Agent skill

Agent Kanban Task

by saltbo in saltbo/agent-kanban

Creates, assigns, monitors and reviews one Agent Kanban task through the realmroot toolbox command line, only when you ask for an AK task.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Agent Kanban Task

skills CLI
$ npx skills add saltbo/agent-kanban --skill ak-task -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install saltbo/agent-kanban ak-task --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/saltbo/agent-kanban.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ak-task .claude/skills/ak-task && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
ak-task
GitHub stars
485
Token cost
~844 tokens
SKILL.md length
273 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
4
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Creates, assigns, monitors and reviews one Agent Kanban task through the realmroot toolbox command line, only when you ask for an AK task.

  • Delegating a piece of work to an agent through an Agent Kanban board
  • SKILL.md covers Before creation, Create and assign, Monitor and Review
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Creating an AK Task with a preview, assignee and acceptance checks

What it does

ak-task covers the whole life of one Agent Kanban task through the realmroot toolbox command line: resolve the board, repository and existing tasks, find an agent that can be scheduled, create the task, assign it, wait for it to reach review and decide on the result. It is meant to run only when you explicitly ask for an AK Task or for delegation through an AK board.

Before creating anything the agent shows a preview with title, board, repository, assignee, description, dependencies and acceptance checks, and settles any material ambiguity first. Tasks are created unassigned and then patched with an assignedTo value; scheduled start times are not supported, so scheduledAt is left out. Monitoring uses bounded task wait calls that pass a cursor from one call to the next, not an open polling loop. When the task reaches in-review, the agent checks the submitted work, rereads the task, and either rejects it for insufficient evidence or completes it only once the requested outcome is proven.

When your agent uses it

  • Delegating a piece of work to an agent through an Agent Kanban board
  • Creating an AK Task with a preview, assignee and acceptance checks
  • Waiting for a task to reach in-review and judging the submitted work
  • Rejecting a task that lacks acceptance evidence

Example prompts

  • “Create an AK Task on the Platform board to add rate limiting to the login endpoint and assign it to an available agent.”
  • “Check on the AK Task I delegated and tell me whether the work in review meets its acceptance checks.”
  • “Reject my AK Task because the tests are missing and wait for the next review round.”

Requirements

  • The realmroot CLI with Toolbox access to an Agent Kanban board

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7fea6dc. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are bash).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Agent Kanban Task loads about 844 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 273 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~53
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~844

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 273 words (~844 tokens).

“Use generic Toolbox reads to resolve the Board, Repository, and existing Tasks:”

— opening of SKILL.md by saltbo, Custom licence
name
ak-task

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/ak-task of saltbo/agent-kanban.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7fea6dc

Compare with similar skills

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Human and Agent Kanban OrchestrationHermes-brasil/hermes-brasil152—~738Automated safety check: PassMIT
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Questions about Agent Kanban Task

What does Agent Kanban Task do?

Creates, assigns, monitors and reviews one Agent Kanban task through the realmroot toolbox command line, only when you ask for an AK task. ak-task covers the whole life of one Agent Kanban task through the realmroot toolbox command line: resolve the board, repository and existing tasks, find an agent that can be scheduled, create the task, assign it, wait for it to reach review and decide on the result. It is meant to run only when you explicitly ask for an AK Task or for delegation through an AK board.

When should I use Agent Kanban Task?

Agent Kanban Task fits situations like: delegating a piece of work to an agent through an Agent Kanban board; creating an AK Task with a preview, assignee and acceptance checks; waiting for a task to reach in-review and judging the submitted work; rejecting a task that lacks acceptance evidence.

How do I install Agent Kanban Task in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add saltbo/agent-kanban --skill ak-task -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ak-task in saltbo/agent-kanban) into .claude/skills/ak-task in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Agent Kanban Task in Codex?

Run `npx skills add saltbo/agent-kanban --skill ak-task -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ak-task in saltbo/agent-kanban) into .agents/skills/ak-task in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Agent Kanban Task in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add saltbo/agent-kanban --skill ak-task -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ak-task, .gemini/skills/ak-task, .github/skills/ak-task and .opencode/skills/ak-task in your project.

What does Agent Kanban Task need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Agent Kanban Task is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: The realmroot CLI with Toolbox access to an Agent Kanban board.

Does Agent Kanban Task access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Agent Kanban Task safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Agent Kanban Task use?

Agent Kanban Task has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Agent Kanban Task use?

About 844 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Agent Kanban Task?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Agent Kanban Task: Superset Agent Standup (superset-sh/superset, 15k stars), Pi Messenger Crew (nicobailon/pi-messenger, 719 stars), AgentRQ Supervisor (agentrq/agentrq, 1.1k stars) and Human and Agent Kanban Orchestration (Hermes-brasil/hermes-brasil, 152 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Agent Kanban Task?

saltbo (a GitHub user) maintains it in saltbo/agent-kanban, which has 485 GitHub stars. The repository holds 4 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 2, 2026.

Source: saltbo/agent-kanban on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.