trello-plugin/docs/backend/manage-boards-spec.md

Trello Plugin — Manage Trello Boards

Feature: US: Manage Trello Boards Issue: #2 Branch: feature/manage-boards

Overview

Extends the Trello plugin with board management capabilities: create, rename, close/archive, open, and view details of Trello boards.

Design Decisions

• Extends existing TrelloClient — All board operations go through the same TrelloClient class from the auth feature.
• Board selection by ID — The Trello API identifies boards by ID. The tool accepts both ID and name (client resolves name to ID).
• Resolves board name to ID — When a user provides a board name instead of ID, the client fetches all boards and matches by name.

Tools

trello_create_board

Create a new Trello board.

Parameters:

Param	Type	Required	Description
name	string	Yes	Board name
default_lists	bool	No	Whether to create the default lists (default: true)

Returns:

{
  "success": true,
  "board": {"id": "abc123", "name": "My Board", "url": "https://trello.com/b/abc123"}
}

trello_rename_board

Rename an existing board.

Parameters:

Param	Type	Required	Description
board_id	string	Yes	Board ID or name
name	string	Yes	New board name

Returns:

{"success": true, "board": {"id": "abc123", "name": "New Name"}}

trello_archive_board

Close/archive a board.

Parameters:

Param	Type	Required	Description
board_id	string	Yes	Board ID or name

Returns:

{"success": true, "message": "Board 'My Board' archived."}

trello_open_board

Re-open a closed/archived board.

Parameters:

Param	Type	Required	Description
board_id	string	Yes	Board ID or name

Returns:

{"success": true, "message": "Board 'My Board' opened."}

trello_board_details

View details of a specific board, including its lists and members.

Parameters:

Param	Type	Required	Description
board_id	string	Yes	Board ID or name

Returns:

{
  "success": true,
  "board": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "name": "My Board",
    "url": "https://trello.com/b/abc123",
    "desc": "",
    "closed": false,
    "starred": false,
    "lists": [{"id": "l1", "name": "To Do"}, {"id": "l2", "name": "In Progress"}],
    "members": [{"id": "m1", "username": "user1", "full_name": "User One"}]
  }
}

Trello API Endpoints

Purpose	Method	Endpoint
Create board	POST	/1/boards/
Update board	PUT	/1/boards/{id}
Get board details	GET	/1/boards/{id} (with lists and members fields)

Error Handling

• Board not found → clear message suggesting trello_list_boards to find the ID
• Validation errors → surfaced directly from Trello API