

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Pro tip: Run this tool every week and keep a running collection of brag docs. When performance review time comes around, you'll thank yourself! 🎉