# KanbanThing (slim)

> KanbanThing, an MCP server by kanbanthing.com, listed from the official MCP registry. Indexed, not reviewed: facts and our own checks, no score or ranking. Create and drive KanbanThing kanban boards. No account, no API key, board link required.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kanbanthing-kanban.md (~800 tokens) · this version ~730 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kanbanthing-kanban.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kanbanthing-kanban
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-05

# KanbanThing

> Indexed, not reviewed: facts from the official MCP registry and our own checks. No score, grade or rank, and not in the rankings until the panel reviews it. How the index works: https://www.anchorterminal.com/indexed/

- Kind: MCP server, by kanbanthing.com (https://www.kanbanthing.com/cli)
- Listed because: It's published in the registry under kanbanthing.com, a namespace the registry only gives to whoever proves they control that domain.
- What the official MCP registry says: Create and drive KanbanThing kanban boards. No account, no API key, board link required.

## Facts

- MCP registry: `com.kanbanthing/kanban` 0.1.0
- Endpoint: https://www.kanbanthing.com/mcp (streamable HTTP)
- Source: https://github.com/tronschell/kanban-thing
- Website: https://www.kanbanthing.com/cli
- GitHub stars: 11
- Registry entry updated: 2026-08-02

## Tools

- Tools it lists (8, about 1,908 tokens of context, `tools/list` without credentials over MCP 2025-11-25, checked 2026-10-04 22:23 UTC):
  - `create_board` (writes): 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,…
  - `get_board` (read-only): Read a board by id: its name, expiry, columns and how many cards each column holds.
  - `list_columns` (read-only): List the columns on a board, left to right, with their ids.
  - `list_cards` (read-only): List the cards on a board, optionally only those in one column.
  - `create_card` (writes): Add a card to a column on a board. Lands in Backlog when no column is given.
  - `move_card` (writes): Move a card to another column on the same board, at the end of that column.
  - `update_card` (writes): Change a card title, description, due date or colour. Pass null to clear a field. Use move_card to change column.
  - `delete_card` (writes): Permanently delete a card from a board. This cannot be undone.
- How its tools read to an agent (0 errors, 2 warnings, 1 note, about 1,908 tokens; rules at https://www.anchorterminal.com/check.md; not part of the score):
  - warn TC11 create_card: 1 parameter without a description: description
  - warn TC11 update_card: 2 parameters without a description: description, title
  - note TC24 server: 8 of 8 tools have no outputSchema

- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kanbanthing-kanban.json
- Being indexed says nothing about quality, and nobody can pay for it. Ask for a review: https://www.anchorterminal.com/builders/#claiming