How is Vantage different from ChatGPT or Claude?

ChatGPT and Claude are great for one-off generation. Vantage is a full workspace. It connects your tools, tracks dependencies across projects, catches conflicts between products, and surfaces what needs your attention every morning. It also remembers every past decision, so a new PM can query across all projects and get cited answers in seconds.

Do I have to switch away from Notion or Linear?

No. You keep all your tools. Vantage connects to them and builds intelligence on top. When you're ready, you can push tickets to Linear or Jira. But the value starts before you create anything — just by connecting your tools and seeing what the intelligence layer surfaces.

What happens on day one?

You connect your tools — GitHub, Linear, Slack — 2 minutes each. Vantage indexes your existing data overnight. By the next morning, you see your first decision queue: what's stale, what conflicts, what changed. No manual setup. No templates to fill out.

What if I only manage one project?

Vantage works for single projects, but it shines when you manage 3–5 or more. Conflict detection, cross-project memory, and the decision queue are most valuable when you have multiple projects that need to stay in sync. If you manage one project, start with the free tier and see if the cited query engine alone saves you time.

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How does Vantage keep documents and tickets up to date?

When context shifts, you add the new information and Vantage rebuilds every connected deliverable. Documents, prototypes, and tickets all update. You review the changes, accept or reject each one, and approve. Nothing updates silently, and every change is traceable.

How do I get started?

Sign up free at app.vantageos.tech. Connect your tools, and generate your first grounded document within minutes. No credit card required. Upgrade when you need more projects or features.

What is the difference between Linear Projects and Linear Cycles?

Projects are feature containers (epics) — what you are building. Cycles are time-boxes (sprints) — when you are building it. An issue can belong to both a project and a cycle. Projects track feature completion; cycles track sprint velocity.

Can Linear Projects span multiple teams?

Yes. Linear Projects can include issues from multiple teams. The project appears in each team's view and on the workspace roadmap. This is useful for cross-team features that require backend, frontend, and design work.

Is Linear free for small teams?

Linear offers a free plan for up to 250 issues. Paid plans start at $8/user/month and unlock unlimited issues, advanced roadmap features, and analytics.

How-To2026-08-218 min read

How to Create Epics in Linear (Step-by-Step Guide)

Linear uses "Projects" as the equivalent of epics — containers for related issues that span multiple cycles. Projects in Linear are more powerful than traditional epics: they have their own status, start and target dates, and progress tracking, and they appear natively on the Linear Roadmap view without additional configuration.

This guide covers creating Linear Projects (epics), linking issues, tracking progress with cycles, and connecting projects to the roadmap.

Step-by-step guide

Create a new Project

In Linear, navigate to your Team in the sidebar and click "Projects." Click "New Project" and give it a name that describes the epic outcome, such as "SSO Integration" or "Checkout V2." Add a description explaining the goal and link to the PRD. Set the Lead (owner), Status, Start Date, and Target Date.

Set the project status

Linear Projects have statuses: Backlog, Planned, In Progress, Paused, Completed, Cancelled. Set the project to "Planned" when requirements are defined but work has not started. Move to "In Progress" at the start of the first cycle where work is committed. This status drives the roadmap view.

Create issues inside the project

From within the project, click "Add issue" to create stories directly linked to the project. Issues created this way automatically appear in the project's issue list. You can also link existing backlog issues to the project by opening the issue and selecting the project in the "Project" field on the right sidebar.

Assign issues to cycles

Linear Cycles are the equivalent of sprints. Open individual issues inside the project and assign them to the current or upcoming cycle using the "Cycle" field. This connects epic-level planning (project) to sprint-level execution (cycle) — the two remain linked so you can see both views simultaneously.

Track progress on the project detail view

Open the project to see the progress bar showing completed issues versus total, a timeline view of issues, and a breakdown by assignee. The "Scope" chart shows how many issues are in each status. Use this view in sprint reviews to assess whether the epic will complete on schedule.

View the project on the roadmap

Navigate to the Roadmap view (available at workspace or team level). Each project appears as a horizontal bar on the timeline. Drag bars to adjust dates. Use the filter controls to show only active projects or filter by team. Share the roadmap URL with stakeholders for a read-only roadmap view.

Mark the project complete

When all issues in the project are resolved, update the project status to "Completed." Linear archives completed projects automatically after 30 days. Before archiving, add a "What we shipped" summary to the project description so the context is preserved for future reference.

Common mistakes

Creating projects without target dates

A Linear project without a target date does not appear on the roadmap timeline. Always set both a start date and a target date when creating the project, even if dates are approximate.

Adding all issues at creation time

Creating 50 issues in a project before any work starts creates overwhelming backlogs. Start with 5-10 well-defined issues for the first cycle and add more as the project progresses and scope becomes clearer.

Confusing projects with cycles

Projects are epics (what you are building). Cycles are sprints (when you are building it). Issues can be in a project AND a cycle simultaneously. Do not use cycles as epics — they are time-bounded containers, not feature containers.

Tips

Use Linear project updates (the "Updates" tab) to post weekly progress notes visible to the whole team

Set up Slack notifications for project status changes so stakeholders see updates without checking Linear

Use project "Milestones" (a sub-feature in Linear Projects) to mark key deliverable checkpoints within the epic

Link related projects using the "Related Projects" field to surface dependencies between epics

How Vantage helps

Vantage integrates directly with Linear. When you generate tickets from a PRD in Vantage, tickets are pushed to Linear with dependency links intact. Related tickets are automatically grouped into Linear Projects, giving you an epic structure that reflects the PRD without manual organization.