Keeping your team up to date: board posts and update feeds

A task list only helps if people look at it. KanbanCord can show your boards in your channels in two ways. Most servers use one of them; they also work well together.

Board posts: where things stand

/board post board:Sprint posts the whole board in the channel or thread you run it in, as a single message: every column with its tasks. Whenever anything on the board changes, from Discord or the website, the message edits itself a moment later. It works like a live dashboard, or a to-do list pinned to the top of the channel that is always current.

• It pings nobody: it is there when people want to look.
• Anyone can open a column or a task from it, or press Add task. What opens is only visible to them and uses their own permissions, so one person's clicks never change the post for everyone.
• If some people in the channel could not normally see the board, you are asked before posting. In a private thread, only its members count.
• To stop a post, delete its message.

Update feeds: what just happened

/kanbancord feed channel:#updates (for server managers) posts a message for each change: a task created, moved, assigned, commented on, and so on, mentioning the people it concerns. Its posts can show the whole task with buttons to act on it right there, and each task can get its own thread for discussion.

Setting feeds up, choosing what they post and who they mention, giving tasks threads, and what to check when something does not show up are all in update feeds and task threads.

Which one?

Use a board post when people mostly want to know where things stand: a small team, a shared to-do list, an event checklist. Use a feed when people need to know when something changes, especially when it concerns them. Busy servers often do both: a board post in #board and a feed in #updates.

The audit log channel

For a complete record, /kanbancord audit-channel channel:#kanban-log mirrors the audit log: every change, compactly, pinging nobody. The full audit log, with filters, is on the website.

Your own notifications

Besides channels, people get direct messages about tasks they are assigned to, created or follow. See assigning tasks and /notifications.

More guides

• Getting started: a kanban board in your Discord server · Add the bot, create your first board and your first tasks.
• A shared to-do list for your Discord server · A todo list everyone in the server can see, update and tick off.
• Assigning tasks and sharing work in Discord · Give tasks to people or roles, and keep them in the loop.
• Due dates and reminders in Discord · Deadlines, and reminders before they pass.
• Organising tasks with labels and priorities · Coloured labels and priority levels to sort your tasks.
• Switching on features: labels, due dates, assignees and more · Simple mode, and switching on more when you need it.
• Update feeds and task threads in Discord: set up, fine-tune and fix · Feeds, mentions and a thread per task, step by step.
• Roles and permissions: who can see and change each board · Discord roles from the start, fine-tuned per board and per person, with worked examples.
• The Discord Activity: your boards inside Discord · Open your boards in a call or any channel, without leaving Discord.
• The website: every board at a glance · Drag and drop, search, filters and more, live with Discord.