Kanban MCP

MCP server for task/ticket management with dependency tracking.

Install

git clone https://github.com/Rafael09ED/kanban-mcp.git
cd kanban-mcp
npm install
npm run build

Setup

Add to your MCP client configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kanban-mcp": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/kanban-mcp/mcp-server/build/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Features

• CRUD operations for tickets
• Dependency tracking
• Status management (open, in-progress, closed)
• Project-based filtering
• Persistent JSON storage
• Automatic data migrations with version detection and path-finding
• Research impact trees showing cascade effects of completing tickets

Tools

create_ticket

Create tickets individually or in batches.

Parameters:

• title (required): Ticket title
• description (required): Ticket description
• projects (optional): Array of project names
• dependencies (optional): Array of ticket IDs

Batch format:

• tickets (required): Array of ticket objects

read_ticket

Get ticket details by ID.

Parameters:

• ticketId (required): Ticket ID

update_ticket

Update ticket properties.

Parameters:

• tickets (required): Array of update objects with ticketId and fields to update

delete_ticket

Delete ticket by ID.

Parameters:

• ticketId (required): Ticket ID

list_tickets

List tickets with optional filters.

Parameters:

• project (optional): Filter by project name
• status (optional): Filter by status
• dependsOn (optional): Filter by dependency

next_tickets

Get unblocked tickets ready for work. Shows impact cascade.

Parameters:

• project (optional): Filter by project name

Development

npm run dev    # Watch mode
npm run build  # Compile

License

AGPLv3