mcp-kanban: Skill for Claude Code

.claude/skills/kanban-plan/SKILL.md

kanban-plan is a skill for Claude Code from gablabelle/mcp-kanban. It costs 46 tokens per session (736 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A planning workflow that breaks a feature or task into stories and smaller subtasks on a Kanban board. A Kanban board tracks work as tickets moving through stages.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to inspect the board, understand the existing code, create deliverable stories, and add actionable subtasks to the backlog or todo column.
Why use it?
It turns broad or unclear work into trackable pieces and checks the board first to avoid duplicate tickets.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter.

This is gablabelle/mcp-kanban's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on mcp-kanban itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything mcp-kanban configures →

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git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/gablabelle/mcp-kanban

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Opus 5.5 $0.00018 $0.00294
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00009 $0.00147
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00074

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kanban-plan scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2mo ago.

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Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.claude/skills/kanban-plan/SKILL.md · 61 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 61 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Plan Work on the Kanban Board

You are planning work by breaking it into stories and subtasks on the mcp-kanban board.

Step 1: Open the board immediately

Open the Kanban board in the browser so the user can watch tickets appear in real-time:

open "http://localhost:$(cat ~/.mcp-kanban/config.json 2>/dev/null | jq -r '.port // 3010')"

Step 2: Discover the board structure

Use mcp__mcp-kanban__list_columns to get the available columns and their IDs. Identify which column is best for new planned work (typically "Backlog" or "Todo").

Use mcp__mcp-kanban__list_tickets to check for existing tickets so you don't create duplicates.

Step 3: Analyze the work

Read relevant code files to understand the current state. Break the work described in $ARGUMENTS into:

  • Stories: High-level features or logical units of work. Each story should be independently deliverable.
  • Subtasks: Concrete, actionable implementation steps under each story. Each subtask should be completable in a single focused session.

Step 4: Create tickets on the board

For each story:

  1. Create a story ticket with mcp__mcp-kanban__create_ticket — use a clear title and a description that explains the goal, acceptance criteria, and any relevant technical context
  2. Create subtasks under it with mcp__mcp-kanban__create_subtask — each subtask should have a concise title and a description covering what specifically needs to be done

Place stories in the "Backlog" or "Todo" column (whichever makes more sense given the board's column structure).

Set appropriate priorities: urgent for blockers, high for critical path items, medium for standard work, low for nice-to-haves.

Step 5: Present the plan and ask to start

After all tickets are created, present a summary:

  • Total number of stories and subtasks created
  • Brief overview of each story and its subtasks
  • Suggested order of execution

Then ask the user: "The plan is on the board. Would you like me to start working through these tickets?"

Read the full file on GitHub · 61 lines

Changes

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  1. 2mo ago First seen · 61 lines · 46 tokens per session scan A 385daee8943d

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kanban-plan is a skill published in the GitHub repository gablabelle/mcp-kanban (4 stars, last pushed 8mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 46 tokens to every session and 736 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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