Trello — OpenClaw Skill

What This Skill Does

The Trello skill gives your OpenClaw agent the ability to manage your Trello boards, lists, and cards through the Trello REST API. Your agent can list all your boards, browse lists within a board, view card details, create new cards with titles and descriptions, move cards between lists (e.g., from "To Do" to "In Progress"), add comments to cards, and archive completed work. All API calls are made via curl with jq for JSON parsing.

This skill is particularly powerful for project management workflows. You can ask your agent to create cards from meeting notes, move completed tasks through your workflow pipeline, add status update comments, or get a quick overview of what's on any board. Combined with other skills like Slack or GitHub, you can build automated workflows -- for example, creating a Trello card whenever a critical GitHub issue is opened, or moving a card to "Done" when a PR is merged.

The skill uses your Trello API key and token for authentication, giving it the same access level as your Trello account. Board, list, and card IDs can be discovered through the API itself or found in Trello URLs, so you do not need to look them up manually.

Example Prompts

Show me all the cards in the "In Progress" list on my "Product Development" board

Create a new card called "Fix mobile login timeout bug" in the "To Do" list on the Engineering board with a description of the steps to reproduce

Move the "Homepage redesign" card from "In Review" to "Done" and add a comment saying it launched successfully today

Find my "Work" board and give me a count of how many cards are in each list -- I want to see where things are bottlenecked

Archive all cards in the "Done" list on my Sprint 14 board to clean it up for the next sprint

Create cards in "To Do" for each action item from today's standup: deploy hotfix, update docs, review Sarah's PR, and schedule QA session

List all my Trello boards and tell me which ones have cards that are overdue or haven't been updated in over 2 weeks

Requirements

Binary dependency: jq (JSON processor)

Environment variables: TRELLO_API_KEY and TRELLO_TOKEN

• API key: Get yours at trello.com/app-key
• Token: Click the "Token" link on the API key page to generate one
• jq: brew install jq (macOS) or apt install jq (Linux)

Setup on KiwiClaw

This skill is pre-installed and configured on all KiwiClaw plans. The jq binary is available on every tenant machine. Add your Trello API key and token in the KiwiClaw dashboard settings, and your agent can immediately start managing your boards. No additional setup needed.

Setup Self-Hosted

1. Install jq: brew install jq (macOS) or apt install jq (Linux)
2. Get your Trello API key at trello.com/app-key
3. Generate a token from the link on that page
4. Set environment variables: export TRELLO_API_KEY="your-key" and export TRELLO_TOKEN="your-token"
5. The skill will be automatically available once credentials are set

Related Skills

• Notion -- more powerful database-driven project management
• GitHub -- sync GitHub issues with Trello cards
• Slack -- create Trello cards from Slack conversations
• Coding Agent -- automatically move cards when coding tasks complete

FAQ

What can the Trello skill do in OpenClaw?

The Trello skill lets your OpenClaw agent list boards, lists, and cards, create new cards with titles and descriptions, move cards between lists, add comments to cards, archive completed cards, and search for specific boards or cards by name. It uses the Trello REST API via curl and jq.

Does the Trello skill require API credentials?

Yes. You need a Trello API key and token. Get your API key at trello.com/app-key, then generate a token from the link on that page. On KiwiClaw, you add these credentials once in the dashboard settings.

Can the Trello skill create cards from Slack messages?

Yes, when combined with the Slack skill. You can ask your agent to read a Slack conversation and create Trello cards from the action items discussed. The agent handles the cross-skill coordination automatically.

Does the Trello skill work with Trello Premium and Enterprise?

Yes. The skill uses the standard Trello REST API, which works with all Trello plans including Free, Standard, Premium, and Enterprise. All board and card operations are supported regardless of your Trello plan.