KanbanThing MCP Server

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KanbanThing is answering right now. Last checked 11 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 91 days of history · worst day 91%

91 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

371 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 3 Aug 2026

KanbanThing missed one check this week

Everything else answered, so this is steady rather than shaky. We check every 15 minutes, which is how a one-off gets told apart from the start of a pattern, and how you hear about the next one within the hour instead of from your users.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 11 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add kanban --transport http https://www.kanbanthing.com/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

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

{
  "servers": {
    "kanban": {
      "type": "http",
      "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

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://www.kanbanthing.com/mcp	streamable-http	answering	243 ms	11 min ago

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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 371 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 in the form 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 371 ms on average, which is faster than 36% 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?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 11 stars on GitHub and 2 open issues. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at kanbanthing.com, which runs on its operator's own terms.