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Trello Was Built for Humans. What Happens When Agents Join the Team?

Most developer project boards assume that the person assigned to a task is a human.

You create an issue, assign it to someone, move it through the workflow, and eventually mark it as done.

AI coding agents change that assumption.

A task could now be assigned to an agent to implement a feature, another agent could run tests or review the changes, while a developer coordinates the work and makes the final decisions.

At that point, a traditional Kanban board starts looking less like a workspace and more like a task tracker.

That’s why I’ve been exploring Sharkly.ai as a free AI-native alternative to traditional project-management tools. The interesting part is that AI agents can participate in the workflow alongside human teammates rather than being treated as a separate AI assistant.

For me, the bigger question is:

Should the next generation of developer project-management tools manage tasks—or manage collaboration between humans and AI agents?

How would you want your project board to handle AI agents?

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