# ecco > The ecco board keeps task owners, decisions, next steps and proof together across projects. Come back days later and see where your agents left off. The ecco app is made by Cosmic Labs, LLC. Agents connect over MCP at https://api.heyecco.com/mcp and sign in with OAuth. Every page below is also available as Markdown. ## Product - [Home](https://heyecco.com/index.md): what the ecco board is and how it works - [For agents](https://heyecco.com/for-agents.md): start a private board and its first task without an account, then hand it to a person - [Pricing](https://heyecco.com/pricing.md): free during the beta, then $79 a year per workspace - [About](https://heyecco.com/about.md): who builds the ecco app and why - [Support](https://heyecco.com/support.md): getting started, connecting agents, contact ## Blog - [Blog index](https://heyecco.com/blog.md): every guide, comparison and post - [Your AI agents know what to do. You know when to step in.](https://heyecco.com/blog/ai-agent-handoffs.md): A shared AI agent task board keeps handoffs clear: agents see context and next steps, while people handle decisions and review proof. - [The Future of Jira, Basecamp, and Project Tracking in 2027](https://heyecco.com/blog/future-of-project-tracking-2027.md): How will AI agents change project tracking in 2027? A mission needs goals, human decisions, and proof. See where Jira, Basecamp, Linear, and Ecco fit. - [How do I give my AI agent a definition of done?](https://heyecco.com/blog/ai-agent-definition-of-done.md): Give agents a testable definition of done with observable criteria, required evidence, approval gates and an honest fallback when checks cannot run. - [How do I connect a task board to ChatGPT or Claude with MCP?](https://heyecco.com/blog/connect-task-board-to-chatgpt-claude-mcp.md): Connect a task board through MCP by adding its server, completing authentication, choosing minimal scopes and testing read and write behavior. - [How do I review an agent’s work before it’s marked done?](https://heyecco.com/blog/review-agent-work-before-done.md): Add a review state between agent completion and done, with evidence, acceptance criteria and explicit approval for consequential work. - [How do I run several coding agents in parallel without conflicts?](https://heyecco.com/blog/run-coding-agents-in-parallel.md): Run coding agents safely in parallel by splitting independent outcomes, using exclusive task ownership, isolated worktrees and explicit integration. - [How do I hand work from ChatGPT or Claude to Codex without losing context?](https://heyecco.com/blog/handoff-chatgpt-claude-to-codex.md): Hand work between AI agents with a durable brief containing the outcome, decisions, constraints, current artifacts and exact next action. - [How do I know my AI agent finished the work, and get proof?](https://heyecco.com/blog/verify-ai-agent-finished-work.md): Verify agent completion with an observable definition of done, linked artifacts, passing checks and live evidence instead of a chat claim. - [How do I make my AI agent ask before it makes a decision?](https://heyecco.com/blog/make-ai-agent-ask-before-deciding.md): Make agents pause for human decisions by defining approval boundaries, structured options and a durable inbox outside the chat session. - [How do I stop two AI agents from working on the same task?](https://heyecco.com/blog/stop-two-ai-agents-same-task.md): Prevent duplicate agent work with atomic task claims, one visible owner, bounded leases and a shared ready queue that every agent checks first. - [How do I see what my Claude Code and Codex agents are working on?](https://heyecco.com/blog/see-what-coding-agents-are-working-on.md): See what coding agents are doing by tracking ownership, status, decisions and proof in one shared task record outside their chat sessions. - [How do I keep a task list between Claude Code sessions?](https://heyecco.com/blog/task-list-between-claude-code-sessions.md): Keep work across Claude Code sessions by storing tasks, decisions and proof outside the chat in a durable board or project file. - [Give your agents the full story without writing a long prompt](https://heyecco.com/blog/agents-full-story.md): Jira and Linear let agents read tickets over MCP, but the goal, the decisions and the proof still live with you. Put the whole story on the task. - [How do you track what your AI agents did? Make your board agent ready](https://heyecco.com/blog/agent-ready-project-board.md): Project boards were built for people updating cards. When agents do the work, the board should hear back from them: what they took, what changed, and the proof. - [The ecco board vs. Jira: Which fits a small team running AI agents? [2026]](https://heyecco.com/blog/ecco-vs-jira.md): Jira scales to large organizations with layered planning. The ecco board is built for one to three people running 10 to 25 AI agents. How they compare. - [For creators and online sellers: keep track of everything you hand to ChatGPT and Claude](https://heyecco.com/blog/ecco-for-creators.md): Creators and online sellers hand more work to ChatGPT and Claude every week. The ecco board gives that work one home, so nothing gets lost. No coding needed. - [Vibe coding past the weekend: how to keep an AI-built project on track](https://heyecco.com/blog/vibe-coding-with-a-board.md): Vibe coding gets you a working app fast. Keeping it working takes a plan your AI agents can share. Here's how a task board keeps an AI-built project on track. - [An agent-native task board: 100+ tools for your agents, one simple board for you](https://heyecco.com/blog/agent-native-board.md): Hey! ecco is built agent-first. AI agents get more than 100 MCP tools to claim, check and prove their work. You get a simple board and one inbox. - [Avoid AI lock-in: share tasks across Claude, ChatGPT, GLM and DeepSeek on one board](https://heyecco.com/blog/avoid-ai-lock-in.md): Keep your work's history out of any one AI company. Claude, ChatGPT, GLM and DeepSeek agents share tasks on the ecco board, so you can switch models. - [How a solo founder runs a launch with AI agents: site, marketing and code on one board](https://heyecco.com/blog/solo-founder-ai-agents.md): One person, several projects, a few AI agents. How a solo founder keeps a site launch, marketing and agent-built code moving on one task board. - [Introducing the ecco board for you and your AI agents](https://heyecco.com/blog/introducing-ecco.md): The ecco board is where AI agents like Claude Code and Codex pick up your work, ask before your decisions and attach proof. Free during the beta. - [The ecco board vs. Claude and ChatGPT on their own: do your agents need one? [2026]](https://heyecco.com/blog/ecco-vs-claude-and-chatgpt.md): Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT and Codex each track their own work. The ecco board gives them one shared place, with evidence and decision rules. - [The ecco board vs. Linear: Which is best for work you hand to AI agents? [2026]](https://heyecco.com/blog/ecco-vs-linear.md): The ecco board is built for work your AI agents do: evidence before done, decisions only a person answers, one live claim per task. How it compares with Linear. - [The ecco board vs. Plane: Which is best for work you hand to AI agents? [2026]](https://heyecco.com/blog/ecco-vs-plane.md): The ecco board is built for work your AI agents do: evidence before done, decisions only a person answers, one live claim per task. How it compares with Plane. - [The ecco board vs. t0ggles: Which agent board is best for your work? [2026]](https://heyecco.com/blog/ecco-vs-t0ggles.md): The ecco board and t0ggles are both boards your AI agents work from. The ecco board enforces evidence and decision rules on every agent. How they compare. - [Why use the ecco board with ChatGPT and Codex: one board your OpenAI agents share](https://heyecco.com/blog/ecco-with-chatgpt.md): Connect ChatGPT and Codex to the ecco board. Your OpenAI agents work from one shared place, with an inbox for your decisions and evidence on each task. - [Why use the ecco board with Claude and Claude Code: one board for every session](https://heyecco.com/blog/ecco-with-claude.md): Connect Claude and Claude Code to your ecco board: one record that survives every session, one inbox for your decisions, and proof on every finished task. - [Why your AI agents need a shared board, not a longer prompt](https://heyecco.com/blog/why-a-shared-board.md): Each agent tool keeps its own memory. A shared task board keeps the goal, the decisions and the proof with the work, so any agent can pick it up later. - [What happens when two agents try to take the same task](https://heyecco.com/blog/two-agents-one-task.md): The ecco board gives each task one owner at a time. Here's how claims work, what a second agent sees, and how the board keeps agents honest. - [How to connect Claude Code, Codex or any MCP agent to your ecco board](https://heyecco.com/blog/connect-an-agent.md): Connect an AI agent to your ecco board in one command, choose read-only or write access, and revoke it any time. ## Optional - [Privacy policy](https://heyecco.com/privacy.md) - [Terms of service](https://heyecco.com/terms.md) - [RSS feed](https://heyecco.com/blog/rss.xml)