Claude Code project management means letting Claude Code read and update your project tasks while you work in the terminal, so the board stays current without you switching windows. AlianHub ships an MCP server for exactly this. You create a personal token scoped to chosen projects, connect Claude Code, and it works as you: it sees only what you can open, single-task changes come with Undo, and wider changes wait in the AI Inbox.
Key takeaways
- Your board can update itself from the same terminal where you write the code.
- Claude Code connects with a personal token, scoped to the projects you pick.
- It works as you. It cannot see or do more than your role allows.
- Single-task changes apply at once with Undo; batches and wider changes wait for approval.
- Merge, deploy and delete are absent from the tool list, not merely disabled.
Why developers want this
Developers already narrate their work to Claude Code: what they are fixing, what is blocked, what is left. Then they open a browser and type the same thing into a project tool.
Connecting the two removes the double entry. The task status, the subtasks and the time log come from the conversation you are already having.
The best status update is the one you did not have to stop coding to write.
What Claude Code can do in AlianHub
The Connect your AI guide lists the defaults. Out of the box, your AI can:
- Find and read tasks, projects, lists, docs, comments and time entries.
- Add tasks and subtasks, comment, attach links and log time.
- Change a task's status to In progress or In review.
- Show you where something is, with a link.
With extra permissions on your token, and unless your admin has switched the matching tools off, it can also change, assign, move, archive and close tasks, and write docs.
What it cannot do
| Action | Available to your AI? |
|---|---|
| Delete a task, doc, comment or project | No |
| Remove people or change permissions | No |
| Touch billing | No |
| Read your direct messages | No |
| Do more than you can | No |
| Change an existing automation rule | No |
On the AI controls page, Done, Delete, Merge and Deploy are shown as absent from the tool list. A close follows your project's rule.
How to do this in AlianHub
- In AlianHub, open AI in the left menu, then Connect your AI.
- Choose Create a token. That opens AI › Accounts › My account.
- Choose New token, name it, pick the projects it may use and tick what it may do. Your admin may require an expiry date.
- Copy the token straight away. It is shown once.
- Add AlianHub as an MCP server in Claude Code with that token, using the command the Connect your AI page shows.
- Back on the Connect your AI page, the line at the top changes to "Connected" once Claude Code makes its first call.
- Try a first ask, such as "Move 'Design' to In Progress."
To disconnect, revoke the token under AI › Accounts › My account. It stops on its next call.
Things to say from the terminal
These come straight from the guide's list of sentences that work today:
- "Move 'Design' to In Progress." Applied at once, with Undo.
- "Add a task 'Write release note' for me, due tomorrow, high priority." Applied at once; setting the person and date needs the Manage tasks permission.
- "Start a timer on this task and stop it, then log 1 hour 30 minutes on it for today." Applied at once, with Undo.
- "Make 'Build' wait on 'Design'." The link is applied at once, with Undo.
- "Set 'bulk 01' to 'bulk 20' to high priority and assign them all to Priya." Waits for approval as one request.
Ready-made asks are also offered by name: Set up my project, Plan my day, What is at risk, Write the status report and Triage what is new. Each shows a result first.
Tip: open the screen you mean in AlianHub before saying "here" or "this list". Those words refer to the screen you last opened.
Where approvals and undo live
Anything wider than one task, or anything everyone on the project would see, waits for a person. That includes a batch naming more than one task, new fields, saved views and new projects.
You approve in AI › AI Inbox. To undo, open AI › Audit log and pick the "Outside agents" tab. Each undoable change shows Undo and "Undo until (time)", 24 hours by default.
External agents and the Agent API
Beyond the MCP connection, AlianHub's Connections screen has an External agents tab. Claude Code, Codex and other CLI agents use the Agent API from a personal account, scoped to chosen projects, and their writes land in the AI Inbox first.
The cost model is simple: this runs on your own Claude subscription, on your machine, at $0 workspace spend. It works only while you are at the keyboard. See bring your own AI key for how this compares with a workspace key.
A business scenario
A five-person product studio ships client work in short sprints. Developers connect Claude Code with tokens scoped to their client projects. As they work, they ask it to move tasks to In review, add subtasks for edge cases they find and log time.
The result: the board reflects reality at the end of each day, timesheets are filled in as work happens instead of on Friday from memory, and the project lead can give clients a status without chasing developers. Billing by time gets more accurate, which goes straight to the bottom line.
Pairing with the Engineering pack
On the teams page, the Engineering & QA pack lists "Claude Code over MCP" alongside GitHub on every task, sprints with burndown and Gantt, and timers. Its role agents are Bug Triager, Code Reviewer, QA Engineer and Release Manager.
CI keeps running where it runs today. AlianHub reads results from GitHub or GitLab and never builds or deploys.
FAQ
How do I connect Claude Code to AlianHub?
Open AI, then Connect your AI, choose Create a token, scope it to projects and permissions, copy it once, and add AlianHub as an MCP server in Claude Code.
Can Claude Code merge or deploy through AlianHub?
No. Merge, deploy, delete and Done are absent from the tool list. AlianHub never builds or deploys.
Does Claude Code see every project?
No. It works as you and only uses the projects you chose for the token. If you cannot open a project, neither can it.
Does it cost the workspace anything?
With a personal account, it runs on your own subscription at $0 workspace spend.
Try the commands on the live demo, and share this with the developers on your team who already live in the terminal.