AgentKanban for VS Code - A task board with AI agent harness integration. Create and plan tasks with real-time collaboration, then hand off to GitHub Copilot

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AgentKanban is a VS Code extension that integrates with GitHub Copilot to manage AI agent tasks, persist context via MCP, and enable resumable workflows through a collaborative Kanban board.

Hi everyone. I wanted to introduce a tool / product that I've been working on for a while. It's a web application and VS Code extension for use with Github CoPilot (I'm planning to develop integration for other agent harnesses soon). The web app and remote boards are at: [https://www.agentkanban.io](https://www.agentkanban.io) The VS Code extension is at VS Code Marketplace ([https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=appsoftwareltd.agent-kanban-vscode](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=appsoftwareltd.agent-kanban-vscode)) or the Open VSX Registry ([https://open-vsx.org/extension/appsoftwareltd/agent-kanban-vscode](https://open-vsx.org/extension/appsoftwareltd/agent-kanban-vscode)). **The TLDR** It's a collaborative Kanban board / task management app which supports hand off to Github CoPilot in VS Code, and captures the ongoing user / agent conversation context on the task for resumption in new chats (with context curation tools). The context collection ignores tool use to prevent bloat in the captured context. AgentKanban also has features for improving agentic coding session quality such as an optional plan / todo / implement workflow and support for Git worktree creation and clean up for working on concurrent tasks. The tool is an evolution of an earlier VS Code kanban extension ([https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=AppSoftwareLtd.vscode-agent-kanban](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=AppSoftwareLtd.vscode-agent-kanban)) I built which proved fairly popular but only catered for a local file based workflow. The new version with the remote board improves the reliability of context capture, with lots of developer experience improvements. It's a tool that I use everyday in my own agentic coding workflows, and I can honestly say that it improves the quality of the code produced and reduces friction in organising working on concurrent features. I hope you find it useful and would really appreciate your feedback on how you use it, what you think it does well, or any improvements you think could be added. Many thanks for your time reading this 🙏 https://preview.redd.it/tkujgmm93w0h1.png?width=1597&format=png&auto=webp&s=0a2d2bb41f787b538ca9ded9d00946c731eadbc9
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# AgentKanban — The operating layer for agent work in VS Code Source: [https://www.agentkanban.io/](https://www.agentkanban.io/) A task board with AI agent harness integration\.Create and plan tasks with real\-time collaboration, then hand off to GitHub Copilot\. Context is persisted with the task via MCP for curation and resume in new chat sessions, and as a record of task implementation\. Shared AGENTS\.md & memory notesPlan / Todo / Implement workflowsGit worktree isolation Organise the work\. Control the context\. Kanban Board ![AgentKanban task board with lanes and cards](https://www.agentkanban.io/agent-kanban-as-notes-board.png) Task with Turn Capture ![AgentKanban task editor showing captured agent conversation turns](https://www.agentkanban.io/agent-kanban-task-with-turn-capture.png) VS Code Extension ![AgentKanban VS Code extension sidebar showing board connection, task selection, resume buttons, and capture status](https://www.agentkanban.io/agent-kanban-as-notes-extension-sidebar.png) Copilot Chat Resume ![GitHub Copilot chat with AgentKanban resume showing task context injected into the conversation](https://www.agentkanban.io/agentkanban-github-copilot-chat.png) ## Task and Context Management, In One Tool ### Project and task organisation Run projects from hosted boards, lanes, and tasks that stay accessible from both the browser and VS Code\. The board remains the source of truth for the work itself\. ### VS Code context capture Bind GitHub Copilot chats to the active task in VS Code so prompts, responses, and task\-level steering are captured against the work they belong to\. ### Low\-noise resume Resume a task in a new chat with task\-specific context already injected, so the next session starts from the relevant history instead of a bloated transcript\. ## AgentKanban gives you the tools you need to manage context in agentic workflows effectively Ephemeral chats work for small tasks, but break down for large tasks and wider project execution\. AgentKanban keeps the task, the conversation history, the manual steering, and the wider board context attached to the same unit of work\. ### Ephemeral chat becomes task history Each GitHub Copilot turn is captured against the active task so the useful parts of execution do not vanish into a single chat tab\. The task keeps the timeline, steering, and decisions attached to the work itself\. ### Resume without dragging forward the whole transcript Use`@kanban /resume`to reopen a task in a new chat with task\-specific context already loaded\. That reduces context bloat and gives the next session a cleaner starting point\. ### Share task context across members and sessions Because the context is stored on the task, another project member can pick it up later and inherit the relevant reasoning, comments, todos, and notes\. This turns private chat history into shared project context\. ### Record decisions where feature work actually lives Comments, todos, board memory, and attachments sit next to the task instead of being scattered across chats and documents\. When a feature changes later, the earlier reasoning is still on the board\. ## Put task organisation and agent context in the same workflow\. Create a free account, connect VS Code, and turn isolated chat work into resumable, shareable task history\. Questions?[Contact us](https://www.agentkanban.io/contact)

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