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AI Kanban Board for Humans and AI Agents

Turn project work into clear cards that people and AI agents can prepare, run, review, and approve in one shared board.

Agent-ready delivery board

Launch workspace

Running

To do

1

Prepare release mission

STL-128

In progress

1

Implement MCP access

STL-131

Review

1

Review agent output

STL-134

From card to controlled execution

A card carries the mission, context, assignee, execution state, questions, result, and approval history from start to finish.

  1. 01

    Card

    Define the outcome, owner, priority, and acceptance criteria.

  2. 02

    Context

    Attach project documents, links, decisions, and constraints.

  3. 03

    Agent

    Assign a workspace agent or an external runtime to the mission.

  4. 04

    Review

    Read Activity, answer questions, and inspect the result.

  5. 05

    Done

    Approve the work and keep its complete trace on the card.

Mission STL-128

Define the outcome, owner, priority, and acceptance criteria.

Running

Checklist

Context
Agent
Review

Linked context

project-brief.md

Cards, documents, comments, decisions, and project rules stay available to both people and agents.

Run mission

One board, two kinds of operators

Humans define the mission. Agents work inside the same project context and leave a visible trail instead of operating in detached chats.

Shared project context

Cards, documents, comments, decisions, and project rules stay available to both people and agents.

Visible Activity

Questions, tool calls, progress, errors, proposals, and results return to the card Activity.

Human approval where it matters

Choose whether an agent acts directly, works under supervision, or proposes writes for approval.

Connect an external agent with MCP

JSON
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stellary": {
      "url": "https://api.stellary.co/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Permissions stay explicit

ActionHumanSupervisedApproval
Read cards and documentsDirectDirectDirect
Update a cardDirectPolicyProposal
Run a missionDirectPolicyProposal
Use connected toolsPermissionAllowlistProposal

A card is more than a task

A traditional Kanban card records work. An agent-ready card also provides a bounded mission: what must be produced, which context may be used, who or what is responsible, and how the result will be reviewed.

The agent does not need a parallel planning system. Its questions and output return to the same card the team already follows.

  • Acceptance criteria and checklist
  • Linked documents and project context
  • Human or agent assignment
  • Mission and approval history

The board remains understandable to the team

Agent activity should not turn the board into a stream of technical logs. Stellary keeps the card status, owner, priority, and outcome readable while detailed execution remains available in Activity.

The result is a shared operational view: people see what is ready, running, blocked, waiting for review, or complete.

Why an agent-ready board is different

Operators

Traditional Kanban

Designed mainly for human updates.

Agent-ready Kanban

Designed for humans and AI agents working together.

Context

Traditional Kanban

Often split across chats, docs, and memory.

Agent-ready Kanban

Structured on the project and attached to the mission.

Execution

Traditional Kanban

Work happens outside the card.

Agent-ready Kanban

The card can launch and follow an agent mission.

Control

Traditional Kanban

Automation is separate and difficult to audit.

Agent-ready Kanban

Permissions, approvals, and Activity are part of the workflow.

Questions about AI Kanban boards

What is an AI Kanban board?

An AI Kanban board is a visual workflow where AI can help prepare, execute, update, or review cards. In Stellary, agents work from the card’s project context and return their progress and result to Activity.

Can Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor update the board?

Yes. They can run as local Stellary runners or connect through the Stellary MCP server. Their available actions still depend on the user or agent identity, project access, tool allowlist, and autonomy policy.

Do agents act without approval?

Only when you configure them to do so. Approval mode turns non-read actions into proposals. Supervised mode allows safe actions while protected tools still require review. Autonomous mode remains bounded by permissions and tool policy.

Does the board replace project documentation?

No. Documents remain the durable context for briefs, architecture, decisions, and requirements. Cards link that context to a precise piece of work and its execution history.

Give your agents a real project system

Start with one project, one board, and one controlled mission.

Create your first project