Board overview

Ideafy's board is a seven-column kanban. Six columns are part of the normal lifecycle; the seventh (Withdrawn) is a terminal archive for work you decided not to ship.

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Columns

#ColumnInternal keyWhat lives here
1IdeationideationRaw ideas, rough notes, things you want to think about before committing to scope
2BacklogbacklogScoped work that's ready to be picked up. The queue
3BugsbugsDefects. Treated as a separate queue so they don't compete with feature work
4In ProgressprogressActively being worked on — human or AI
5Human TesttestImplementation is done; a human needs to verify acceptance criteria. Often the last column a non-technical teammate drives — see Tests tab
6CompletedcompletedShipped / verified. Filtered by date (see below)
7WithdrawnwithdrawnArchived without shipping

Cards move left-to-right as a rule, but drag-and-drop lets you override the flow when reality demands it.

Sort order inside a column

  • Standard columns — priority (high → low), then complexity (low → high). High-priority, low-effort work rises.
  • Human Test — most recently updated first, so whatever just landed for testing is at the top.
  • Completed — most recent completedAt first.

Completed filter

The Completed column has its own dropdown in the header:

  • Today
  • Yesterday
  • This Week
  • All

The filter looks at completedAt; if a card was moved to Completed before that field existed, it falls back to updatedAt.

Empty state

An empty column shows "No tasks". While you're dragging a card, any column you hover becomes "Drop here" with a highlighted background — the UI telegraphs the drop zone so you don't have to aim.

Right-click context menu

Every card exposes a right-click menu with the fastest actions that don't need the modal:

Board-Right-Click
  • Open Details — opens the card modal
  • Change Status — submenu to move the card to any column (the current column is disabled)
  • Export as Markdown — downloads the card as a .md file
  • Send to Pool — pushes the card to the team pool (see Pool mechanics). Hidden when Supabase isn't configured or no team is active
  • Delete — removes the card with a confirmation dialog

The menu is disabled while a card is locked (interactive terminal open, or a background AI process running).


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Last updated: 2026-04-13