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Feature Idea: create card/task from Mattermost

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#382 opened on May 4, 2021

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Description

Summary:

  1. Write a message on Mattermost, for example: /card @tom Buy cookies
  2. This creates a card Buy cookies in Focalboard, assigned to Tom

This could be improved in the future with the following ideas:

  1. Define a specific syntax to include additional information (content, date, board, status, priority, project, ...). For example /card @tom Buy cookies [2 chocolate + 1 nuts] would add the content 2 chocolate + 1 nuts to the card
  2. A message is automatically created on Mattermost, in reply to the original message (in the same thread), providing the link to the card on Focalboard
  3. If no project/category is specified, it could be automatically flagged as "to be sorted"

As far as I understand:

  1. I'm not sure how all this is already the project of https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard/discussions/349
  2. This feature would be the mirror feature of https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard/issues/282.

How important this is to me and why:

Importance: High

Use cases:

  1. We use Mattermost extensively to manage todos. But the current plugin is not advanced enough and not transparent enough (not everybody can see all the pending tasks)
  2. We discuss a topic on Mattermost, and a todo is decided: the follow-up is currently not easy, while Focalboard could provide that

Additional context / similar features: With Asana, sending an email with a specific syntax creates a card/todo in Asana.

Contributor guide

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
full stack
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
4
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
over 1 week
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
TypeScriptReactFocalboard API integration
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
35
Research direction
Review the comments in this issue for design considerations and potential approaches. Examine the related issue #282 for the mirror feature. Look into Focalboard's API for card creation and Mattermost's slash command integration. The implementation would likely involve modifying the Mattermost plugin or creating a new slash command handler in the Focalboard backend.