diff --git a/sdk/src/index.ts b/sdk/src/index.ts
index 59875f542..029fb87e6 100644
--- a/sdk/src/index.ts
+++ b/sdk/src/index.ts
@@ -144,3 +144,13 @@ export {
   type Fetcher,
   type PollOptions,
 } from './hn-poller.js';
+
+// Linear adapter — second proactive workload on gate 2 primitives, same
+// pattern as hn-poller (adapter outside kernel/, submits via journal).
+export {
+  pollLinearOnce,
+  LINEAR_GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT,
+  type LinearFetcher,
+  type LinearIssueRef,
+  type PollOptions as LinearPollOptions,
+} from './linear-poller.js';
diff --git a/sdk/src/linear-poller.ts b/sdk/src/linear-poller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b86e7a546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/src/linear-poller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+/**
+ * Linear -> relayflow events.
+ *
+ * Same shape as sdk/src/hn-poller.ts: this adapter runs on the authoring
+ * surface (not kernel) and submits events through the journal protocol
+ * (`event.submit`). The kernel learns about Linear the way it learns about
+ * everything else: as an event. This preserves PR #16's settled decision
+ * that provider-specific product logic + network I/O stay out of `kernel/`.
+ *
+ * Second proactive workload on gate 2 primitives (hn-monitor is the first),
+ * per RFC-0001 §3 gate 2 ("hn-monitor or linear"). Proves the pattern
+ * generalizes beyond the HN adapter.
+ *
+ * Auth: Linear requires an API token, unlike HN's public feed. The token is
+ * read from `LINEAR_API_TOKEN` (env-configurable via the runner or CLI). In
+ * a gate-6 world this would come from a relayfile-mounted credential, but
+ * for gate-2 scope we accept the env-var bootstrap and note it in the flow's
+ * preflight.
+ *
+ * Deduplication is the kernel's job (flow's `dedupeKeyTemplate` + the
+ * (flow, subscription, key) claim). This function submits every issue it
+ * fetches without tracking what it's seen.
+ */
+
+const LINEAR_GRAPHQL_URL = 'https://api.linear.app/graphql';
+const DEFAULT_ISSUE_LIMIT = 10;
+
+/** Anything that can submit an event through the journal protocol. */
+export interface EventSink {
+  eventSubmit(spec: unknown, event: { type: string; payload?: unknown; key?: string }): Promise<unknown>;
+}
+
+/** Injected so parsing and submission stay deterministic in tests. */
+export type LinearFetcher = (query: string, token: string) => Promise<string>;
+
+const defaultFetcher: LinearFetcher = async (query, token) => {
+  const response = await fetch(LINEAR_GRAPHQL_URL, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      Authorization: token,
+    },
+    body: JSON.stringify({ query }),
+  });
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error(`Linear fetch failed: HTTP ${response.status}`);
+  }
+  return response.text();
+};
+
+/** Minimal issue shape used to construct the wake event payload. */
+export interface LinearIssueRef {
+  id: string;
+  identifier?: string;
+  title?: string;
+  createdAt?: string;
+  url?: string;
+}
+
+export interface PollOptions {
+  /** Cap on issues per poll. Default 10. */
+  issueLimit?: number;
+  /** Fetcher override (tests). */
+  fetcher?: LinearFetcher;
+  /** API token override (production reads LINEAR_API_TOKEN env var). */
+  token?: string;
+  /** ISO timestamp filter — only fetch issues created after this. */
+  createdAfter?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Fetch the newest Linear issues once and submit each as an event.
+ *
+ * Journal errors propagate; fetch errors propagate (the runner layer
+ * decides what to swallow). Empty result is not an error.
+ */
+export async function pollLinearOnce(
+  spec: unknown,
+  sink: EventSink,
+  options: PollOptions = {},
+): Promise<unknown[]> {
+  const issueLimit = options.issueLimit ?? DEFAULT_ISSUE_LIMIT;
+  const fetcher = options.fetcher ?? defaultFetcher;
+  const token = options.token ?? process.env['LINEAR_API_TOKEN'] ?? '';
+  if (token === '') {
+    throw new Error(
+      'linear-poller: LINEAR_API_TOKEN is not set — provide options.token or set the env var',
+    );
+  }
+
+  const createdAfter = options.createdAfter;
+  // GraphQL: fetch newest issues, optionally filtered by createdAt.
+  const filter = createdAfter
+    ? `, filter: { createdAt: { gt: "${createdAfter}" } }`
+    : '';
+  const query = `
+    query {
+      issues(first: ${issueLimit}, orderBy: createdAt${filter}) {
+        nodes {
+          id
+          identifier
+          title
+          createdAt
+          url
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  `.trim();
+
+  const body = await fetcher(query, token);
+
+  let parsed: unknown;
+  try {
+    parsed = JSON.parse(body);
+  } catch (cause) {
+    throw new Error(`Linear response was not JSON: ${String(cause)}`);
+  }
+
+  // Shape check — Linear returns { data: { issues: { nodes: [...] } } };
+  // GraphQL errors surface as { errors: [...] }.
+  if (parsed && typeof parsed === 'object' && 'errors' in parsed) {
+    throw new Error(`Linear GraphQL error: ${JSON.stringify((parsed as any).errors)}`);
+  }
+  const nodes = (parsed as any)?.data?.issues?.nodes;
+  if (!Array.isArray(nodes)) {
+    throw new Error('Linear response was missing data.issues.nodes array');
+  }
+
+  const outcomes: unknown[] = [];
+  for (const node of nodes as LinearIssueRef[]) {
+    if (!node || typeof node.id !== 'string') continue;
+    outcomes.push(
+      await sink.eventSubmit(spec, {
+        type: 'linear.issue_created',
+        payload: {
+          id: node.id,
+          identifier: node.identifier,
+          title: node.title,
+          created_at: node.createdAt,
+          url: node.url,
+          type: 'issue',
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+  return outcomes;
+}
+
+export const LINEAR_GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT = LINEAR_GRAPHQL_URL;
diff --git a/sdk/tests/linear-poller.test.ts b/sdk/tests/linear-poller.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df8bcb347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/tests/linear-poller.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { pollLinearOnce, LINEAR_GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT } from '../src/linear-poller.js';
+
+/** Recorded response — the test never touches the network. */
+const RECORDED_ISSUES = JSON.stringify({
+  data: {
+    issues: {
+      nodes: [
+        { id: 'issue-uuid-1', identifier: 'ENG-1234', title: 'Fix login flow', createdAt: '2026-08-31T10:00:00Z', url: 'https://linear.app/x/issue/ENG-1234' },
+        { id: 'issue-uuid-2', identifier: 'ENG-1235', title: 'Add dashboard', createdAt: '2026-08-31T10:05:00Z', url: 'https://linear.app/x/issue/ENG-1235' },
+      ],
+    },
+  },
+});
+
+function recordingSink() {
+  const submitted: Array<{ spec: unknown; event: { type: string; payload?: unknown } }> = [];
+  return {
+    submitted,
+    async eventSubmit(spec: unknown, event: { type: string; payload?: unknown }) {
+      submitted.push({ spec, event });
+      return { matched: true, deduped: false };
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+describe('linear poller', () => {
+  it('submits one event per issue, up to the limit, through the journal protocol', async () => {
+    const sink = recordingSink();
+    const spec = { name: 'linear-monitor' };
+
+    await pollLinearOnce(spec, sink, {
+      token: 'lin_api_test',
+      fetcher: async (query, token) => {
+        expect(token).toBe('lin_api_test');
+        expect(query).toContain('issues(');
+        expect(query).toContain('orderBy: createdAt');
+        return RECORDED_ISSUES;
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(sink.submitted).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(sink.submitted[0].event.type).toBe('linear.issue_created');
+    expect((sink.submitted[0].event.payload as any).id).toBe('issue-uuid-1');
+    expect((sink.submitted[0].event.payload as any).identifier).toBe('ENG-1234');
+    expect((sink.submitted[1].event.payload as any).identifier).toBe('ENG-1235');
+  });
+
+  it('refuses when LINEAR_API_TOKEN is not set (fail-closed on missing auth)', async () => {
+    const sink = recordingSink();
+    // Clear env for this test only. Vitest per-file workers make this safe.
+    const prior = process.env['LINEAR_API_TOKEN'];
+    delete process.env['LINEAR_API_TOKEN'];
+    try {
+      await expect(pollLinearOnce({}, sink, {
+        fetcher: async () => RECORDED_ISSUES,
+      })).rejects.toThrow(/LINEAR_API_TOKEN/);
+    } finally {
+      if (prior !== undefined) process.env['LINEAR_API_TOKEN'] = prior;
+    }
+    expect(sink.submitted).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it('surfaces GraphQL errors (fail-closed on server rejection)', async () => {
+    const sink = recordingSink();
+    await expect(pollLinearOnce({}, sink, {
+      token: 't',
+      fetcher: async () => JSON.stringify({
+        errors: [{ message: 'Not authenticated', extensions: { code: 'AUTHENTICATION_ERROR' } }],
+      }),
+    })).rejects.toThrow(/Linear GraphQL error/);
+    expect(sink.submitted).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it('refuses malformed responses rather than submitting nothing silently', async () => {
+    const sink = recordingSink();
+    await expect(pollLinearOnce({}, sink, {
+      token: 't',
+      fetcher: async () => '{"data":{"issues":{"wrongkey":[]}}}',
+    })).rejects.toThrow(/missing data\.issues\.nodes/);
+  });
+
+  it('passes createdAfter filter into the GraphQL query when provided', async () => {
+    const sink = recordingSink();
+    let capturedQuery: string | undefined;
+    await pollLinearOnce({}, sink, {
+      token: 't',
+      createdAfter: '2026-08-31T00:00:00Z',
+      fetcher: async (query) => {
+        capturedQuery = query;
+        return JSON.stringify({ data: { issues: { nodes: [] } } });
+      },
+    });
+    expect(capturedQuery).toBeDefined();
+    expect(capturedQuery).toContain('filter:');
+    expect(capturedQuery).toContain('createdAt: { gt: "2026-08-31T00:00:00Z" }');
+  });
+
+  it('exports the GraphQL endpoint constant for humans', () => {
+    expect(LINEAR_GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT).toBe('https://api.linear.app/graphql');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/testdata/linear-monitor.flow.yaml b/testdata/linear-monitor.flow.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6baa2fdc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/linear-monitor.flow.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+version: '0.1.0'
+name: linear-monitor
+description: >-
+  Analyze newly-created Linear issues for triage priority. Second proactive
+  workload on gate 2 primitives — proves the pattern generalizes beyond
+  hn-monitor.
+triggers:
+  - id: linear-issue-created
+    executor: agent-worker
+    eventType: linear.issue_created
+    pattern:
+      type: issue
+    dedupeKeyTemplate: '{{event.type}}:{{payload.id}}'
+steps:
+  - id: triage-issue
+    type: agent
+    instruction: >-
+      Analyze the triggering Linear issue from the wake context. Determine:
+      priority (P0/P1/P2/P3), estimated size (S/M/L/XL), and one-line
+      recommended first action. Output a JSON summary.
+    recoveryMode: reset
+    verification:
+      type: json_schema
+      schema:
+        type: object
+        required:
+          - issue_id
+          - priority
+          - size
+          - first_action
+        properties:
+          issue_id:
+            type: string
+          priority:
+            type: string
+            enum: [P0, P1, P2, P3]
+          size:
+            type: string
+            enum: [S, M, L, XL]
+          first_action:
+            type: string