MCP Kanban is a specialized middleware designed to facilitate interaction between Large Language Models (LLMs) and Planka, a Kanban board application. It serves as an intermediary layer that provides LLMs with a simplified and enhanced API to interact with Planka's task management system.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add kanban --env PLANKA_BASE_URL='<PLANKA_BASE_URL>' --env PLANKA_AGENT_EMAIL='<PLANKA_AGENT_EMAIL>' --env PLANKA_AGENT_PASSWORD='<PLANKA_AGENT_PASSWORD>' -- node /path/to/kanban-mcp/dist/index.js~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.kanban]
command = "node"
args = ["/path/to/kanban-mcp/dist/index.js"]
env = { PLANKA_BASE_URL = "<PLANKA_BASE_URL>", PLANKA_AGENT_EMAIL = "<PLANKA_AGENT_EMAIL>", PLANKA_AGENT_PASSWORD = "<PLANKA_AGENT_PASSWORD>" }
# codex mcp add kanban --env PLANKA_BASE_URL='<PLANKA_BASE_URL>' --env PLANKA_AGENT_EMAIL='<PLANKA_AGENT_EMAIL>' --env PLANKA_AGENT_PASSWORD='<PLANKA_AGENT_PASSWORD>' -- node /path/to/kanban-mcp/dist/index.js~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kanban": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/kanban-mcp/dist/index.js"
],
"env": {
"PLANKA_BASE_URL": "<PLANKA_BASE_URL>",
"PLANKA_AGENT_EMAIL": "<PLANKA_AGENT_EMAIL>",
"PLANKA_AGENT_PASSWORD": "<PLANKA_AGENT_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"kanban": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/kanban-mcp/dist/index.js"
],
"env": {
"PLANKA_BASE_URL": "<PLANKA_BASE_URL>",
"PLANKA_AGENT_EMAIL": "<PLANKA_AGENT_EMAIL>",
"PLANKA_AGENT_PASSWORD": "<PLANKA_AGENT_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kanban": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/kanban-mcp/dist/index.js"
],
"env": {
"PLANKA_BASE_URL": "<PLANKA_BASE_URL>",
"PLANKA_AGENT_EMAIL": "<PLANKA_AGENT_EMAIL>",
"PLANKA_AGENT_PASSWORD": "<PLANKA_AGENT_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kanban": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/kanban-mcp/dist/index.js"
],
"env": {
"PLANKA_BASE_URL": "<PLANKA_BASE_URL>",
"PLANKA_AGENT_EMAIL": "<PLANKA_AGENT_EMAIL>",
"PLANKA_AGENT_PASSWORD": "<PLANKA_AGENT_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kanban": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/kanban-mcp/dist/index.js"
],
"env": {
"PLANKA_BASE_URL": "<PLANKA_BASE_URL>",
"PLANKA_AGENT_EMAIL": "<PLANKA_AGENT_EMAIL>",
"PLANKA_AGENT_PASSWORD": "<PLANKA_AGENT_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
PLANKA_BASE_URLPLANKA_AGENT_EMAILPLANKA_AGENT_PASSWORD
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.