Kanboard Skill

Overview

Kanboard uses JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. All calls go to a single endpoint.

Make sure you have follow parameter to to access Kanboard:

1. 1. KANBOARDURL, the server url.
2. KANBOARDAPI_TOKEN, the access api token.

Auth modes

Application API skips permission checks and has no session. Use it for automation.

Here is an example of curl:

curl "${KANBOARD_URL}/jsonrpc.php" -u "jsonrpc:$token" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"$method\",\"id\":1,\"params\":$params}"

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Core Helper

Always use this shell function to call the API:

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Check for errors in every response:

# Always verify result is not null/false
result=$(kb getMe | jq '.result')
if [ "$result" = "null" ] || [ "$result" = "false" ]; then
  echo "Error: $(kb getMe | jq -r '.error.message // "unknown error"')"
fi

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Projects

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Board & Columns

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Tasks

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Move task to another project

kb moveTaskToProject '{ "task_id": 42, "project_id": 2, "swimlane_id": 1, "column_id": 1, "category_id": 0 }'

Duplicate task to another project

kb duplicateTaskToProject '{ "task_id": 42, "project_id": 2 }'

Close / Open task

kb closeTask '{"task_id": 42}' kb openTask '{"task_id": 42}'

Remove task (irreversible)

kb removeTask '{"task_id": 42}'

Get task color list

kb getTaskColors

### Task color IDs
`yellow`, `blue`, `green`, `purple`, `red`, `orange`, `grey`, `brown`, `deep_orange`, `dark_grey`, `pink`, `teal`, `cyan`, `lime`, `light_green`, `amber`

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## Subtasks

bash

List subtasks for a task

kb getAllSubtasks '{"task_id": 42}'

Create subtask

kb createSubtask '{ "task_id": 42, "title": "Write unit tests", "user_id": 3, "time_estimated": 4 }'

Update subtask (status: 0=todo, 1=in-progress, 2=done)

kb updateSubtask '{ "id": 10, "task_id": 42, "status": 1, "time_spent": 2 }'

Remove subtask

kb removeSubtask '{"subtask_id": 10}'

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## Comments

bash

List comments for a task

kb getAllComments '{"task_id": 42}'

Create comment

kb createComment '{ "task_id": 42, "user_id": 1, "content": "This is a markdown comment." }'

Update comment

kb updateComment '{"id": 7, "content": "Updated comment text."}'

Remove comment

kb removeComment '{"comment_id": 7}'

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## Swimlanes

bash

List swimlanes for a project

kb getSwimlanes '{"project_id": 1}'

Get active swimlanes only

kb getActiveSwimlanes '{"project_id": 1}'

Create swimlane

kb addSwimlane '{"project_id": 1, "name": "Team Alpha"}'

Update swimlane

kb updateSwimlane '{"swimlane_id": 3, "name": "Team Beta"}'

Remove swimlane

kb removeSwimlane '{"projectid": 1, "swimlaneid": 3}'

Change swimlane position

kb changeSwimlanePosition '{"projectid": 1, "swimlaneid": 3, "position": 1}'

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## Categories

bash

List categories for a project

kb getAllCategories '{"project_id": 1}'

Create category

kb createCategory '{"project_id": 1, "name": "Backend"}'

Update category

kb updateCategory '{"id": 5, "name": "Backend & API"}'

Remove category

kb removeCategory '{"category_id": 5}'

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## Users

bash

List all users (Application API only)

kb getAllUsers

Get user by ID

kb getUserById '{"user_id": 3}'

Get user by username

kb getUserByName '{"username": "alice"}'

Create user

kb createUser '{ "username": "bob", "password": "S3cur3P@ss", "name": "Bob Smith", "email": "bob@example.com", "role": "app-user" }'

Roles: app-admin | app-manager | app-user

Update user

kb updateUser '{"id": 3, "name": "Bob Jones", "email": "bob.jones@example.com"}'

Disable / Enable user

kb disableUser '{"user_id": 3}' kb enableUser '{"user_id": 3}'

Remove user

kb removeUser '{"user_id": 3}'

Current user (User API only)

kb getMe kb getMyProjects kb getMyDashboard kb getMyActivityStream kb getMyCalendar kb getMyNotifications

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## Project Permissions

bash

List project users

kb getProjectUsers '{"project_id": 1}'

Add user to project

kb addProjectUser '{ "project_id": 1, "user_id": 3, "role": "project-member" }'

Roles: project-manager | project-member | project-viewer

Change user role in project

kb changeProjectUserRole '{"projectid": 1, "userid": 3, "role": "project-manager"}'

Remove user from project

kb removeProjectUser '{"projectid": 1, "userid": 3}'

Add/remove group to project

kb addProjectGroup '{"projectid": 1, "groupid": 2, "role": "project-member"}' kb removeProjectGroup '{"projectid": 1, "groupid": 2}'

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## Tags

bash

Get all tags for a project

kb getTagsByProject '{"project_id": 1}'

Create tag

kb createTag '{"project_id": 1, "tag": "urgent"}'

Update tag

kb updateTag '{"id": 4, "tag": "critical"}'

Remove tag

kb removeTag '{"tag_id": 4}'

Get tags for a task

kb getTaskTags '{"task_id": 42}'

Assign tags to a task (replaces existing tags)

kb setTaskTags '{"projectid": 1, "taskid": 42, "tags": ["bug", "urgent"]}'

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## Task Links (Internal)

bash

Get link types

kb getAllLinks

Get links for a task

kb getAllTaskLinks '{"task_id": 42}'

Create task link

kb createTaskLink '{ "task_id": 42, "oppositetaskid": 55, "link_id": 1 }'

Common link_id: 1=relates to, 2=blocks, 3=is blocked by, 4=duplicates, 5=is duplicated by

Remove task link

kb removeTaskLink '{"tasklinkid": 8}'

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## Application

bash

Get app version

kb getVersion

Get app timezone

kb getTimezone

Get app default language

kb getDefaultLanguage

Get current datetime

kb now

Get available board column types

kb getDefaultTaskColors

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## Common Workflows

### Create project with full setup

bash

1. Create project

project_id=$(kb createProject '{"name":"Sprint 1"}' | jq '.result')

2. Add columns

kb addColumn "{\"projectid\": $projectid, \"title\": \"Backlog\"}" kb addColumn "{\"projectid\": $projectid, \"title\": \"In Progress\", \"task_limit\": 3}" kb addColumn "{\"projectid\": $projectid, \"title\": \"Review\"}" kb addColumn "{\"projectid\": $projectid, \"title\": \"Done\"}"

3. Add swimlane

kb addSwimlane "{\"projectid\": $projectid, \"name\": \"Team Alpha\"}"

4. Show board

kb getBoard "{\"projectid\": $projectid}"

### Move task through workflow

bash task_id=42 project_id=1

Get column IDs first

columns=$(kb getColumns "{\"projectid\": $projectid}" | jq '.result') inprogresscol=$(echo $columns | jq '[.[] | select(.title=="In Progress")][0].id')

Move task

kb moveTaskPosition "{ \"projectid\": $projectid, \"taskid\": $taskid, \"columnid\": $inprogress_col, \"position\": 1, \"swimlane_id\": 1 }"

### Create task with subtasks

bash

Create parent task

task_id=$(kb createTask '{ "title": "Implement feature X", "project_id": 1, "priority": 2 }' | jq '.result')

Add subtasks

kb createSubtask "{\"taskid\": $taskid, \"title\": \"Write spec\"}" kb createSubtask "{\"taskid\": $taskid, \"title\": \"Implement\"}" kb createSubtask "{\"taskid\": $taskid, \"title\": \"Write tests\"}" kb createSubtask "{\"taskid\": $taskid, \"title\": \"Code review\"}"

### Bulk close completed tasks

bash project_id=1

Get all open tasks, close those tagged "done"

kb getAllTasks "{\"projectid\": $projectid, \"status_id\": 1}" \ | jq -r '.result[] | select(.tags[]? == "done") | .id' \ | while read task_id; do kb closeTask "{\"taskid\": $taskid}" echo "Closed task $task_id" done

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## Setup & Configuration

Add to your OpenClaw environment:

bash

Required

export KANBOARD_URL="https://kanboard.example.com" export KANBOARDAPITOKEN="yourtokenfromsettingspage" `` **Getting your API token:** 1. Log in to Kanboard as admin 2. Go to **Settings → API** 3. Copy the token shown there --- ## Notes - Kanboard use Http basic auth, pass token by --user/-u parameter. You **must not** set token at http header. - All dates use YYYY-MM-DD format or Unix timestamps - Task priority: 0=low, 1=normal, 2=high, 3=urgent - Kanboard supports **batch requests** — multiple JSON-RPC calls in one HTTP request (useful for bulk ops) - statusid for tasks: 1=open, 2=closed - API endpoint is always URL>/jsonrpc.php`