diff --git a/docsgpt/agents/tools/mcp_tool.py b/docsgpt/agents/tools/mcp_tool.py
index 23d77d72..7b34fa19 100644
--- a/docsgpt/agents/tools/mcp_tool.py
+++ b/docsgpt/agents/tools/mcp_tool.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import concurrent.futures
 import json
 import logging
 import time
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse
 
 from fastmcp import Client
@@ -771,10 +771,37 @@ class DocsGPTOAuth(OAuthClientProvider):
             redirect_handler=self.redirect_handler,
             callback_handler=self.callback_handler,
         )
+        self.context.prepare_token_auth = self._one_client_authentication(self.context.prepare_token_auth)
 
         self.auth_url = None
         self.extracted_state = None
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _one_client_authentication(prepare: Callable) -> Callable:
+        """Wrap the SDK's token-request auth so the client authenticates one way.
+
+        With ``client_secret_basic`` the SDK sets the Basic header but leaves
+        ``client_id`` in the body, which servers such as Linear reject as a
+        second method; RFC 6749 names the client in the body only when it does
+        not authenticate otherwise.
+
+        Args:
+            prepare: The SDK context's ``prepare_token_auth``.
+
+        Returns:
+            The same function, minus ``client_id`` in the body under Basic auth.
+        """
+
+        def prepare_token_auth(
+            data: dict[str, str], headers: dict[str, str] | None = None
+        ) -> tuple[dict[str, str], dict[str, str]]:
+            data, headers = prepare(data, headers)
+            if headers.get("Authorization", "").startswith("Basic "):
+                data = {k: v for k, v in data.items() if k != "client_id"}
+            return data, headers
+
+        return prepare_token_auth
+
     def _process_auth_url(self, authorization_url: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
         """Process authorization URL to extract state"""
         try:
diff --git a/tests/connectors/test_mcp_refresh.py b/tests/connectors/test_mcp_refresh.py
index 50f21edc..f03be8a0 100644
--- a/tests/connectors/test_mcp_refresh.py
+++ b/tests/connectors/test_mcp_refresh.py
@@ -172,3 +172,37 @@ def test_callback_hands_the_sdk_an_authorization_result():
     assert isinstance(result, AuthorizationCodeResult)
     assert (result.code, result.state, result.iss) == ("the-code", "st", "https://mcp.linear.app")
     redis_client.delete.assert_any_call("mcp_oauth:iss:st")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "method, basic, body_client_id",
+    [("client_secret_basic", True, False), ("client_secret_post", False, True), ("none", False, True)],
+)
+def test_token_request_uses_one_client_authentication(method, basic, body_client_id):
+    """Linear registers clients for ``client_secret_basic`` and refuses a token
+    request that also names the client in the body; RFC 6749 wants one method."""
+    from mcp.shared.auth import OAuthClientInformationFull
+
+    from docsgpt.agents.tools.mcp_tool import DocsGPTOAuth
+
+    oauth = DocsGPTOAuth(
+        mcp_url="https://mcp.linear.app/mcp",
+        redis_client=MagicMock(),
+        redirect_uri="https://example.com/callback",
+        user_id="user1",
+    )
+    oauth.context.client_info = OAuthClientInformationFull(
+        client_id="cid",
+        client_secret=None if method == "none" else "secret",
+        token_endpoint_auth_method=method,
+        redirect_uris=["https://example.com/callback"],
+    )
+
+    data, headers = oauth.context.prepare_token_auth(
+        {"grant_type": "authorization_code", "code": "c", "client_id": "cid"},
+        {"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"},
+    )
+
+    assert headers.get("Authorization", "").startswith("Basic ") is basic
+    assert ("client_id" in data) is body_client_id
+    assert data["code"] == "c"