Core Concepts

Understand the mental model of barkcli before diving into commands and guides.

The Hierarchy

Project

└── Board (.board/*.board)

└── Task (card)

└── Code Context (linked files)

The fundamental unit of work — title, priority, labels, assignee, due date, checklist, comments, and links.

Collections of columns and cards. Each board is a separate .board YAML file in your repository.

Any codebase with a .board/ directory. barkcli works in any git repository.

Links between tasks and source code files. See which files each task touches.