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KanbanThing MCP Server

com.kanbanthing/kanban
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KanbanThing is answering right now. Last checked 10 min ago. It exposes 8 tools. Last commit 3 Aug 2026.

Create and drive KanbanThing kanban boards. No account, no API key, board link required.

Uptime history 43 hours of history
43 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
8
Tools
read from the server
366 ms
Response time
average over 24h
11
Stars
last commit 3 Aug 2026

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 10 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add kanban --transport http https://www.kanbanthing.com/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kanban": {
      "url": "https://www.kanbanthing.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.kanban]
url = "https://www.kanbanthing.com/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kanban": {
      "url": "https://www.kanbanthing.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kanban": {
      "url": "https://www.kanbanthing.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 8

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

card
create_card
Add a card to a column on a board. Lands in Backlog when no column is given.
delete_card
Permanently delete a card from a board. This cannot be undone.
update_card
Change a card title, description, due date or colour. Pass null to clear a field. Use move_card to change column.
board
create_board
Create a new KanbanThing board and return its id, shareable URL and password. No sign-up. Every board is password protected: pass `password` to choose one, otherwise a random password is generated and returned. Give both the URL and the password to whoever should use the board. Boards are deleted when they expire.
get_board
Read a board by id: its name, expiry, columns and how many cards each column holds.
cards
list_cards
List the cards on a board, optionally only those in one column.
columns
list_columns
List the columns on a board, left to right, with their ids.
move
move_card
Move a card to another column on the same board, at the end of that column.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://www.kanbanthing.com/mcp streamable-http answering 297 ms 10 min ago

KanbanThing — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can KanbanThing do?
It exposes 8 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: create_board, create_card, delete_card, get_board, list_cards, list_columns and 2 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
What is KanbanThing mostly used for?
Its tools cluster around card and board. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.
Is KanbanThing working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 366 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect KanbanThing?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does KanbanThing need an API key?
No. KanbanThing completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 8 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is KanbanThing?
It answers our handshake in 366 ms on average, which is faster than 38% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is KanbanThing open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 11 stars on GitHub and 2 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.