fix: Replace Linear CLI with schpet/linear-cli

Switch from npm package @digitalstories/linear-cli to schpet/linear-cli
binary releases. The new CLI auto-detects latest version from GitHub
and supports both x86_64 and aarch64 Linux architectures. macOS uses
Homebrew tap schpet/tap/linear.

Author: Derek

ansible/roles/dfe_developer_core/tasks/linear.yml

@@ -1,22 +1,60 @@
 ---
-# Linear.app CLI installation (user-specific via npm)
+# Linear CLI installation (schpet/linear-cli)
+# https://github.com/schpet/linear-cli
 
-- name: Install Linear CLI globally for user (Linux)
-  community.general.npm:
-    name: '@digitalstories/linear-cli'
-    global: true
-    state: present
-  environment:
-    NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX: "{{ dfe_user_home }}/.npm-global"
-  become: false
-  become_user: "{{ dfe_actual_user }}"
-  when: ansible_distribution in ['Fedora', 'Ubuntu']
+# ============================================================================
+# MACOS - Install via Homebrew tap
+# ============================================================================
 
-- name: Install Linear CLI globally for user (macOS)
-  community.general.npm:
-    name: '@digitalstories/linear-cli'
-    global: true
+- name: Install Linear CLI (macOS)
+  community.general.homebrew:
+    name: schpet/tap/linear
     state: present
-  environment: "{{ npm_config_env }}"
   become: false
   when: ansible_distribution == 'MacOSX'
+
+# ============================================================================
+# LINUX - Install via binary from GitHub releases
+# ============================================================================
+
+- name: Install Linear CLI (Linux)
+  block:
+    - name: Get latest Linear CLI version from GitHub API
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: https://api.github.com/repos/schpet/linear-cli/releases/latest
+        return_content: true
+      register: linear_release
+
+    - name: Set Linear CLI version and architecture facts
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        linear_version: "{{ linear_release.json.tag_name }}"
+        linear_arch: "{{ 'aarch64' if ansible_architecture == 'aarch64' else 'x86_64' }}"
+
+    - name: Download Linear CLI binary tarball
+      ansible.builtin.get_url:
+        url: "https://github.com/schpet/linear-cli/releases/download/{{ linear_version }}/linear-{{ linear_arch }}-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz"
+        dest: "/tmp/linear.tar.xz"
+        mode: '0644'
+
+    - name: Extract Linear CLI binary
+      ansible.builtin.unarchive:
+        src: /tmp/linear.tar.xz
+        dest: /tmp
+        remote_src: true
+
+    - name: Install Linear CLI binary
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        src: "/tmp/linear-{{ linear_arch }}-unknown-linux-gnu/linear"
+        dest: /usr/local/bin/linear
+        mode: '0755'
+        remote_src: true
+
+    - name: Remove Linear CLI installation files
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: "{{ item }}"
+        state: absent
+      loop:
+        - /tmp/linear.tar.xz
+        - "/tmp/linear-{{ linear_arch }}-unknown-linux-gnu"
+
+  when: ansible_distribution in ['Fedora', 'Ubuntu']

ansible/roles/dfe_developer_core/tasks/verify.yml

@@ -53,12 +53,20 @@
   failed_when: verify_semrel.rc != 0
   become: false
 
-- name: Verify Linear CLI
-  ansible.builtin.command: "{{ dfe_user_home }}/.npm-global/bin/linear --version"
+- name: Verify Linear CLI (Linux)
+  ansible.builtin.command: linear --version
   register: verify_linear
   changed_when: false
   failed_when: verify_linear.rc != 0
-  become: false
+  when: ansible_distribution in ['Fedora', 'Ubuntu']
+
+- name: Verify Linear CLI (macOS)
+  ansible.builtin.command: linear --version
+  environment: "{{ homebrew_env }}"
+  register: verify_linear
+  changed_when: false
+  failed_when: verify_linear.rc != 0
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'MacOSX'
 
 - name: Verify OpenVPN 3 (Linux)
   ansible.builtin.command: openvpn3 version