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kanban-mcp

by jopa79

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kanban-mcp

Terminal-basiertes Kanban Board mit MCP-Server fuer Claude Code.

CLI — Alle Board-Operationen direkt im Terminal
TUI — Interaktive Board-Ansicht mit Tastatur-Navigation
MCP Server — 16 Tools fuer Claude Code Integration
Skills — Automatisierte Review-Tests (Playwright + VHS)
SQLite — Pro-Projekt Datenbank in .kanban/

Screenshots

Kanban TUI

Task Detail-Ansicht

Related MCP server: Obsidian Kanban MCP Server

Setup

# Dependencies installieren
bun install

# Board im aktuellen Verzeichnis initialisieren
bun run src/index.ts init

# Optional: Board-Name angeben
bun run src/index.ts init "Mein Projekt"

CLI Commands

# Task erstellen
kanban add "Task Titel" -d "Beschreibung" -c in-progress

# Tasks auflisten
kanban list                  # Alle Tasks
kanban list -c todo          # Nur aus Todo-Spalte

# Task verschieben / abschliessen
kanban move <id> in-progress
kanban done <id>

# Task aendern / loeschen
kanban delete <id>

# Board-Status
kanban status

# Archiv
kanban archive              # Done-Tasks archivieren
kanban restore <id>         # Wiederherstellen
kanban purge --confirm      # Archiv loeschen

TUI (Terminal UI)

kanban tui

Tastaturkuerzel:

Taste	Aktion
Pfeiltasten	Zwischen Spalten/Tasks navigieren
Enter	Task-Details anzeigen
n	Neuen Task erstellen
> / <	Task in Nachbarspalte verschieben
d	Task als Done markieren
x	Task loeschen (mit Bestaetigung)
/	Tasks nach Titel filtern
Esc	Filter aufheben / Zurueck
r	Board neu laden
?	Hilfe anzeigen
q	TUI beenden

MCP Server

Als Claude Code MCP Server registrieren (~/.claude/settings.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kanban-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "bun",
      "args": ["run", "/pfad/zu/kanban-mcp/src/index.ts", "mcp"],
      "env": { "BUN_BE_BUN": "1" }
    }
  }
}

Verfuegbare MCP Tools:

Tool	Beschreibung
`kanban_init`	Board initialisieren
`kanban_add_task`	Task erstellen
`kanban_add_task_checked`	Task mit Duplikat-Pruefung erstellen
`kanban_get_task`	Task per ID abrufen
`kanban_list_tasks`	Tasks auflisten (mit Filtern)
`kanban_move_task`	Task verschieben
`kanban_update_task`	Task-Eigenschaften aendern
`kanban_delete_task`	Task loeschen
`kanban_complete_task`	Task abschliessen
`kanban_status`	Board-Uebersicht
`kanban_archive_tasks`	Tasks archivieren
`kanban_restore_task`	Archivierten Task wiederherstellen
`kanban_purge_archive`	Archiv permanent loeschen
`kanban_archive_stats`	Archiv-Statistiken
`kanban_export_board`	Board als JSON exportieren
`kanban_import_board`	Board aus JSON importieren

Skills

Im Ordner skills/ liegen Claude Code Skills die auf dem Kanban MCP aufbauen.

kanban-review-tester

Testet automatisch alle Kanban-Tasks im Status "Review". Erkennt pro Task ob ein Browser-Test (Playwright) oder Terminal-Test (VHS) noetig ist.

Features:

Automatische Test-Typ-Erkennung anhand von Task-Titel, Notes und Labels
Browser-Tests via Playwright MCP (UI, Console, Netzwerk)
Terminal-Tests via VHS + Bash (CLI-Befehle, Builds, Migrations)
Ergebnisse werden direkt in die Task-Notes geschrieben

Einrichten:

# Symlink in Claude Code Skills-Ordner
ln -s /pfad/zu/kanban-mcp/skills/kanban-review-tester ~/.claude/skills/kanban-review-tester

Ausfuehren: "teste die Reviews" oder "review testen" zu Claude sagen.

Tests

bun test

Projektstruktur

kanban-mcp/
  skills/
    kanban-review-tester/
      SKILL.md              # Review-Test Skill fuer Claude Code
  src/
    index.ts              # CLI Entry Point
    core/
      db.ts               # SQLite Setup, Migrationen
      types.ts            # TypeScript Types + Converter
      board-service.ts    # Board/Spalten-Verwaltung
      task-service.ts     # Task CRUD + Duplikat-Check
      archive-service.ts  # Archiv-Management
      similarity.ts       # Trigram/Wort-Similarity
    mcp/
      server.ts           # MCP Server (stdio)
      tools.ts            # Core MCP Tools
      tools-archive.ts    # Archiv MCP Tools
      tools-extras.ts     # Duplikat-Check, Status, Complete
      mcp-context.ts      # DB-Kontext fuer MCP
    cli/
      context.ts          # DB-Kontext fuer CLI
      formatters.ts       # Terminal-Ausgabe
      commands/            # CLI Subcommands
    tui/
      app.tsx             # Ink Root Component
      board-view.tsx      # Board-Darstellung
      task-card.tsx       # Task-Karte
      detail-view.tsx     # Task-Details
      help-view.tsx       # Hilfe-Overlay
      status-bar.tsx      # Statuszeile + Eingaben
      use-board.ts        # Custom Hook fuer Board-Daten
  tests/                  # bun:test Unit-Tests

Tech Stack

Bun — Runtime + Test Runner
TypeScript — Typsicherheit
bun:sqlite — Datenbank (built-in)
@modelcontextprotocol/sdk — MCP Server
commander — CLI Framework
ink + React — Terminal UI
nanoid — ID-Generierung

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