Custom Board Columns & Statuses
Create, rename, reorder and delete board columns; how custom statuses sync to the cloud and how agents must use them over MCP.
Board Columns Are Statuses
The Tasks board is ClickUp-style: every column is a status. Four built-ins ship by default — backlog, todo, in_progress, done — and you can add your own.
Managing Columns
- Add a column from the board header; give it a name and color.
- Rename / recolor from the column menu.
- Reorder by dragging the column header.
- Delete a column — its tasks move to a fallback status, never lost.
- Dragging a task card between columns changes its status; within a column it reorders.
Sync
Columns are stored per Nexus in the cloud, so every member sees the same board. The done semantics stay consistent: a task is "done" exactly when its status is the done-type column.
For Agents (MCP)
task_list_projects/task_list— discover projects and tasks.task_create/task_update— statuses are validated against the board's actual columns (including custom ones); an unknown status is rejected with the list of valid options. Settingstatuskeepsdoneconsistent automatically.