# Agent Kanban

13 Hacker News commenters recommended Agent Kanban and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Developers recommend it for human-in-the-loop agent tasks kept as markdown in git inside VS Code. One critic asks why GitHub or Jira boards won't do.

## Why people recommend it

- Plain markdown files in git (6 comments): "Having the Kanban board in VS Code where I'm working, backed by markdown, GitOps friendly files works really well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47308598)) "the idea of keeping the planning conversation as plain markdown in the repo is kinda neat" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47335089)) "Building the entire system around plain Markdown + Git is a masterstroke" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47362053))
- Keeps human in the loop (3 comments): "I needed something more 'human in the loop', handing off to an agent without good visibility of the change set and opportunity to steer doesn't work for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48239943)) "this is a human in the loop integration for VS code that stores the context in the kanban task" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48779445)) "helps with a 'human in the loop' agent flow I've been working with to a high degree of success" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47307158))
- Kanban board inside VS Code (3 comments): "Having the Kanban board in VS Code where I'm working, backed by markdown, GitOps friendly files works really well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47308598)) "I have reworked the UI to move the task board to the editor pane from the side bar" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47320850)) "Yes - and keeps the user in the IDE." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47320390))
- Context saved in each task (2 comments): "All of your context is captured in the task and can be reloaded into new agent sessions at any point in the future." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49121183)) "this is a human in the loop integration for VS code that stores the context in the kanban task" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48779445))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Agent Kanban", https://hackerapproved.com/p/vs-code-agent-kanban/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).