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    "article": "\n# BloopAI/vibe-kanban\n\n- **Full name**: BloopAI/vibe-kanban\n- **Description**: Get 10X more out of Claude Code, Codex or any coding agent\n- **Stars**: 24,908\n- **License**: Apache-2.0\n- **Last pushed**: 2026-04-10\n- **Topics**: agent, ai-agents, kanban, management, task-manager\n- **Fork**: No\n- **Source**: gh-search\n\n## Archetype\n\n**other-harness** -- A full-featured kanban-based task management and workspace orchestration platform for coding agents. Written in Rust + TypeScript (pnpm monorepo). Includes a web UI with kanban board, workspace management (branch + terminal + dev server per agent), inline code review, built-in browser preview, and support for 10+ coding agents.\n\n## Structure\n\n```\ncrates/                 # Rust backend (30+ crates)\n  server/               # Main server\n  workspace-manager/    # Per-agent workspace isolation\n  worktree-manager/     # Git worktree management\n  executors/            # Agent executors (Claude Code, Codex, etc.)\n  review/               # Code review system\n  preview-proxy/        # Built-in browser preview\n  mcp/                  # MCP integration\n  relay-*/              # Remote/cloud relay system\n  git/                  # Git operations\n  db/                   # Database\npackages/               # TypeScript frontend\n  local-web/            # Web UI (kanban board, workspace view)\n  public/               # Static assets\nnpx-cli/               # NPM CLI launcher\nCargo.toml              # Rust workspace root\npnpm-workspace.yaml     # TS workspace root\n```\n\n## Key Techniques\n\n1. **Kanban-to-workspace pipeline** -- Issues on kanban board become workspaces with isolated git worktrees, terminals, and dev servers\n2. **Multi-agent executor abstraction** -- Unified interface for 10+ coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Copilot, Amp, Cursor, OpenCode, Droid, CCR, Qwen Code)\n3. **Inline code review** -- Review diffs and leave comments that get sent directly to the agent\n4. **Built-in browser preview** -- Preview with devtools, inspect mode, and device emulation\n5. **Git worktree isolation** -- Each workspace gets its own branch via git worktrees\n6. **PR lifecycle** -- Create PRs with AI-generated descriptions, review, and merge from UI\n\n---\n\n## Processes\n\n### 1. Kanban-Driven Agent Orchestration (specializations/shared/kanban-agent-orchestration)\n\nA cross-domain process for organizing multi-task work using kanban methodology with coding agent dispatch.\n\n**Phases:**\n1. **Issue decomposition** -- Break feature/project into kanban issues with priority, labels, and acceptance criteria\n2. **Dependency mapping** -- Identify issue dependencies and determine execution order (parallel where possible)\n3. **Workspace provisioning** -- For each ready issue: create isolated workspace (git worktree + branch)\n4. **Agent dispatch** -- Assign coding agent to workspace with issue description as prompt; use ctx.parallel.all() for independent issues\n5. **Review gate** -- Breakpoint for human review of each agent's diff output; inline comments feed back to agent for revision\n6. **PR creation** -- Generate PR with AI-assisted description from completed work\n7. **Board update** -- Move issues through kanban columns (todo -> in-progress -> review -> done)\n\n**Key insight:** The kanban board as orchestration layer maps well to babysitter's task dispatch. Each kanban issue becomes a task, the board state becomes process state, and review gates become breakpoints.\n\n**Placement justification:** Kanban is a cross-domain workflow pattern. Goes in specializations/shared/.\n\n## Plugin Ideas\n\n### 1. Kanban Board Dashboard Widget (Category: Developer Experience & UX)\n\nA babysitter plugin that renders pending/active/completed tasks as a kanban board in the observer dashboard. Maps babysitter's task states to kanban columns: pending -> \"To Do\", active -> \"In Progress\", completed -> \"Done\", failed -> \"Blocked\".\n\n**install.md**: Registers an observer-dashboard widget that reads run task state and renders a kanban view. Supports drag-and-drop priority reordering. Provides `/kanban` command to view board in terminal.\n\n### 2. Git Worktree Workspace Isolation (Category: DevOps & Infrastructure)\n\nA babysitter plugin that provisions isolated git worktrees for parallel task execution. When a process dispatches parallel tasks, each task gets its own worktree with a dedicated branch, preventing merge conflicts during concurrent work.\n\n**install.md**: Installs `on-task-start` hook that creates a git worktree for the task's workspace. On `on-task-complete`, merges the worktree branch back and cleans up. Handles merge conflicts by creating a breakpoint for human resolution.\n\n## Library Mapping\n\n| Extractable Process | Library Status | Action | Existing Path | Target Placement |\n|-------------------|----------------|--------|---------------|------------------|\n| Kanban-Driven Agent Orchestration | NEW | Task organization using kanban methodology with agent dispatch | - | specializations/shared/kanban-agent-orchestration.js |\n| Multi-Agent Executor Abstraction | UPGRADE | Enhanced agent dispatch with unified interface | library/specializations/ai-agents-conversational/ | specializations/shared/multi-agent-executor.js |\n| Workspace Isolation with Git Worktrees | UPGRADE | Enhanced git worktree management | library/methodologies/superpowers/ | specializations/shared/workspace-isolation.js |\n| Inline Code Review Integration | NEW | Review workflow with agent feedback loops | - | specializations/shared/inline-review-integration.js |\n| Issue-to-Workspace Pipeline | NEW | Automated workspace provisioning from issue descriptions | - | specializations/workflow-automation/issue-workspace-pipeline.js |\n| PR Lifecycle Automation | NEW | AI-assisted PR creation and description generation | - | specializations/devops-sre-platform/pr-lifecycle-automation.js |\n\n## Plugin Marketplace Mapping\n\n| Plugin Idea | Marketplace Status | Action | Existing Plugin | Target Placement |\n|-------------|-------------------|--------|-----------------|------------------|\n| Kanban Board Dashboard Widget | NEW | Task visualization as kanban board in observer dashboard | - | plugins/a5c/marketplace/blueprints/kanban-dashboard-widget/ |\n| Git Worktree Workspace Isolation | UPGRADE | Enhanced workspace isolation for parallel tasks | agentsh | plugins/a5c/marketplace/blueprints/git-worktree-isolation/ |\n",
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