NPX wrapper around vibe-kanban and vibe-kanban-mcp
Vibe MCP server is a locally run integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. NPX wrapper around vibe-kanban and vibe-kanban-mcp.
In a world where software engineers spend most of their time planning and reviewing coding agents, the most impactful way to ship more is to get faster at planning and review.
Once Vibe is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
Variable — TypePOSTHOG_API_KEY — Build-timePOSTHOG_API_ENDPOINT — Build-timePORT — RuntimeBACKEND_PORT — RuntimeFRONTEND_PORT — RuntimeHOST — RuntimeMCP_HOST — RuntimeMCP_PORT — RuntimeDISABLE_WORKTREE_CLEANUP — RuntimeVK_ALLOWED_ORIGINS — RuntimeVK_SHARED_API_BASE — RuntimeYou will need one environment variable: POSTHOG_API_KEY. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
vibe-kanban on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Vibe's toolset — Variable, POSTHOG_API_KEY, POSTHOG_API_ENDPOINT and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by GitHub Actions; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Variable | Type |
| POSTHOG_API_KEY | Build-time |
| POSTHOG_API_ENDPOINT | Build-time |
| PORT | Runtime |
| BACKEND_PORT | Runtime |
| FRONTEND_PORT | Runtime |
| HOST | Runtime |
| MCP_HOST | Runtime |
| MCP_PORT | Runtime |
| DISABLE_WORKTREE_CLEANUP | Runtime |
| VK_ALLOWED_ORIGINS | Runtime |
| VK_SHARED_API_BASE | Runtime |
| VK_SHARED_RELAY_API_BASE | Runtime |
| VK_TUNNEL | Runtime |
{
"mcpServers": {
"kanban-1": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "vibe-kanban"],
"env": {
"POSTHOG_API_KEY": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| POSTHOG_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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