Trello

trello Lists API

Operations for creating, retrieving, updating, and archiving lists on boards.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 11

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

POST /lists Create a list on a board · Create a List #
Ask an LLM
“How do I create a new list on a board by passing the board id?”
“Can I copy an existing list when creating a new one?”
Tell an agent
Create a list called {name} on board {idBoard}.
Copy list {idListSource} into a new list {name} on board {idBoard}.
GET /lists/{id} Get a list's details · Get a List #
Ask an LLM
“How do I look up one list by its id?”
“What fields does a Trello list have?”
Tell an agent
Show me list {id}.
Get the fields {fields} of list {id}.
PUT /lists/{id} Update a list's name, position or status · Update a List #
Ask an LLM
“How do I change several things about a list at once, like its name and position?”
“Can I subscribe to a list so I get notified of changes?”
Tell an agent
Update list {id} with name {name} at position {pos}.
Subscribe me to list {id} ({subscribed}).
GET /lists/{id}/actions List activity on a list · Get Actions on a List #
Ask an LLM
“What has happened on a list recently?”
“Can I filter a list's activity by action type?”
Tell an agent
Show the activity on list {id}.
List {filter} actions on list {id}.
GET /lists/{id}/board Find the board a list belongs to · Get the Board for a List #
Ask an LLM
“Which board is a list on?”
“How do I get a list's parent board?”
Tell an agent
Get the board that list {id} belongs to.
Tell me the parent board of list {id}.
GET /lists/{id}/cards List the cards in a list · Get Cards in a List #
Ask an LLM
“How do I get all the cards in one column?”
“What cards are sitting in a given list right now?”
Tell an agent
List the cards in list {id}.
Show every card in column {id}.
POST /lists/{id}/archiveAllCards Archive every card in a list · Archive All Cards in a List #
Ask an LLM
“How do I archive all the cards in a list at once?”
“Can I clear out a Done column in one call?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Archive all cards in list {id}.
Clear out column {id} by archiving its cards.
POST /lists/{id}/moveAllCards Move every card in a list elsewhere · Move All Cards in a List #
Ask an LLM
“How do I move all the cards from one list to another?”
“Can I bulk move a list's cards to a list on a different board?”
Tell an agent
Move all cards from list {id} to list {idList} on board {idBoard}.
Bulk transfer the cards in {id} into list {idList} of board {idBoard}.
PUT /lists/{id}/closed Archive or unarchive a list · Archive or unarchive a list #
Ask an LLM
“How do I archive a list?”
“Can I bring back an archived list?”
Tell an agent
Archive list {id}.
Set the archived state of list {id} to {value}.
PUT /lists/{id}/idBoard Move a list to another board · Move List to Board #
Ask an LLM
“How do I move a whole list to a different board?”
“Do a list's cards come along when I move it to another board?”
Tell an agent
Move list {id} to board {value}.
Relocate column {id} onto board {value}.
PUT /lists/{id}/{field} Set a single field on a list · Update a field on a List #
Ask an LLM
“How do I rename a list by setting just its name field?”
“Can I change one property of a list without sending the others?”
Tell an agent
Set the {field} of list {id} to {value}.
Rename list {id} by setting field {field} to {value}.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/trello/rest/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trello/refs/heads/main/openapi/trello-lists-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

trello-lists-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Trello Lists API
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Lists across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: trello-rest-api-openapi.yml, trello-rest-api-swagger-v3.json. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.trello.com/1
  description: Trello API v1 Production Server
tags:


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