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Kagan

Kagan

Kagan

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AI-powered Kanban board for orchestrating coding agents — manage tasks, stream agent output, review diffs, and merge from VS Code
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Kagan

Kagan for VS Code

AI-powered Kanban board for orchestrating coding agents on your codebase

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Manage tasks, stream live agent output, review diffs, and merge -- all through native VS Code APIs. Works with 14 agent backends including Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and more.

Features

Feature VS Code Surface How to access
Orchestrator chat Chat Participant @kagan <message> in Chat panel
Watch task output Chat Participant @kagan /watch or click chat icon on task
Board status Chat Participant @kagan /status
Kanban board Sidebar TreeView Click the Kagan icon in the Activity Bar
Task diffs SCM diff editor Right-click task > View Diff
Review verdicts Comments panel Open a task in Review status
Agent terminal Terminal Right-click running task > Attach Terminal
Diagnostic log Output Channel Command: Show Agent Output

Quick Start

  1. Install the extension from the Marketplace or Open VSX.
  2. The extension auto-connects to localhost:8765 and auto-starts the server if needed.
  3. Open the Chat panel and type @kagan to start.

Tip: Install Kagan with pip install kagan or uv tool install kagan, then run kagan serve to start the API server.

Settings

Setting Default Description
kagan.serverUrl localhost:8765 Server host:port
kagan.protocol http Connection protocol (http/https)
kagan.authToken Bearer token for authentication
kagan.autoConnect true Connect on activation
kagan.autoStartServer true Auto-start local server
kagan.serverCommand kagan CLI command for auto-start
kagan.autoWatchOnAttach true Auto-stream output on IDE attach

Requirements

  • Kagan server running locally or remotely
  • VS Code 1.96.0+

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