After a large amount of oopsies with my steam engines triggering a lot of my overstress clutches, I wished for a way to be able to see the status of all of them from one place. I realized this was possible with comparators and redstone links but with my "power pole" setup this would be hard to implement and look incredibly clunky. I then had an idea for a niche but nice-to-have item: a redstone link that functions as a comparator for the block it's mounted to.

I realize this probably doesn't have many use cases but there definitely are some (such as the overstress clutch). Hope it will be considered, though.

I think it's too niche of a use case to create a separate type of redstone link, but I might allow you to install a linked transmitter on a comparator.

a linked transmitter on a comparator.

Linked transmitters can almost already do that by just placing it on the end of comparators, right? I think the main issue was really just the inability to place it directly on a vertical structure like a pole or wall. Wouldn't the opposite be better, installing a comparator on an existing linked transmitter, instead of the initially suggested separate item? Or would this seem out of place?

I just can't think of a good way to represent a vertical redstone link with comparator function. It's also another niche case of combining two blocks together which I'm not very keen about.

That sounds understandable. You may close the suggestion if you feel it's too niche.