ernestocorona/kanboard-mcp

Overview

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects MCP-compatible clients like Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, and Zed to a Kanboard instance. It enables managing projects, tasks, columns, swimlanes, and team work through natural language or structured commands.

Best for

Best for
Teams already using Kanboard who want to interact with it through AI coding assistants or chat interfaces

Use cases

• Create and assign tasks in Kanboard from an AI chat interface
• Reorganize project columns or swimlanes without opening the Kanboard UI
• Query task status and team workload during development standups

How to use

Install

npx @ernestocorona/kanboard-mcp selftest

Tools exposed

• list_projects
• get_project
• create_project
• update_project
• delete_project
• add_project_user
• remove_project_user
• list_project_users
• list_columns
• create_column
• update_column
• move_column
• delete_column
• list_swimlanes
• create_swimlane
• update_swimlane
• move_swimlane
• delete_swimlane
• list_tasks
• get_task

Tested with

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Continue, VS Code

Notes

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects MCP-compatible clients like Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, and Zed to a Kanboard instance. It enables managing projects, tasks, columns, swimlanes, and team work through natural language or structured commands.

7 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-05-19. Licensed MIT.

Use cases

• Create and assign tasks in Kanboard from an AI chat interface
• Reorganize project columns or swimlanes without opening the Kanboard UI
• Query task status and team workload during development standups

Pros

• Works with multiple popular MCP clients out of the box
• Written in TypeScript, easy to extend or debug
• Covers core Kanboard entities (projects, tasks, columns, swimlanes)

Cons

• Requires a running Kanboard instance with API access
• Limited to Kanboard’s own API capabilities (no custom fields or plugins)
• Small community (7 stars) means less support and fewer examples

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