Documentation

Create a project with the + button in the top tab bar or via the command palette. Projects appear as tabs — click to switch, drag to reorder. Right-click (or click the ••• menu) to rename or delete.

Press number keys 1 through 9 to switch between projects by position.

Each project starts with a "Main" board. Add more boards from the project's dropdown menu or the command palette. When a project has multiple boards, a secondary tab bar appears below the project tabs.

Boards are independent — each has its own set of columns and tasks.

Click Add Column in the command palette or use the column menu. Choose a name and pick a color from the 8 available accent colors.

Set a Work-In-Progress limit on any column via its dropdown menu. When the task count exceeds the limit, the column header turns red with a pulsing warning icon. This is a visual reminder — it doesn't block adding tasks.

New columns inherit your default WIP limit from Settings → Defaults.

• Rename — click the column menu → Rename
• Change color — column menu → Change color
• Move position — column menu → Move position, or drag the column
• Focus mode — column menu → Focus column (dims all other columns)
• Present mode — column menu → Present column (full-screen view)
• Delete — column menu → Delete (removes all tasks in the column)

• Click the + button on any column header
• Press N to create a task in the first column
• Press A to open Quick Add (natural language syntax)
• Use the command palette → New task

New tasks inherit the default language and default priority from your settings.

Click any card to open the task editor, or focus a card with vim keys and press E. The editor is a slide-over panel with:

• Monaco code editor (VS Code) with syntax highlighting
• Language selector (18 languages)
• Tag picker
• Blocker/dependency picker
• Due date picker
• Priority selector
• Time tracking controls
• Markdown preview toggle

• Move — drag cards between columns
• Copy as markdown — C on focused card
• Copy git branch name — B on focused card
• Archive — soft-delete via command palette or editor
• Delete — D on focused card (with confirmation)

Task cards on the board show a rich preview: markdown headings, checkboxes, bold text, inline code, and clickable URLs. Code blocks show the language badge. Tags, priority, due date, and blocker indicators are visible at a glance.

When a task uses the markdown language, a preview toggle appears in the editor. Switch between editing raw markdown and seeing the rendered output.

On Base and Pro tiers, you can rebind any shortcut. Open the shortcuts dialog (?), click any key, and press your new binding. Press Escape to cancel. Click "Reset all" to restore defaults.

On the Free tier, keybindings are view-only — you can see them but not change them.

• Create, rename, delete projects
• Create boards, switch between boards
• Add columns
• Create, search, archive, delete tasks
• Copy task as markdown
• Undo / Redo
• Change layout, background, swim lanes
• Toggle swim lanes, tags, dark mode
• Toggle archived tasks
• Present any column full-screen
• Export / import data
• View recent activity
• Navigate to homepage

The palette supports sub-pages. When you select a category (e.g. "Switch project"), it drills into a sub-page. Press Backspace on an empty search to go back.

The default mode tracks elapsed time continuously. When you stop the timer, the tracked time is saved to the task. Accumulated time shows in the task editor.

Toggle Pomodoro mode for timed focus/break cycles. The default is 25 minutes focus, 5 minutes break. When a phase ends, the timer auto-advances and sends a browser notification (if permitted).

Completed focus sessions are counted per task as "pomodoro count."

On Base and Pro tiers, customize focus and break durations in Settings → Timer. On the Free tier, durations are fixed at 25/5 minutes.

Kbn provides 6 built-in tags: Urgent, In Progress, To Do Later, End of Day, Blocked, and Review. Add tags in the task editor.

Tag limits depend on your plan: Free allows 5 per task, Base allows 10, Pro is unlimited.

Four priority levels: Urgent, High, Normal, and Low. Set in the task editor. The priority indicator shows as a colored dot on the card.

Set a default priority in Settings → Appearance → Board & Cards so new tasks inherit it automatically.

Navigate to a column with vim keys and press F to enter focus mode. All other columns are dimmed, letting you concentrate on one workflow stage. Press F again or Esc to exit.

Full-screen any column or task. Access it from the column dropdown menu, the command palette, or the task editor. Present mode is designed for standups, demos, and pair programming sessions.

When presenting a column, you can click into individual tasks and return to the column view with Esc.

• Standard — 320px columns, scrollable
• Wide — 400px columns, more room for content
• Fill — columns stretch to fill the screen evenly

Found under the Features tab. Only Due Dates is enabled by default — enable Time Tracking, Dependencies, or Priorities when you need them. Data is always preserved — disabling a feature only hides its UI.

• Time Tracking — stopwatch, pomodoro, and tracked-time badges. When enabled, timer sub-settings (focus/break duration) appear inline
• Due Dates — due date picker and date badges on cards (on by default)
• Dependencies — blocker relationships between tasks
• Priorities — priority picker and accent bars on cards. Auto-resets swim lanes from "By Priority" to "None" when disabled

Found under the Appearance tab.

• Dark / Light mode — toggle in Settings or command palette
• Background patterns — None, Dots, Grid, Cross, Glow
• Show/hide tags — toggle tag badges on cards

Command palette → Export data as JSON. Downloads a file containing all your projects, boards, columns, tasks, and settings.

Command palette → Import data from JSON. Select a previously exported file to restore your data. Import replaces all current data but preserves your subscription tier.

Kbn maintains a 50-step undo/redo history. ⌘Z to undo, ⇧⌘Z to redo. This covers all data changes (task edits, moves, deletions, column changes, etc.).