diff --git a/config/scripts/build-orcad.mjs b/config/scripts/build-orcad.mjs
index 76b83c2445b..e5a8083426b 100644
--- a/config/scripts/build-orcad.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/build-orcad.mjs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import { materializeWatcherPackage } from './orcad-watcher-package.mjs'
 import { stageOrcadWindowsProcessTree } from './orcad-windows-process-tree.mjs'
 import { stageOrcadWindowsCliLauncher } from './orcad-windows-cli-launcher.mjs'
 import { stageOrcadWindowsSecurity } from './orcad-windows-security.mjs'
+import { stageOrcadLinearSdk } from './orcad-linear-sdk-package.mjs'
 import {
   ORCAD_EMOJI_SHORTCODE_DATASET,
   ORCAD_CLI_ENTRY_FILENAME,
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ copyFileSync(
   createRequire(import.meta.url).resolve('emojibase-data/en/shortcodes/emojibase.json'),
   emojiDatasetOutput
 )
+await stageOrcadLinearSdk(ROOT, OUT_DIR)
 // The desktop template omits it: ~10 MB per target, and orcad already treats it as optional.
 if (existsSync(AGENT_BROWSER_SOURCE) && process.env.ORCAD_OMIT_AGENT_BROWSER !== '1') {
   copyFileSync(AGENT_BROWSER_SOURCE, AGENT_BROWSER_OUTPUT)
diff --git a/config/scripts/orcad-linear-sdk-package.mjs b/config/scripts/orcad-linear-sdk-package.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ea1e45901dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/scripts/orcad-linear-sdk-package.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { build } from 'esbuild'
+import { join } from 'node:path'
+import { ORCAD_LINEAR_SDK_ENTRY } from '../../src/shared/orcad-artifacts.ts'
+
+/**
+ * @linear/sdk as one CommonJS file where orcad's lazy `require('@linear/sdk')` resolves it.
+ * Why bundled rather than copied: the package ships hashed chunk names that change every release.
+ */
+export async function stageOrcadLinearSdk(root, outputDir) {
+  await build({
+    stdin: {
+      contents: "module.exports = require('@linear/sdk')",
+      resolveDir: root,
+      sourcefile: 'orcad-linear-sdk-entry.js'
+    },
+    bundle: true,
+    platform: 'node',
+    target: 'node18',
+    format: 'cjs',
+    outfile: join(outputDir, ORCAD_LINEAR_SDK_ENTRY),
+    minify: true,
+    sourcemap: false,
+    logLevel: 'error'
+  })
+}
diff --git a/config/scripts/orcad-linear-sdk-package.test.mjs b/config/scripts/orcad-linear-sdk-package.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..794138f4c9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/scripts/orcad-linear-sdk-package.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { mkdtempSync, realpathSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
+import { join } from 'node:path'
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { runProcessSync } from '@orca/process-host'
+import {
+  ORCAD_ARTIFACTS,
+  ORCAD_LINEAR_SDK_ENTRY,
+  ORCAD_SERVER_ENTRY_FILENAME
+} from '../../src/shared/orcad-artifacts.ts'
+import { stageOrcadLinearSdk } from './orcad-linear-sdk-package.mjs'
+
+const root = join(import.meta.dirname, '..', '..')
+// Outside the repo, so Node cannot fall back to the checkout's node_modules.
+const deployment = realpathSync(mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'orcad-linear-sdk-')))
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  await stageOrcadLinearSdk(root, deployment)
+}, 60_000)
+
+afterAll(() => {
+  rmSync(deployment, { recursive: true, force: true })
+})
+
+it('ships the SDK as a deployment artifact', () => {
+  expect(ORCAD_ARTIFACTS.map((artifact) => artifact.filename)).toContain(ORCAD_LINEAR_SDK_ENTRY)
+})
+
+it("resolves linear-sdk.ts's lazy require from the deployed server under plain Node", () => {
+  const server = join(deployment, ORCAD_SERVER_ENTRY_FILENAME)
+  writeFileSync(
+    server,
+    `const load = require('node:module').createRequire(__filename);
+    const sdk = load('@linear/sdk');
+    console.log(JSON.stringify({
+      resolved: load.resolve('@linear/sdk'),
+      client: typeof sdk.LinearClient,
+      authError: typeof sdk.AuthenticationLinearError
+    }));`
+  )
+  const loaded = runProcessSync({
+    program: process.execPath,
+    args: [server],
+    cwd: deployment,
+    env: { ORCA_BACKGROUND_LAUNCH: '1' },
+    timeoutMs: 30_000
+  })
+  expect(loaded.code, loaded.stderr.slice(-2_000)).toBe(0)
+  expect(JSON.parse(loaded.stdout.trim())).toEqual({
+    resolved: join(deployment, ORCAD_LINEAR_SDK_ENTRY),
+    client: 'function',
+    authError: 'function'
+  })
+}, 40_000)
diff --git a/src/shared/orcad-artifacts.ts b/src/shared/orcad-artifacts.ts
index a5487b9afd2..8d427b73495 100644
--- a/src/shared/orcad-artifacts.ts
+++ b/src/shared/orcad-artifacts.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ export const ORCAD_PARCEL_WATCHER_ENTRY = 'node_modules/@parcel/watcher/index.js
 export const ORCAD_PARCEL_WATCHER_NATIVE = 'node_modules/@parcel/watcher/watcher.node'
 export const ORCAD_EMOJI_SHORTCODE_DATASET =
   'node_modules/emojibase-data/en/shortcodes/emojibase.json'
+// linear-sdk.ts loads it through createRequire, which the server bundle cannot follow.
+export const ORCAD_LINEAR_SDK_ENTRY = 'node_modules/@linear/sdk/index.js'
 
 export const ORCAD_VERSION = '0.1.0'
 export const ORCAD_LAUNCHER_FILENAME = 'orcad.js'
@@ -191,6 +193,7 @@ export const ORCAD_ARTIFACTS: readonly OrcadArtifact[] = [
   { filename: ORCAD_PARCEL_WATCHER_ENTRY },
   { filename: ORCAD_PARCEL_WATCHER_NATIVE },
   { filename: ORCAD_EMOJI_SHORTCODE_DATASET },
+  { filename: ORCAD_LINEAR_SDK_ENTRY },
   ...ORCAD_NODE_PTY_JS_ARTIFACTS.map((filename) => ({ filename })),
   ...ORCAD_RIPGREP_LICENSE_ARTIFACTS.map((filename) => ({ filename })),
   ...ORCAD_NATIVE_CHAT_VISUALS_ARTIFACTS.map((filename) => ({ filename }))