Board & Task Tools

SkillProductivity

Lets your agent look up tasks and project progress on a Kanban board instead of guessing task status.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Board & Task Tools skill

About this capability

Kanban board and task query expert. ALWAYS invoke this skill when the user asks about boards, tasks, task status, or project progress. Do not guess task state — use this skill first.

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by yaoapp/yao in tools/skills/yao-board/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Two tools for querying kanban boards and tasks, called via bash.

board_list

List all kanban boards with their columns and task counts.

tai tool board_list '{}'

task_list

List tasks with optional filtering.

tai tool task_list '{"board_id": "xxx", "run_status": "running"}'
ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
run_statusstringnoFilter: pending/running/waiting/completed/failed
assistant_idstringnoFilter by assistant ID
board_idstringnoFilter by board ID
pagenumbernoPage number (default 1)
page_sizenumbernoItems per page (default 50)

Guidelines

  • Use board_list first to discover available boards and their IDs
  • Use task_list with filters to find specific tasks
  • All output is JSON

Signals

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Last commit
Sep 2026
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Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
yao-board
Source
github.com/yaoapp/yao