# dsh-kanban-mcp

> Filesystem-driven four-lane kanban board (todo / doing / blocked / done) exposed as a read-only MCP server and a Python API. Works with DeepSeek Harness and any MCP client.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/dsh-kanban-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Chen (Jarry) Pan
- version: 0.1.2
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: deepseek-harness, dsh, dsh-plugin, kanban, mcp, mcp-server, task-tracking, agent
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:dsh-kanban-mcp

### Description (declared)

# dsh-kanban-mcp 
 
> Filesystem-driven four-lane kanban board (todo / doing / blocked / done) exposed as a read-only MCP server and a Python API. Works with DeepSeek Harness and any MCP client. 
 
A kanban board is just a directory tree of markdown cards: 
 
``` 
<base_dir>/YYYY/YYYY-MM/YYYY-MM-DD/{todo,doing,blocked,done}/YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS__agent__slug__status.md 
``` 
 
That design is the whole point: the board survives restarts, is diffable in git, needs no database, and can be inspected by any file tool. This package manages those files and exposes the board to agents over MCP. 
 
## Install 
 
```bash 
pip install "dsh-kanban-mcp"          # Python API 
pip install "dsh-kanban-mcp[mcp]"     # + MCP server (fastmcp) 
``` 
 
Requires Python 3.10+. 
 
## Run the MCP server 
 
```bash 
python -m kanban_mcp          # stdio transport 
# or: kanban-mcp 
``` 
 
Register it in **DeepSeek Harness** (MCP settings — the built-in MCP client) or any MCP client. The tools take an optional `base_dir` argument (default `.agent/kanban`) so one server can point at any board. 
 
## Tools (read-only) 
 
| Tool | Description | 
|---|---| 
| `kanban_board` | Full four-lane board with card details (agent, work_item, purpose, status, outcome, priority, timestamps) | 
| `kanban_status` | Per-lane card counts + total | 
| `kanban_doing` | Cards currently in progress | 
| `kanban_blocked` | Blocked cards | 
| `kanban_done_today` | Cards completed today | 
 
All tools are read-only. Card **creation / update / movement** is available through the `KanbanManager` Python API (see below); write tools are planned but not yet exposed over MCP. 
 
## Python API 
 
```python 
from kanban_mcp import KanbanManager, LaneStatus 
 
kanban = KanbanManager(base_dir=".agent/kanban") 
 
card = kanban.create_doing_card( 
    agent="coder", 
    work_item="build-api", 
    purpose="Build the REST API endpoint", 
) 
kanban.update_card(card, outcome="GET /users implemented") 
kanban.move_to_done("coder", "buil…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.project-management (1, declared)
- dev.filesystem (1, derived)
- productivity.tasks (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/dsh-kanban-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T14:32:26.103Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/dsh-kanban-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/dsh-kanban-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:dsh-kanban-mcp