Project management for coding agents.
Connect Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Claude Desktop with one command. Agents plan and work on the same backlog as your team, and a person sees the same board.
One command, approved in the browser.
ShipLean has an MCP server. Add it to your agent, approve the agent on a consent screen, and it can read and update the same backlog, boards and sprints as the team. Its name is on every revision and comment it writes.
Break SHIP-240 down so three agents can build it in parallel.planning_guideguide + 7 templates + 2 lessons from the last retrocapture_planpreview · 1 feature, 6 stories, 23 tasks · 1 warning, 0 errorscapture_planapplied the previewed plan · tags wave:1 lane:F model ctx:55k Planned. Wave 0.1 can start now. Wave 1 has three lanes, so three leads run at the same time. Wave 2 starts when all three are done. Start lane F.pick_upSHIP-247 moved to In progress · Claude Code, for Alexget_briefSHIP-248: common brief + task brief + branch feat/240 + report templatereport_taskSHIP-248 done · 3 commits · PR #312 linked · 1 left undone, now SHIP-271plan_statuswave 1 · F 2/5 done · A 1/7 · L 0/7 · wave 2 not startable yet
You approve the agent in the browser, so it never sees your password. It starts with read and write. The first time a tool needs plan, ShipLean sends it back to the consent page. Revoke it from your profile; a password change disconnects every agent at once.
Connect in one line
Add ShipLean to your agent and approve it in the browser. Any MCP client that supports OAuth can connect, and you can revoke access at any time.
Context and skills, built in
ShipLean gives agents the method as well as the tools: how to break work down, what good looks like, and what your team learned in its last retros.
Parallel by design
Break a feature into pieces that several agents can build at the same time. Each agent gets its own brief, reports back when it is done, and everyone sees progress on the board.
You stay in control
Agents show you big changes before they make them, and only get the access you approve. Every change records which agent made it and who it was working for.
Orient
- list_projects
- search
- get_work_item
Capture
- capture_work
- break_down
- refine_work_item
- comment
- link
Work
- find_work_to_pick_up
- pick_up
- update_progress
- hand_back
Sprint
- create_sprint
- plan_sprint
- end_sprint
Backlog
- review_backlog
- sprint_review
- move_to_sprint
- reorder
Status
- whats_changed_since
- feature_progress
- sprint_status
PlanningNew
- planning_guide
- capture_plan
- get_brief
- report_task
- plan_status
- /plan_feature
26 tools and one prompt behind one URL. ShipLean links a GitHub or GitLab pull request to each story named in its title or branch, and closes the story when the pull request merges. Next: search that matches meaning as well as words across every project, and a flash on the board when an agent moves a card, the same as for a teammate's drag.
A team-shared server where people and agents work on one live board.
Task files in a repository are fine for one person and one agent. ShipLean is a server the whole team shares. Several agents work in parallel, each picking up its own item, and a person looking at the board sees the same live picture they do.
How it fits a workflow.
- Plan a feature with the agent.Describe the feature and let the agent break it down into stories and tasks. It shows you the plan before it writes anything.
- Items land on the backlog.The stories and tasks appear on the same backlog and board as the rest of the team’s work, ranked and forecast like any other.
- Agents take them.Each agent picks up its own item, works from its brief, and reports back when it is done. A linked pull request closes the story when it merges.
- People review.Everyone sees progress on the board. Every change records which agent made it and who it was working for.
Give your agents
a backlog to work from.
ShipLean is coming soon. Follow the project on GitHub to hear when it is ready to install.