Agent Kanban (VS Code) is now a remote-only companion for the hosted Agent Kanban board. The extension binds your workspace to a remote board, keeps the active task contract in AGENTS.md, and captures Copilot turns for the selected task.
There is no longer a local .agentkanban task-file workflow.
Features
Remote board connection inside the Agent Kanban sidebar
Managed AGENTS.md sentinel for the selected remote task
Remote resume flow that injects board memory, timeline history, and the current todo list
Deterministic Copilot turn capture bound to the selected remote task
Status bar connection state and capture visibility
Getting Started
Install the extension.
Open the Agent Kanban view in the Activity Bar.
Run Agent Kanban: Setup Remote Connection or Agent Kanban: Connect Remote Workspace.
Enter your server URL and API key, then choose a board.
Select a task in the sidebar.
Use @kanban /resume to load prior board context into the current chat.
Commands
Command
Purpose
Agent Kanban: Connect Remote Workspace
Alias for remote setup
Agent Kanban: Setup Remote Connection
Configure server URL, API key, and board
Agent Kanban: Configure Remote
Focus the remote sidebar
Agent Kanban: Select Remote Task...
Pick the active task from the current remote board
Agent Kanban: Uninitialise
Remove the managed AGENTS section, stored API key, MCP config, workspace settings, and any legacy .agentkanban data
Chat Commands
Command
Purpose
@kanban /resume
Full resume: inject board memory, task description, all timeline events, and current todos for the selected remote task
@kanban /resume delta
Delta resume: inject only new timeline events since the last resume in this chat session (requires a prior full resume)
AGENTS.md Contract
The extension manages a sentinel-delimited section in the workspace AGENTS.md file.
When a remote task is active, the sentinel includes the task title and UUID plus the remote plan / todo / implement workflow contract.
When no task is active, the sentinel is replaced with a remote no-task reminder.
User content outside the sentinel is preserved.
The extension deletes the legacy .agentkanban/INSTRUCTION.md file when it finds one.
Turn Capture
When a remote task is selected, the extension binds Copilot turn capture to that task.
Captured turns are sent to the remote board, not stored as local task files.
Resume loads board memory, timeline events, and the current todo list from the board.
Debug builds can expose the active Copilot capture file, the extension log folder, and the primary rolling log file in the sidebar.
Debug file opens reuse the current editor group; the live tail remains a read-only virtual document.
Settings
Setting
Default
Description
agentKanban.enableLogging
false
Enable extension file logging in VS Code's extension log storage
agentKanban.chatTaskSync
true
Automatically switch the active task when switching to a chat that was previously linked to a different task
Legacy Cleanup
Older versions of the extension created .agentkanban files for task workflows. That workflow has been removed.
The extension now deletes the legacy .agentkanban/INSTRUCTION.md file during activation and remote setup.
Agent Kanban: Uninitialise also removes any leftover .agentkanban directory.
The extension no longer creates local task markdown files, board YAML, or .agentkanban/logs.
