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Interact with Kanboard project management via JSON-RPC API. Use when working with Kanboard tasks, projects, boards, columns, swimlanes, comments, subtasks, and users. Trigger on: "create task", "move task", "show board", "list projects", "add comment", "kanboard", "kanban task". Supports both Application API (token) and User API (login/password).

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Kanboard Skill

Overview

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

Auth modes
Mode User Password
Application API jsonrpc $KANBOARD_API_TOKEN
User API $KANBOARD_USER $KANBOARD_PASS

Application API skips permission checks and has no session. Use it for automation. User API respects project permissions; required for "My…" procedures.


Core Helper

Always use this shell function to call the API:

kb() {
  local method="$1"
  local params="${2:-{}}"
  local user="${KANBOARD_USER:-jsonrpc}"
  local pass="${KANBOARD_PASS:-$KANBOARD_API_TOKEN}"

  curl -s -X POST \
    -u "$user:$pass" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"$method\",\"id\":1,\"params\":$params}" \
    "${KANBOARD_URL}/jsonrpc.php" | jq .
}

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

Projects

# List all projects
kb getAllProjects

# Get single project by ID
kb getProjectById '{"project_id": 1}'

# Get project by name
kb getProjectByName '{"name": "My Project"}'

# Create project
kb createProject '{"name": "New Project", "description": "Optional description"}'

# Update project
kb updateProject '{"id": 1, "name": "Renamed", "description": "Updated"}'

# Remove project (irreversible)
kb removeProject '{"project_id": 1}'

# Enable / disable project
kb enableProject  '{"project_id": 1}'
kb disableProject '{"project_id": 1}'

# Get project activity feed
kb getProjectActivity '{"project_id": 1}'

Board & Columns

# Get full board (columns + tasks) for a project
kb getBoard '{"project_id": 1}'

# List columns
kb getColumns '{"project_id": 1}'

# Get single column
kb getColumn '{"column_id":...

Source information

Source
github
Repository
openclaw/skills
Path
skills/bivex/kanboard-skill
Version
1.0.0
Commit
9d27466b9225ac42b9544b9ada1a318af9ae15ba
Classification source
rules
Status
active
Visibility
public

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SKILL.md
# Kanboard Skill

## Overview

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

### Auth modes

| Mode | User | Password |
|------|------|----------|
| Application API | `jsonrpc` | `$KANBOARD_API_TOKEN` |
| User API | `$KANBOARD_USER` | `$KANBOARD_PASS` |

Application API skips permission checks and has no session. Use it for automation.
User API respects project permissions; required for "My…" procedures.

---

## Core Helper

Always use this shell function to call the API:

```bash
kb() {
  local method="$1"
  local params="${2:-{}}"
  local user="${KANBOARD_USER:-jsonrpc}"
  local pass="${KANBOARD_PASS:-$KANBOARD_API_TOKEN}"

  curl -s -X POST \
    -u "$user:$pass" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"$method\",\"id\":1,\"params\":$params}" \
    "${KANBOARD_URL}/jsonrpc.php" | jq .
}
```

Check for errors in every response:
```bash
# 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
```

---

## Projects

```bash
# List all projects
kb getAllProjects

# Get single project by ID
kb getProjectById '{"project_id": 1}'

# Get project by name
kb getProjectByName '{"name": "My Project"}'

# Create project
kb createProject '{"name": "New Project", "description": "Optional description"}'

# Update project
kb updateProject '{"id": 1, "name": "Renamed", "description": "Updated"}'

# Remove project (irreversible)
kb removeProject '{"project_id": 1}'

# Enable / disable project
kb enableProject  '{"project_id": 1}'
kb disableProject '{"project_id": 1}'

# Get project activity feed
kb getProjectActivity '{"project_id": 1}'
```

---

## Board & Columns

```bash
# Get full board (columns + tasks) for a project
kb getBoard '{"project_id": 1}'

# List columns
kb getColumns '{"project_id": 1}'

# Get single column
kb getColumn '{"column_id":...

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