Productivity
AI agents that use Trello
UtilitySpaces gives an AI agent scoped access to Trello through its own encrypted connection, not your password. The agent can call 5 named Trello tools, and the 2 that write wait for a person's approval unless an admin has set the connection to run without asking. Every call is written to a hash-chained audit log with its arguments and its result.
What an agent can do in Trello
Browse boards, lists, and cards, and create or comment on cards. An agent calls these by name, and matching is exact.
| Tool | What it does | Waits for approval by default |
|---|---|---|
| Get my boards | List boards for the token's member. | No — read only |
| Get board lists | List the lists on a board. | No — read only |
| Get list cards | List the cards in a list. | No — read only |
| Create card | Create a card in a list. | Yes — it writes |
| Add comment | Add a comment to a card. | Yes — it writes |
3 read tools, 2 write tools. Generated from the connector catalogue the product runs on, so it cannot list a tool that does not exist.
What teams hand an agent in Trello
Teams hand an agent the board-reading work in Trello: walking from Get my boards to the lists on a board to the cards in a list, and summarising what is stuck. Create card and Add comment are the writes, and both stop for a person's approval unless an admin has let this connection write without asking.
- Report what is sitting in a Doing or Blocked list each morning by reading its cards and writing a summary to the inbox.
- Create a card in the intake list when a request arrives in chat that the board is meant to track (after a person approves it)
- Add a comment to a card when a related decision or update lands elsewhere, so the card stays the record (after a person approves it)
What waits for a person
Reads run on their own. These do not — each one waits in Approvals for an owner or admin unless an admin has set this connection to run writes without asking, and every call toTrello, approved, rejected or unattended, is logged.
- Create card POST
- Add comment POST
What connecting Trello takes
Trello uses an API key you create in Trello and paste in once. A workspace admin sets the connection up; the fields are:
- API Key
- API Token
Credentials are encrypted and bound to your workspace, never read back, and every outbound call passes one guarded fetch — the connector security posture sets out exactly how, and the security page covers the platform around it.
Where Trello fits
Give an agent Trello work by writing a message in the inbox, or put its tools in a scheduled flow. What the run cost is on the cost breakdown.
Other productivity integrations: Airtable, Asana, Calendly. Or see every application agents can connect to.
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