Boards
Boards let you visually plan features, map out dependencies, and turn your ideas into AI-powered development prompts — all in one place.
Think of Boards as a whiteboard for your project. You can lay out features as cards, draw connections between them to show how they relate, and when you're ready — hit Build to send the entire plan to AI for implementation.
Getting Started
Creating a Board
Switch to Boards
Switch to the Boards tab or press Cmd+5 / Ctrl+5.
Create a New Board
Click New Board and give it a title (e.g., "User Authentication Flow" or "Q1 Roadmap"). Optionally add a description for extra context.
Start Planning
You'll land on a blank canvas ready for your ideas.
Your Board Library
All your boards are displayed as cards in a grid. Each card shows the title, description, and when it was last updated. Click any card to open it, or hover and click the trash icon to delete it.
Working on a Board
Adding Features
Click the Add button in the toolbar, give your feature a name and description, and it appears as a card on the canvas. You can add as many as you need.
Editing Features
- Double-click the title to rename a feature
- Double-click the description to add or edit details
- Click anywhere else to save your changes
Mentioning Files
Inside a feature's description, type @ to reference files from your project. This is powerful — when you send the board to AI later, it will know exactly which files are relevant to each feature.
Connecting Features
Drag from one card's handle to another to draw a connection. These connections represent dependencies or relationships — for example, "User Login" might connect to "Dashboard" to show that login must happen first. Animated arrows show the direction of the flow.
To remove a connection, select it and press Delete or Backspace.
Organizing the Canvas
- Drag cards anywhere on the canvas to arrange them how you like
- Use Auto Layout to instantly organize everything into a clean grid
- Zoom in and out with the controls, and use the minimap for quick navigation
Building with AI
This is where Boards really shine.
Once your board has features, descriptions, file references, and connections laid out, click the Build button. This takes everything on your board — every feature, every connection, every file mention — and sends it as a structured prompt to your active AI conversation.
The AI will:
- Read and understand each feature
- Respect the connection flow and dependencies
- Use your mentioned files as context
- Implement changes that satisfy each feature while keeping the overall system coherent
Instead of explaining your entire plan in a long message, Boards lets you show the AI what you want — visually.
Use Cases
- Feature Planning — Map out your product roadmap with cards and connections
- Architecture Design — Visualize how components relate to each other
- Step-by-Step Implementation — Break a big task into ordered steps, then let AI handle the execution
- Dependency Management — Clearly see what needs to be built before what
Tips
Keep feature descriptions focused — the clearer you are, the better AI understands your intent.
- Use
@file mentions liberally so the AI knows which files to work with - Draw connections to show order of implementation — AI respects this flow
- Use Auto Layout if things get messy, then fine-tune positions manually