Kanban MCP Server

Kanban-MCP

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for managing Kanban-style tasks with analytics, built using Node.js, TypeScript, and MongoDB (via Mongoose).

Features

Create, update, and manage tasks with priorities, tags, and statuses (todo, inProgress, done)
Task analytics: lead time, cycle time, and status distribution
MCP-compliant server with stdio transport
MongoDB integration with user-based task filtering
Task caching for performance

Project Structure

Kanban-MCP/
├── src/
│   ├── index.ts            # Main MCP server logic
│   └── utils/
│       ├── mongoose.ts     # Mongoose DB utilities
│       ├── Task.d.ts       # Task type definitions
│       └── User.d.ts       # User type definitions
├── build/                  # Compiled JS output
├── .vscode/mcp.json        # MCP server config
├── package.json            # NPM dependencies and scripts
├── tsconfig.json           # TypeScript config

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Node.js (v18+ recommended)
MongoDB instance

Setup

Clone the repository:
git clone <repo-url> cd Kanban-MCP
Install dependencies:
npm install
Configure environment variables:
- Create a .env file in the root directory with:
  MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_uri KANBAN_USERNAME=your_username DBNAME=your_db_name
Build the project:
npm run build
Start the MCP server: When starting the repo, VS Code will prompt you to start the MCP server.

Usage

The server exposes MCP tools for creating, moving, and prioritizing tasks.
Analytics can be retrieved via the tasks-analytics prompt.
See src/index.ts for tool and prompt definitions.

Development

Source code is in src/, compiled output in build/.
TypeScript is used for type safety and modern JS features.
Use the provided VS Code MCP config for local development.

License

MIT

Tech Stack

Node.js: JavaScript runtime for server-side logic
TypeScript: Strongly-typed language for safer code
MongoDB: NoSQL database for task storage
Mongoose: ODM for MongoDB integration
VS Code MCP: Integration for Model Context Protocol tools

Install Server

HTTP connection URL

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How are these scores calculated?

hybrid server

The server is able to function both locally and remotely, depending on the configuration or use case.

Tools

Enables users to manage Kanban-style tasks with priorities, tags, and statuses (todo, in progress, done) through natural language. Provides task analytics including lead time, cycle time, and status distribution with MongoDB storage.

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