Bolt Sprint

Manage software development sprints and stories in Bolt. Use for creating/updating stories, moving tasks through the Kanban workflow (waiting → in_progress → completed), tracking blockers and dependencies, getting sprint digests, logging AI activity, and attaching files. Requires BOLT_BASE_URL environment variable pointing to a running Bolt instance.

Bolt Sprint Management Skill

Bolt is a collaborative software development platform built for human-AI teamwork. This skill lets you manage projects, sprints, and stories through Bolt's REST API.

Configuration

Set these environment variables before using this skill:

bash

export BOLT_BASE_URL="http://localhost:4000"   # Your Bolt API base URL
export BOLT_API_TOKEN="your-token-here"         # Optional: only needed if server was started with BOLT_API_TOKEN

The base curl pattern for authenticated requests:

bash

curl -s \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  ${BOLT_API_TOKEN:+-H "x-bolt-token: $BOLT_API_TOKEN"} \
  "$BOLT_BASE_URL/api/v1/..."

Check connectivity before starting:

bash

curl -s "$BOLT_BASE_URL/health"
# → {"ok":true}

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Common Operations

List Projects

bash

curl -s \
  ${BOLT_API_TOKEN:+-H "x-bolt-token: $BOLT_API_TOKEN"} \
  "$BOLT_BASE_URL/api/v1/projects"

List Sprints for a Project

bash

curl -s \
  ${BOLT_API_TOKEN:+-H "x-bolt-token: $BOLT_API_TOKEN"} \
  "$BOLT_BASE_URL/api/v1/projects/$PROJECT_ID/sprints"

Get Sprint Digest (blockers, story counts, assignee breakdown)

bash

curl -s \
  ${BOLT_API_TOKEN:+-H "x-bolt-token: $BOLT_API_TOKEN"} \
  "$BOLT_BASE_URL/api/v1/digests/sprint/$SPRINT_ID"

List Stories

bash

# All stories in a sprint
curl -s \
  ${BOLT_API_TOKEN:+-H "x-bolt-token: $BOLT_API_TOKEN"} \
  "$BOLT_BASE_URL/api/v1/stories?sprintId=$SPRINT_ID&limit=100"

# Only blocked stories
curl -s \
  ${BOLT_API_TOKEN:+-H "x-bolt-token: $BOLT_API_TOKEN"} \
  "$BOLT_BASE_URL/api/v1/stories?sprintId=$SPRINT_ID&blocked=true"

# Delta sync — only stories changed since a timestamp
curl -s \
  ${BOLT_API_TOKEN:+-H "x-bolt-token: $BOLT_API_TOKEN"} \
  "$BOLT_BASE_URL/api/v1/stories?updated_since=2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"

# Request only specific fields to reduce token usage
curl -s \
  ${BOLT_API_TOKEN:+-H "x-bolt-token: $BOLT_API_TOKEN"} \
  "$BOLT_BASE_URL/api/v1/stories?sprintId=$SPRINT_ID&fields=id,title,status,blocked,priority"

Create a Story

bash

curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  ${BOLT_API_TOKEN:+-H "x-bolt-token: $BOLT_API_TOKEN"} \
  -d '{
    "title": "Story title",
    "projectId": "'"$PROJECT_ID"'",
    "sprintId": "'"$SPRINT_ID"'",
    "description": "What needs to be done",
    "acceptanceCriteria": "Definition of done",
    "priority": "high",
    "status": "waiting",
    "points": 3
  }' \
  "$BOLT_BASE_URL/api/v1/stories"

Update a Story

bash

curl -s -X PATCH \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  ${BOLT_API_TOKEN:+-H "x-bolt-token: $BOLT_API_TOKEN"} \
  -d '{"blocked": true, "priority": "urgent"}' \
  "$BOLT_BASE_URL/api/v1/stories/$STORY_ID"

Move a Story (Kanban transition)

bash

# Single story
curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  ${BOLT_API_TOKEN:+-H "x-bolt-token: $BOLT_API_TOKEN"} \
  -d '{"status": "in_progress"}' \
  "$BOLT_BASE_URL/api/v1/stories/$STORY_ID/move"

# Batch move multiple stories at once
curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  ${BOLT_API_TOKEN:+-H "x-bolt-token: $BOLT_API_TOKEN"} \
  -d '{
    "items": [
      {"id": "story-1", "status": "completed"},
      {"id": "story-2", "status": "completed"}
    ],
    "all_or_nothing": true
  }' \
  "$BOLT_BASE_URL/api/v1/stories/batch/move"

Add a Note to a Story

bash

curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  ${BOLT_API_TOKEN:+-H "x-bolt-token: $BOLT_API_TOKEN"} \
  -d '{"body": "Note content here", "author": "AI", "kind": "note"}' \
  "$BOLT_BASE_URL/api/v1/stories/$STORY_ID/notes"

Log AI Activity

bash

# Post an event to the agent session (creates session if it doesn't exist)
curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  ${BOLT_API_TOKEN:+-H "x-bolt-token: $BOLT_API_TOKEN"} \
  -d '{"message": "Analyzing codebase to implement story", "type": "action"}' \
  "$BOLT_BASE_URL/api/v1/agent/sessions/$SESSION_ID/events"

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Story Status Values

Status	Meaning
waiting	Not started — in the backlog/queue
in_progress	Actively being worked on
completed	Done

Priority Values

low · med · high · urgent

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Key API Behaviors

• Idempotency: Include Idempotency-Key: <uuid> header on POST/PATCH to safely retry without duplicates (48-hour TTL).
• Pagination: Responses include page.nextCursor and page.hasMore. Pass cursor=<value> to fetch the next page. Default limit 50, max 200.
• Field projection: Use ?fields=id,title,status to request only the fields you need — reduces payload size and token cost.
• Delta sync: Use ?updated_since=<ISO8601> to fetch only items changed since a timestamp — efficient for polling.
• Error format: All errors return { "error": { "code": "...", "message": "..." } }.
• Rate limits: Write methods capped at 120 requests/minute per IP.

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References

• Full API endpoint reference: references/api-reference.md
• Workflow patterns and recipes: references/workflows.md