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KanbanThing MCP Server

com.kanbanthing/kanban

Free shared kanban boards with no signup—drive them via CLI or MCP for AI-powered task management.

What is the KanbanThing MCP server?

The KanbanThing MCP server lets you create and manage kanban boards through an AI agent or script. It provides access to shared, password-protected boards with columns, cards, due dates, and multiple views—all without requiring accounts or API keys, just a board link.

KanbanThing is a free, no-signup kanban tool designed for temporary projects and collaboration. This MCP server exposes its command-line interface to AI agents, enabling you to create boards, add and move cards, manage columns, and view work by due date or activity—all programmatically. It's ideal for AI-assisted task planning, retrospectives, and short-term project tracking.

How to install KanbanThing

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: http

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kanban": {
      "url": "https://www.kanbanthing.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools & capabilities

Tools this server exposes to the agent.

Create board — Create a new kanban board with a name and password
Add column — Add, rename, and reorder columns on a board
Add card — Create cards with description, color, and due date
Move card — Move cards between columns or to the backlog
View calendar — View cards organized by due date
View timeline — View cards organized by most recent activity
Generate read-only link — Create a read-only share link for viewing without edit access

Use cases

AI agent manages a sprint board, moving cards as tasks complete
Script creates a retrospective board and populates it with feedback items
Personal daily standup: agent queries board state and summarizes work in progress
Automated task scheduling: agent adds cards with due dates based on project milestones
Share board with stakeholders via read-only link while agent updates progress

KanbanThing MCP server FAQ

What is KanbanThing?

A free, no-signup kanban board tool where boards are shared by default via a link. Anyone with the link sees the same board in real time.

Do I need an account or API key?

No. You create a board by choosing a name and password, then share the link. No email or signup required.

How do I use it with Claude or Cursor?

Install the KanbanThing MCP server (remote HTTP endpoint at https://www.kanbanthing.com/mcp), then provide your board link. Claude or Cursor can then create, move, and query cards programmatically.

How long do boards persist?

Boards are deleted up to 60 days after creation. This tool is designed for short-term work; export or copy data if you need long-term history.

Can I make a board read-only?

Yes. When you create a board, you can generate a read-only link to share with people who should view but not edit.

What views are available?

Kanban (columns and cards), calendar (by due date), timeline (by recent activity), and backlog (unscheduled work).

README (reference)

Source of truth, from the repository.

KanbanThing

A free kanban board you can share with a link. No account, no email, no install.

https://www.kanbanthing.com

You name a board, choose a password, and get a link. Anyone you send that link to opens the same board and moves the same cards. That last part is the point — most free no-signup kanban tools keep the board in one browser's local storage, so it can never really be shared. This one is shared by default.

What it does

Columns you can add, rename and reorder, starting from To Do, In Progress and Done
Cards with a description, a colour and a due date, moved by drag and drop or from the card menu
A backlog for work that is not scheduled yet
A calendar view of the same cards by due date, and a timeline view by most recent activity
A password on every board, set when the board is created, plus a read-only link for people who should see the board but not change it
Light and dark appearance, following your system setting
A command line client with --json on every command, so a script or an AI agent can drive the same board a person has open in a browser — see the CLI docs

What it does not do

There are no accounts, no teams, no permissions and no paid tier. Boards are deleted up to 60 days after they are created, so copy out anything you want to keep.

If you need long-lived project history, this is the wrong tool, and that is on purpose. It suits work with an end in sight: a retrospective, a short project, or a personal board you start again every few weeks.

Guides

Built with

Next.js, React, TypeScript and Tailwind CSS, with Supabase for storage. Made and maintained by Tron Schell.

Running it locally

Requires Node 20 or newer and a Supabase project.

npm install
npm run dev

Set NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL and NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY in .env.local. The SQL that builds the schema lives in db/, applied in filename order.

npm run build       # production build
npm test            # vitest
npm run typecheck   # tsc --noEmit
npm run lint        # eslint

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