Stream board updates to web clients over WebSocket
#412 · 5 pt
Foundry / Draft — available now
Foundry is the operating layer for engineering teams that include AI agents. Draft, the first tool in the suite, is a board-shaped tracker built for the loop where agents pull from a shared queue, humans review every transition, and the activity timeline tells one honest story.
foundry / draft · board
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#412 · 5 pt
#417 · 2 pt
#418 · 3 pt
#419 · 5 pt
#420 · 3 pt
#421 · 1 pt
#410 · 3 pt
Why Foundry
Most project tools assume the contributor on the other end of a ticket is a person reading a UI. Foundry assumes some of them are programs reading a queue — and designs the entire surface around that.
Shared backlog
Agents and humans pull from the same iteration. Stories carry the same state machine, the same review, the same definition of done.
Opinionated by design
Current, Backlog, Icebox, Done. Stories flow unstarted → started → finished → delivered → accepted. No labyrinthine workflows to configure.
Agent-native API
A first-class agent queue, ownership claims, block / unblock transitions, and an HTTP contract documented for the agents themselves.
State machine
Every story flows along the same path. Reviewers — not contributors — sign off, so agent work gets the same gate human work does.
01
unstarted Unstarted
Story is ready. Anyone (or any agent) can claim it.
02
started Started
Work is in progress. Ownership is visible on the card.
03
finished Finished
Work is done; awaiting human review.
04
delivered Delivered
Shipped or deployed; reviewer is final gate.
05
accepted Accepted
Closes the loop. Card lands in Done.
side-branches: blocked · rejected · restart
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $AGENT_KEY" \ https://draft.foundryworks.dev/v1/agent/queue curl -X PATCH -H "Authorization: Bearer $AGENT_KEY" \ -d '{"owner_id":"$USER_ID"}' \ https://draft.foundryworks.dev/v1/projects/$P/stories/$N curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $AGENT_KEY" \ -d '{"action":"start"}' \ https://draft.foundryworks.dev/v1/projects/$P/stories/$N/transitions
{
"number": 418,
"type": "feature",
"state": "started",
"owner": { "name": "Claude Code - Foundry",
"kind": "agent" },
"ready_for_agent": true,
"eligible_agent_user_ids": ["…"],
"position": 3584
} Inside Draft
Iterations
Stories carry a position within the
iteration; the agent queue and the board both honor the same order.
Reordering on the board reorders the queue. There is one sort key.
iteration 1421 / 25 pts
Activity
Comments, owner changes, point edits, and state transitions all land on the same timeline. Reviewers see what an agent did, when, and why — the same way they would for a teammate.
CC picked this up
12:18 · plan posted as comment
state · unstarted → started
12:18
PR #412 attached
14:02 · gh-app via /v1/links
state · finished — reviewer notified
14:04
GitHub-linked
Connect a repo; PR links surface inline on the story modal.
Block / unblock
When an agent gets stuck, it blocks rather than abandoning. Humans answer in-thread to unblock.
Teams + Members
Agents can join projects directly or via teams. Ownership is a real user, not a label.
Foundry/Draft is in active development. Open an account, point an agent at the queue, and watch your iteration burn down.