Opencode Kanban CLI

opencode-kanban-cli

Use this skill to run opencode-kanban commands correctly and avoid common argument mistakes.

When to use

• The user asks how to use opencode-kanban from terminal scripts.
• The user hits CLI parsing errors (--project, --id, selector conflicts).
• The user needs ready-to-copy command examples for task/category workflows.

Instructions

1. Start by applying these global CLI rules:

   • For all non-TUI commands, --project <PROJECT> is required.
   • --project and --json are global and can appear before or after subcommands.
   • The project must already exist, otherwise the CLI returns PROJECT_NOT_FOUND.

2. Use command groups exactly as follows:

   • task list [--repo <REPO>] [--category-id <UUID> | --category-slug <SLUG>] [--archived]
   • task create --title <TEXT> --branch <BRANCH> --repo <REPO> [--category-id <UUID> | --category-slug <SLUG>]
   • task move --id <TASK_ID_OR_PREFIX> (--category-id <UUID> | --category-slug <SLUG>)
   • task show --id <TASK_ID_OR_PREFIX>
   • task archive --id <TASK_ID_OR_PREFIX>
   • category list
   • category create --name <TEXT> [--slug <SLUG>]
   • category update --id <CATEGORY_ID> [--name <TEXT>] [--slug <SLUG>] [--position <N>]
   • category delete --id <CATEGORY_ID>

3. Follow selector semantics precisely:

   • Category destination selectors are mutually exclusive: use exactly one of --category-id or --category-slug when required.
   • task move requires one category selector.
   • task show, task move, and task archive accept full UUID or unique short ID prefix from table output (for example e11ad40a).
   • --repo accepts either a repo name or the repo path (matching registered repos).

4. Be explicit about task create behavior:

   • It performs the same creation workflow as TUI: validates branch, resolves base branch, fetches/checks base, creates git worktree, creates tmux session, then persists task runtime metadata.
   • If any step fails, it rolls back created artifacts (task row, tmux session, worktree) when possible.

5. Prefer these validated examples:

# Global flags can be placed after subcommands
opencode-kanban task list --project test --json

# Create task with full workflow (worktree + tmux session + metadata)
opencode-kanban task create --project test --title "Refactor parser" --branch feature/refactor-parser --repo /path/to/repo --category-slug todo

# Move using short task id prefix from table output
opencode-kanban task move --project test --id e11ad40a --category-slug in-progress

# Show categories as pretty table
opencode-kanban category list --project test

6. If user reports an error, map it quickly:
   • PROJECT_REQUIRED -> missing --project
   • PROJECT_NOT_FOUND -> project DB does not exist yet
   • UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT on create -> duplicate (repo, branch)
   • TASK_ID_AMBIGUOUS -> provide longer task id prefix
   • CATEGORY_SELECTOR_CONFLICT -> both category selectors were provided

Source: TomCC7/opencode-kanban — distributed by TomeVault.