Is Kanban built into Hermes Agent?

Yes. Hermes ships a native SQLite-backed Kanban board with a CLI (hermes kanban), a /kanban slash command, and a drag-and-drop dashboard tab. You do not need to write a skill.

How does multi-agent Kanban work?

A dispatcher files tasks on a shared board; worker profiles started with hermes -p claim and run tasks in their own isolated environment. The gateway notifies you when each task completes, blocks, or crashes.

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Hermes Agent Kanban: The Native Multi-Agent Task Board

Q: Where do Kanban completion notifications go?

To whichever channel you have connected — Telegram, Discord, or Slack.

Kanban is a built-in Hermes feature, not a skill you have to write. It's a SQLite-backed board where one agent dispatches tasks and other agent profiles claim and run them — with a real drag-and-drop dashboard tab and completion notifications pushed straight to Telegram, Discord, or Slack.

What the Kanban Board Does

Each board is a SQLite database (kanban.db) of work items. A task has a title, body, assignee, priority, and a status that moves through the columns:

todo → ready → running → done
plus scheduled, blocked, and archived

The point is multi-agent collaboration: a dispatcher agent files tasks, and worker profiles spawned with hermes -p <name> join the same board and claim work. A gateway-side watcher loop polls the board and sends you a message when a task completes, blocks, or crashes.

Use It from the CLI

# Open the kanban subcommand
hermes kanban

# Add a task to the board
hermes kanban add "Summarize this week's GitHub issues" --priority high

# List tasks and their status
hermes kanban list

# A worker profile joins the same board and claims work
hermes -p worker1 kanban claim

Inside a chat, the /kanban slash command surfaces the same board so you can manage tasks conversationally without leaving Telegram or Discord.

Use It from the Dashboard

Hermes ships a built-in Kanban tab in the web UI. You can drag cards across columns, read the comment thread on each task, and see which profile is currently running which card — a live view of every agent on the board. No extra install: the tab is part of the gateway dashboard.

Multiple boards are supported — each project gets its own kanban/boards/<slug>/kanban.db, so you can keep separate boards for separate workstreams.

Completion Notifications

The gateway watches every board and emits terminal events. When a worker finishes (or a task blocks or crashes), Hermes pushes a notification over whichever channel you have connected — Telegram, Discord, or Slack — so you don't have to babysit the board.

Multi-Agent Workflow Example

Your main agent files three research tasks on the board.
You start two worker profiles: hermes -p worker1 and hermes -p worker2.
Each worker claims a task, runs it in its own isolated profile, and marks it done.
The gateway DMs you a summary as each card completes.

Because each worker is a real profilewith its own memory and skills, the runs stay isolated — and Kanban enforces per-profile task caps so one worker can't starve the others.

Looking for the Workflow Walkthrough?

This guide covers setup. If you want the “why” — running an AI project board entirely from chat — see the use case: Hermes Kanban for AI project management.

What's Next?

Hermes Agent Profiles — the worker profiles Kanban uses
Hermes Agent + Telegram — where notifications land
Hermes Agent Skills — orchestrator and worker skills
Hermes Kanban use case — the project-management scenario