Quickstart · v0.7.1

Get started with FeatureBoard

FeatureBoard is a local, file-backed project board your AI agent actually works — it pulls the next ticket, writes the code, logs the diff, and commits per ticket. Your boards are plain markdown you own forever. No SaaS, no login, no telemetry. Installing takes about a minute.

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1 · Install it

Three ways in, depending on where you work. Pick one.

Recommended

Claude Cowork

One file, one click. No terminal.

  1. Download featureboard.plugin
  2. Open it in Claude Cowork
  3. Press Save

Activates the MCP server plus the featureboarding skills together.

Claude Desktop

Extension (.mcpb)

Install the bundled extension.

  1. Grab featureboard-0.7.1.mcpb from the latest release
  2. Double-click it — or go to Settings → Extensions → Advanced → Install Extension
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MCP server zip

Point your MCP config at the server entry point.

  1. Download featureboard-mcp.zip and unzip it
  2. Target server/index.js in your MCP config

Needs Node.js 18+. Dependencies: @modelcontextprotocol/sdk and zod. For non-Claude hosts also set:

FEATUREBOARD_CORE_ONLY=1
FEATUREBOARD_CLIENT_NEUTRAL=1

2 · Point it at a boards folder

On first run FeatureBoard asks where your boards live, defaulting to ~/FeatureBoard. Any subfolder containing a featurelist.md or buglist.md is a board — so an existing folder of markdown works immediately, and a brand-new empty folder is fine too.

It starts in Essential tools only mode (~34 core board tools) to keep your context light. Turn on the full toolset later if you want the website builder, CRM, analytics, and the rest.

3 · Talk to it

There is no UI to learn. Ask for the board, then describe what you want.

“Open the FeatureBoard board.”

The live board renders as an artifact. From there, plain language does the work:

“Log a bug: gallery modal won't dismiss on mouse-out.”

“Brainstorm five onboarding features and add them.”

“Work the next ticket.”

“How's velocity looking this week?”

What it costs

Free forever for personal and public work. Commercial use is licensed per seat, and you can try it commercially for a day before paying anything.

PlanPriceFor
Personal & publicFreePersonal projects and public/open-source work
Commercial trial24 hours, freeEvaluating it at work — starts from inside the product, once per org
Commercial$9.99/seat/mo — or $99.99/seat/yrCommercial use, licensed per seat

When a trial ends, writes freeze — your markdown stays yours and readable either way.

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Want it set up for you?

If you would rather not do any of this yourself, there are guided setup and done-for-you bootstrap options, or you can book a session to walk through it together.

Stuck on install? Install help for humans and AI assistants covers the edge cases, including machine-readable instructions you can hand to an agent.