AgentKanban

Editing Tasks

How to write and format task descriptions and comments in AgentKanban.

Rich text editing

Task descriptions and comments use a rich text editor. You can type naturally and use familiar keyboard shortcuts to format your content.

Formatting shortcuts

Type these at the start of a line or around text to apply formatting:

Shortcut Result
**text** Bold
*text* Italic
~~text~~ Strikethrough
`code` Inline code
## Heading Heading (levels 1–6)
- item Bullet list
1. item Numbered list
> quote Blockquote
``` Code block
--- Horizontal rule

Standard keyboard shortcuts also work: Ctrl+B (bold), Ctrl+I (italic).

Pasting markdown

If you paste markdown from another source (e.g. a README, a chat message, or a code comment), it is automatically converted into formatted rich text. You do not need to manually format pasted content.

Editing descriptions

Each task has a description area below the title.

  1. Click the description area or the Edit button to enter edit mode
  2. Type or paste your content
  3. Click Save to keep your changes, or Cancel to discard them

When not editing, the description displays as rendered formatted text.

Comments

Comments appear in the Comments tab below the task details.

Adding a comment

  1. Click Add a comment... to open the editor
  2. Type your comment
  3. Click Comment to post, or Cancel to discard
  4. Ctrl+Enter (Cmd+Enter on Mac) also submits the comment

Editing a comment

  1. Click the Edit icon on your own comment
  2. Make your changes in the inline editor
  3. Click Save or press Ctrl+Enter to save, or Cancel to discard

Replying to a comment

Click the Reply icon on any comment. A quoted excerpt appears above the editor to show the context of your reply.

Attaching files

Click the Attach link below the comment editor to upload files. Attachments appear as downloadable links on the comment.

Captured turns

The Turns tab shows conversation turns captured from AI coding sessions (Copilot, Claude, Codex). These are read-only records — they cannot be edited. Markdown formatting in turn content (headings, lists, bold, code blocks, etc.) is rendered automatically.

What is not supported