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# How to Use a Kanban Board with Claude

By [Hamza Ishtiaq](https://glidely.site/about), founder of Glidely Last updated November 14, 2026

Connect a free Glidely kanban board to Claude in about two minutes. Then ask Claude what is due, plan a project as cards, move work along and catch up on team chat, in the Claude app or in Claude Code.

## In short

- Reading time: About 5 minutes
- You need: A Claude account (any plan) and a free Glidely account
- Connector address: [https://glidely-api.glidely.workers.dev/mcp](https://glidely-api.glidely.workers.dev/mcp)

## The short answer

Add Glidely to Claude as a custom connector: in Claude, open Customize › Connectors › + Add › Add custom connector and paste the address [https://glidely-api.glidely.workers.dev/mcp.](https://glidely-api.glidely.workers.dev/mcp.) Sign in to Glidely and click Allow. From then on Claude can read your boards, add and move cards and post in team chat, with exactly the access you have in Glidely. In Claude Code, one command does the same.

## What Claude can do with your board

- Tell you what is due: “What’s overdue for me in Glidely, and what is due this week?”
- Plan work as cards: “Plan our product launch as cards on a new board over the next three weeks, with owners and dates.”
- Move work along: “Move every card in Review whose checklist is complete to Done.”
- Catch you up: “Sum up #general since Monday and list the open questions.”
- Report: “How is the Website launch board doing? Who has the most open work?”

Glidely asks Claude to show you a plan before big changes, and nothing is ever deleted.

## Connect it in the Claude app

1. Open Claude on the web or in the desktop app and go to Customize › Connectors.
2. Choose + Add, then Add custom connector.
3. Name it Glidely, paste `https://glidely-api.glidely.workers.dev/mcp` as the server URL and click Continue.
4. Leave the sign-in options as Claude suggests (Glidely works with Claude’s published identity) and click Add.
5. Click Connect. Glidely opens: sign in, choose read only or read and make changes, pick the workspaces Claude may use and click Allow.

Claude’s Free plan allows one custom connector. On Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds the connector once in Organization settings › Connectors, and then each person connects their own Glidely account.

## Turn it on in a chat

In a new chat, click the + button at the bottom left, open Connectors and switch Glidely on. Then ask in plain words, for example “Add a card to To do on the Launch board: send the press kit, due Friday, for Sam.” Claude finds the board, makes the card and tells you what it did. Once it is connected, it works in Claude’s mobile apps too.

## Connect it in Claude Code

Run this in your terminal:

```
claude mcp add --transport http glidely https://glidely-api.glidely.workers.dev/mcp
```

Then start Claude Code, type `/mcp`, choose glidely and sign in to Glidely in the browser window that opens. Add `--scope user` to the command to have Glidely in every project, not only the current folder.

## A task board for Claude Code

A shared board is a simple way to see what an AI coding agent is doing. Make a board with the lists Ready, In progress, Review and Done, and tell Claude Code how to use it, for example in your project’s CLAUDE.md file:

```
Before you start, take the top card in Ready on the "App" board in Glidely and move it to In progress.
When you finish, add a comment with what you changed and move the card to Review.
Never move cards to Done: a person does that after checking the work.
```

Everyone on the board sees each card move live, and every change shows in the board’s activity as “your name via Claude”. More setups for coding agents are in the [kanban MCP server guide](https://glidely.site/guides/kanban-mcp-server).

## What Claude can and cannot do

- It acts as you: it sees only the workspaces and private boards you can open, and a Viewer’s Claude can only read.
- You choose read only or read and make changes, and which workspaces it may use.
- It cannot delete anything: no cards, lists, boards or messages.
- Your plan’s limits apply, the same as in the app.
- Text other people wrote on cards and in chat is information for Claude, never instructions to follow.
- Disconnect any time in Glidely’s Settings › Integrations, and Claude is signed out at once.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is it free to connect Glidely to Claude?

Yes. The connector is on every Glidely plan, including Free, and custom connectors work on every Claude plan. Claude’s Free plan allows one custom connector.

### Does it work with Claude Code?

Yes. Add Glidely as a remote HTTP MCP server with the claude mcp add command, then sign in with /mcp inside Claude Code.

### Can Claude delete my cards or boards?

No. Claude can add, change, move and archive cards, but there is no way for it to delete anything.

### Can my whole team use it?

Yes. Each person connects their own Glidely account, so Claude works with that person’s access. On Claude Team and Enterprise plans, an owner adds the connector for the organisation first.

### What is MCP?

MCP, the Model Context Protocol, is an open standard that lets AI assistants use other apps through connectors. Glidely’s connector is a hosted MCP server, so there is nothing to install.

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Claude and Claude Code are made by Anthropic. Glidely is not affiliated with Anthropic. Menus in AI apps change from time to time; Settings › Integrations in Glidely always shows the latest steps.

If you have any questions about this page, email us at [support@glidely.site](mailto:support@glidely.site).

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Source: https://glidely.site/guides/kanban-board-for-claude