# Configuring Linear with Personal API key

### Video overview

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#### Steps to set up your Personal Access Token (PAT)&#x20;

1. In Smaply, **Open the Linear configuration page**. From your Account settings (a) > Integrations (b) > Linear Setup (c)

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1. Now, **make sure you're logged** into your Linear account at <https://linear.app/>
2. Generate a **Personal API key** <br>

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   1. Go to the Linear security and access settings page at [linear.app/settings/account/security](https://linear.app/settings/account/security)
   2. Under **Personal API keys**, select 'Create a new API key' and give it a clear name, we suggest 'smaply-connector'
   3. Copy the generated token into the configuration screen in Smaply
3. Save the configuration and the connection success message should be shown <br>

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