Using Overvy with AI tools

Overvy has an agent skill that lets AI coding tools interact with your board. The skill uses your API key and curl to list issues, pick up tickets, and move them between lanes.

Prerequisites

• An Overvy API key
• An AI coding agent that supports skills (Claude Code, Gemini CLI, etc.)

Install the skill

The Overvy skill is hosted at github.com/martinhjartmyr/skills. Install it with:

npx skills add martinhjartmyr/skills --skill overvy

Set the API key as an environment variable:

export OVERVY_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"

What the skill can do

• List tickets: show issues on your board, filtered by lane or AI flag
• Pick up a ticket: select an AI-ready issue from the Ready lane and move it to In Progress
• Work on a ticket: pick a ticket, create a branch, implement the changes, open a PR, and move the issue to In Review
• Move issues: move any issue between lanes (ready, progress, review, done)

Typical workflow

1. Create issues on GitHub and mark them as Ready for AI on the Overvy board.
2. Tell your AI agent to “list AI tickets” or “work on any ticket”.
3. The agent picks a ticket, moves it to In Progress, implements the changes, creates a PR, and moves it to In Review.
4. Review the PR and merge it. Move the issue to Done on the board (or let it close automatically when the PR merges).