Getting Started

New to AgentKanban? Read Introducing AgentKanban for an overview of what it does and why.

Register / log in

Register for a new account at agentkanban.io or log in if you already have an account.

Create a kanban board and task(s)

Create one or more boards for your projects and add one or more tasks. Add the requirements and detail that your agent needs to plan and start the task.

Board creation:

Create task:

You can also write shared agent instructions in your Board Settings and Agent Instructions these are injected into the AgentKanban managed section of AGENTS.md automatically for all tasks on the board.

Install the VS Code Extension

You can install from either VS Code Marketplace or the Open VSX Registry.

The VS Code extension is also compatible with Google Antigravity, Void Editor, Windsurf Editor and other VS Code forks.

Create an API Key

Create an API key on the AgentKanban web app and copy to your clipboard.

Open the AgentKanban side bar and paste the key. The extension will automatically configure MCP tools for your agent. No manual setup is needed.

Select Board and Task

You will now be able to select a board and a task.

Clicking Resume (Full) will load the task description, comments and any existing user / agent history into Github Copilot chat.

With the task selected, your chat turns are automatically captured to the remote task on agentkanban.io. You can use AgentKanban to resume and manage context in future chat sessions, or clear context and start fresh.

If you have assets uploaded to the task, you can copy the asset token and paste it into the chat for the agent to retrieve from the task via the MCP server.

Git Worktrees (Optional)

AgentKanban supports Git worktrees for working on multiple tasks in parallel. See Git Worktrees for details.