Trello Updates & Release Notes

Today we’re rolling out seven new AI features across Trello for every paid user on a Standard, Premium, or Enterprise plan. Individually, each one erases a small, familiar chore. Together, they answer a bigger question we’ve been sitting with for a long time: what if the busywork mostly handled itself, so you could focus on the work that actually matters to you?

Keep the boards, lists, and cards you love. Outsource the rest to AI.

SEVEN WAYS TO SUPERCHARGE YOUR TRELLO WITH AI

1. Create a board with AI

Leave the blank board behind. Describe a goal, whether it’s planning an offsite, running your first 5K race, or figuring out your meal planning for the week and Trello builds a structured, ready-to-use board in seconds, complete with lists and cards. A template is generic and waits for you to customize it. A board built with AI starts personalized. Every board defaults to private, so it’s yours to edit before anyone else sees it.

This is the one that changes how it feels to start something. The hardest part of any project is the first move; now the first move is a prompt.

1. Merge multiple cards into one

A frequently asked for feature is finally here! Have two cards saying the same thing? Drag one onto the other and they become one. Trello blends the title, description, and details, carries over links, attachments, custom fields, and labels, and keeps the original context below a divider so you never lose it. The earliest due date wins; to-dos become a checklist. Don’t like the result? Undo it. The originals are archived, not deleted.

Duplicate cards are how boards quietly rot. This keeps them clean without the manual reconciliation nobody has time for.

1. AI-generated checklists

One click turns a card into a plan. Trello reads the title and description and suggests a checklist of the steps to get it done. Name the checklist to steer the result, then edit, reorder, or regenerate. It’s fully editable, exactly like one you’d type yourself, only you didn’t have to type it.

1. AI-recommended focus time

A task on a board isn’t done until it has a place in your day. Connect a calendar, open any card, and Trello finds open time and recommends a focus block for it. Accept, dismiss, or set natural-language rules for when and what it suggests. Turn on proactive scheduling and Trello checks daily for cards due in the next five days and blocks the time for you. It can view your calendar to suggest, never change it without your say-so.

This is where a board stops being a to-do list and starts being a plan for actually getting it done.

1. AI-generated images for backgrounds and covers

Stop scrolling for the perfect image. Describe it and Trello makes it. Change a board background or add a card cover in seconds. Small thing? Maybe. But a board you’re proud to look at is a board you come back to, and coming back is the whole game.

1. Set a due date from the card title

Type “Submit report by Friday” and Friday becomes the due date. Trello reads relative dates (“tomorrow”), specific ones (“December 1”), and weekday references (“this Thursday”) the moment you create a card. You were always going to set that date, now you don’t have to think about it.

1. [Coming Soon to Trello Labs] AI-generated widget cards

An entirely new kind of card, live in Trello Labs later this month. Type /widget and give it a prompt (“daily AI news headlines,” “an inspirational quote at the top of my To Do list,” “the US Open schedule”) and Trello builds a richly formatted card that shows information at a glance. It’s where we’re headed: a board that doesn’t just hold your work, but brings the world into it.

GET STARTED

If you’re on a paid plan these new features are waiting for you now. Hit Create and describe a board. Drag one card onto another. Type a due date into a title and watch it move. Not on a paid plan yet? Start a 14-day Premium free trial or upgrade to turn them on.

We built these tools because sometimes you’d rather not think about building or managing a board very closely. Go make something, and tell us what you want next!

Great ideas can start with a random spark at 2 a.m., grow through a planning session with ChatGPT, or take shape in a brainstorm with Claude. AI helps you plan, but getting that plan into Trello has always been a manual, momentum-killing process.

Today, that changes.

Trello now uses MCP (a shared standard that lets AI tools talk to apps like Trello) to connect with assistants like Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Cursor. That means you can manage your boards, lists, cards, and checklists just by asking. No manual work required.

AI assistants have crossed from being a developer tool into something anyone can use — nearly half the people using Atlassian’s MCP aren’t on software teams at all. And they’re not just asking AI to read their work; they’re using it to actually get things done. Now that same capability comes to Trello, which over 100 million people have signed up to use for everything from new hire onboarding, to marathon training, to wedding planning and beyond.

Say you’re chatting with Claude about a two-week Italy trip. You’ve nailed down the cities: Rome, Florence, Amalfi Coast. You’ve got restaurant recommendations, museum tickets to book, and a packing list that keeps growing. Normally, this is where the conversation ends and the real work begins. You’d open Trello, create a board from scratch, try to remember everything you just talked about, and spend twenty minutes rebuilding it all by hand. With Trello MCP, you just say: “Turn this into a Trello board with a list for each city and cards for everything we need to book.” Done. Your assistant creates the board, organizes the lists, adds the cards, and even builds out checklists for things like “book Uffizi tickets” or “pack adaptor for EU outlets.” You go from planning to packing in seconds.

Prompt: “Turn this into a Trello board with a list for each city and cards for everything we need to book.”

Or say you’re planning a wedding. You’ve been going back and forth with your AI assistant about venues, guest lists, and vendor timelines. Instead of switching to Trello and rebuilding all of that from memory, just say: “Create a Trello board for the wedding with lists for each vendor category and cards for every task we discussed.” Venues, catering, florals, photography – organized and trackable in seconds.

Prompt: “Look at my wedding Trello board and show me any cards due in July.”

The same works for anything you’re planning. Researching a team offsite? Once you’ve landed on the details in conversation, say: “Set up a board for the offsite with lists for logistics, agenda, and follow-ups.” Everything you just worked through goes from scattered chat to an actionable board in seconds.

Instead of hunting through boards to update tasks, ask your assistant to add checklist items, move cards, or summarize what’s due this week. Trello stays your source of truth, and your AI assistant just helps you act on it faster.

With Trello MCP, ideas become action without all the grunt work. Trello MCP is available to all Trello users. Ready to try it out? In your AI assistant (a plugin in ChatGPT, a connector in Claude), add the Trello MCP server and start prompting. Visit trello.com/mcp to connect your first AI assistant.

We are introducing baseline security requirements for Atlassian Government Cloud (AGC) apps, which will take effect on 31 Mar 2026. If you have any questions regarding these new standards, please contact us here: https://ecosystem.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/34/group/109/create/579

We’re also publishing our annual update to the general Cloud App Security Requirements for 2026, which includes new provisions for AI security, data protection, and supply chain security. See More details for highlights on this update.

You know the script: new planner, new gym shoes, same overwhelmed brain by week three. The fresh energy to the start of any New Year is real, but so is the risk of failing to follow through with resolutions or goals set. Studies show that around 45% of adults make New Year’s resolutions, but only ~9% keep them all year.

The problem usually isn’t ambition—it’s that our goals live in too many places and never turn into an actual plan. Most resolutions fail from a lack of structure like setting up unrealistic goals, unclear plans, and expecting quick results when new habits usually take about 66 days to form.

That’s why Trello is here to help make your 2026 into a year of success. We’re testing out an AI-powered, limited edition feature to help you quickly create personalized boards tailored to specific goals or resolutions – the New Year’s Resolution Board Builder is fast, fun, and available for a limited time for select Free, Standard, and Premium users to test creating new AI-powered Trello boards from now through end of January.

Discover how the new feature works

The New Year’s Resolution Board Builder instantly generates a structured board using AI with lists focused on your goals, quick wins, milestones, habits, and reflection prompts. This makes it easy for anyone to turn their intentions into actionable plans that they can track and update throughout the year. If your Trello workspace has AI deactivated, your Admin can enable it to try out the New Year’s Resolution Board Builder feature.

Tell Trello your resolution, plus why it matters to you, and the New Year’s Resolution Board Builder spins up a new board in seconds. Think:

• A vision column that keeps your “why” front and center
• Quick wins and milestones, plus a yearly roadmap you can actually hit
• Habit cards for the tiny actions that add up
• A reflections space so you can adjust when life gets messy

You’ll start with a colorful, pre-filled board—lists, cards, and checklists included—so you never face the terror of a blank plan. Whether training for a marathon, saving for a financial goal, learning a new hobby, or making time to read more books, the New Year’s Resolution Board Builder feels personal, supportive, and immediately useful. Keep in mind, this board works best when it can focus on a single goal. One clear outcome keeps your lists, cards, and checklists tight, actionable, and genuinely useful.

What you’ll get on your personalized New Year’s Resolution Board

• Vision & Goals: A motivating snapshot of your success.
• Focus: Concrete milestones with quick wins, yearly roadmap, and due dates to build early momentum.
• Habits: Simple routines that compound toward your goal.
• In Progress: A place to hold your current tasks and mark items as complete.
• Reflections: Light check-ins to celebrate wins and adjust as needed.
• Fun board backgrounds and cards: Customizable backgrounds and cards, pre-populated based on your provided New Year’s resolution prompt.

Ready to turn your resolution into a real plan? To get started, open any Trello board and look for a Popover window on the bottom right corner of your board or from the blue “Create” menu at the top. Turn your “someday I’ll accomplish this goal” into “today I’m going to crush this” in just one click.

Tips for sticking with your 2026 New Year’s Resolutions

New Year’s Resolution Board Builder is a seasonal AI-powered experiment we’re testing with a subset of Trello users on Free, Standard, and Premium. If it appears in your Trello workspace, you’ll be able to play with it throughout January. Consider some tips on how to best try it out:

• Pick one resolution, not five: Give it a dedicated board and a fighting chance.
• Turn tasks into time: drag key cards onto your Trello calendar to block off time.
• Make progress visible: move at least one card every few days, even if it’s tiny.
• Share the board with a friend who’ll cheer you on and nudge you when you ghost your goals.

Watch the magic of tackling your 2026 goals unfold today with the New Year’s Resolution Board Builder in Trello!

Release notes

For years, we’ve used Glitch to showcase our Trello developer example apps and Power-Ups. Unfortunately, Glitch has announced they are shutting down their app hosting service.

Because these example projects serve as invaluable documentation for our developer community, we’ve copied them over a public Bitbucket repository so they can continue to be referenced.

Check it out here! https://bitbucket.org/atlassianlabs/trello-glitch-example-projects/src/main/. Be sure to read the README of that repository.

We’ve also updated our developer documentation to link to the public repository instead of Glitch.

Be your most productive self with the new Trello

New Inbox, Planner, and AI features let you capture → organize → tackle your to-dos

What’s New in Trello?

The new Trello is designed to help you capture, organize, and tackle your to-dos like never before. Here’s what you can expect:

1. Trello Inbox: Capture Your To-Dos Anywhere

Say goodbye to scattered tasks. With the new Trello Inbox, you can collect to-dos from:

• Messages: Save important tasks from Slack and Microsoft Teams.
• Emails: Forward messages to [email protected]
• Voice commands on iOS: “Hey Siri, add ‘Follow up with Alex’ to Trello.”
• Raw ideas or mental notes: Jot down your to-dos on Trello from any mobile or desktop device. Additionally, with the new mobile widget for Android, you can add tasks to your Inbox without ever needing to open the Trello app (iOS version coming soon).

2. AI-Powered Productivity

Let Atlassian Intelligence (AI) assist you with Trello’s new Quick Capture capability — AI can parse through forwarded Slack messages, Microsoft Teams, or emails to your Trello Inbox and extract due dates, priorities, and action items from raw text so you can focus on what matters most.

3. Trello Planner: Organize and Focus

Plan your day with ease by connecting your Google or Microsoft calendar to the new Trello Planner. Drag and drop tasks effortlessly from your Trello Inbox or boards directly onto your Planner to block focus time and meet deadlines.

Bonus: Updated Mirror cards and Trello UI

Earlier this year, a highly anticipated feature was announced—Mirror cards allows you to efficiently manage your tasks scattered across multiple boards by allowing you to “mirror” or sync your Trello cards. Mirror cards has an additional update: you can now view mirrored cards in all the board views (Table, Calendar, Timeline, Map) and filter your boards with them included, making it easier to keep track of your various to-dos.

Exciting changes are also coming to Trello’s user interface! A new navigation bar gives you an easier way to switch between your Inbox, Planner, and board — or view all three at the same time.

In addition, when you click on a Trello card, you’ll discover a refreshed design that features a more compact and streamlined card back. This update reflects our commitment to simplicity, aiming to improve your experience as you organize and manage your tasks more effectively. Learn more about our upcoming changes in this Atlassian Community post here.

Ready to try the “new” Trello?

These latest updates are rolling out in Trello to all users across Free, Standard, and Premium plans from now until the end of July! Please note: Enterprise customers will experience these new features later this year.

Try Trello today!

Log in to your Trello account and experience the difference today! Not a Trello user yet? Learn more about Trello here and join tens of millions of others transforming their productivity. Don’t let your to-dos overwhelm you. With the new Trello, you can escape the chaos and stay on top of your work effortlessly. Try it now and see the difference!

New panel view for comments + activity:

Trello is enhancing the card detail viewing and editing experience by introducing several key updates:
New panel view for comments + activity: Card comments + activity will now be displayed side-by-side with card details and offering users the option to collapse the comments and activity panel for a more focused view.

Powerup and Automation Card Buttons in Popover Menu:

Powerup and Automation Card Buttons in Popover Menu: Card buttons created from Trello power-ups / integrations or automations will now be surfaced in a popover menu. This menu can be accessed from the new card navigation bar, providing a cleaner and more organized interface.

Impact on Power-Ups:

Impact on Power-Ups: While the API remains unchanged, the redesign may affect third-party power-ups and integrations. Developers are encouraged to review their power-ups to ensure compatibility with the new card back design.

This initial announcement:

This initial announcement aims to inform partners about the changes coming to customers this month (May 2025).

More details:

More details about the changes to the card back can be found here: https://support.atlassian.com/trello/docs/new-card-back/

As you go through your work day, new to-dos pop up at every turn: respond to an email message, provide feedback on a plan, share an executive update. It can become overwhelming quickly. Fret not. Trello is here to help you escape the clutter and chaos.

New features in Trello will help you:

• Capture your to-dos, wherever they arise, using powerful AI.
• Organize all your tasks in a way that reflects how you naturally think and work.
• Secure focus time on your calendar so you can get the most important items done.

Capture your to-dos. Everywhere. With AI.

Say goodbye to scattered to-dos. In the new Trello, tasks can be captured from any interaction—whether it’s a voice note to Siri, a Slack message, or an email – and added to your Trello Inbox.

Exactly how easy is it to send a to-do to your inbox? Almost too easy.

• Mobile / on the go: “Hey Siri, add Respond to Jennifer to Trello.” Add to-dos with your voice (iOS), or type it right from the app home screen (Android and iOS).
• Slack: Got a message you need to act on later. Snap it to your inbox using the app shortcut or Slack’s “save for later” feature, or an emoji reaction.
• Email: Received an email that you don’t want to forget to respond. Simply forward it to [email protected].
• Jira lists: Want to see all the Jira tickets you’re working on or waiting for? Easy peasy. Add a new list to your Trello board. Click “Add from” and pull in issues from your Jira project. Use keywords, filters or JQL to refine.

SURVEY SAYS: PRODUCTIVE TEAMS ARE MADE UP OF ORGANIZED PEOPLE

We surveyed 6,000 professionals across six countries to understand how they and their teams organize their tasks. An overwhelming 89% of respondents say that teammates that organize their tasks are the most productive.

And, being disorganized has consequences. 78% of workers would prefer to take on extra work rather than work with a disorganized colleague. Additionally, 61% would fire a disorganized team member to improve their team’s results.

Organize your to-dos, your way.

Once in your inbox, organize your tasks under simple lists: “To-do,” “Doing,” and “Done”— or select one of Trello’s 100+ board templates that better suits your needs. Trello’s visual, intuitive experience makes task management fun. Yes, fun! Drag and drop tasks into your schedule, block off time for deadlines, and mark items as “done”.

SURVEY SAYS: PEOPLE LOVE CROSSING OFF TO-DOS

A whopping 70% of knowledge workers would rather cross an item off their list than get kudos from a coworker.

You can adapt your board to your unique workflow—add custom labels, checklists, and automation to supercharge your productivity. Trello uses AI to extract due dates, action items, and priorities from raw text.

If you want a to-do to show up on more than one board, you can now mirror a Trello card. Edit the to-do anywhere, and changes are reflected in every board it’s on.

SURVEY SAYS: DON’T MESS WITH MY SYSTEM

52% of people believe that outwardly their task organization system may look chaotic, but it works for them.

Make the most of focus time with Trello Planner

Gathering and making sense of your to-dos is only half the battle. Blocking off time to complete your tasks is the other.

With the new Trello Planner, your tasks and schedule come together seamlessly. Connect your Google Calendar now (Microsoft Outlook Calendar is coming soon) to view your availability right alongside your tasks. Effortlessly drag and drop tasks from your Inbox or boards directly onto your calendar—to create focused time slots and meet deadlines with ease.

SURVEY SAYS: WE NEED TO PLAN AHEAD

65% of knowledge workers end each day with many to-dos still left on their list.

“When can I start using these amazing features?”

A few lucky users are already enjoying all these features as a part of the private beta program. Stay tuned for April 2025 announcements to start enjoying it across your Trello boards, and learn more details at trello.com.

Don’t let to-dos bog you down any longer. Whether it’s planning your week ahead or checking off tasks for the day, the new Trello ensures you can escape the clutter and chaos of scattered tasks to stay on top of your work.

As we get into the flow of a New Year, many of us have set resolutions to stay more organized, boost our productivity, and tackle our to-dos with more efficiency. But it’s easy to get overwhelmed when you’re constantly switching between so many windows, tabs, and apps.

To help you stay on track with your New Year goals and manage the overwhelm, we’ve launched new features in Trello to make 2025 your most productive year yet: introducing Mirror cards and Jira lists! These game-changing features are here to streamline your workflows, keep you connected, and help you stay on top of everything that matters. With both Mirror cards and Jira lists, you can transform your Trello boards into a powerhouse for personal and professional success.

Card mirroring keeps you connected across Trello boards

Want a better way to keep track of your to-dos dispersed across various Trello boards? First, consider setting up a Trello board as your personal planner or “mission control” center. Next, manage your assigned work across multiple boards by mirroring Trello cards in one place. Say goodbye to the endless manual updates and double entries—this new feature keeps your information in sync and always up-to-date. Mirroring your Trello cards allows you to easily:

• View and edit in real time: Open the original card and make edits without leaving your current board.
• Choose your view type: Toggle between a compact view (card title and source board name) and an expanded view.
• Boost collaboration: Share Mirror cards across teams, keeping everyone informed and in sync.

Mirror cards can be toggled between two different view types: compact (which shows only the card title and source board name) and expanded (which shows more detail)

Why you’ll love it:

• All-in-one organization: Stop hopping between Trello boards searching for and updating the right card—save time by mirroring your Trello card from one board into another board. Rest assured, that information will up-to-date across all boards as you make changes to that mirrored card.
• Quick access to follow-ups: Need to remember those action items from your team’s meeting? Just mirror those cards onto your own personal Trello board for quick reference as you go through your daily or weekly to-do lists—it’s like having a digital sticky note at your fingertips!
• Productivity made simple: Manage your to-dos from one hub, eliminating the hassle of duplicate entries. When mirroring cards, you can easily work on cards from multiple Trello boards.

Use card mirroring to work together more effectively

When you begin to mirror cards in Trello, the possibilities are endless to help you (and your teams) to stay on top of seemingly endless list of to-dos.

• Managing a large team of individual contributors? Use Mirror cards in your personal Trello board by mirroring the cards that you need to follow up on from your one-on-one boards with direct reports.
• Are your Marketing and Design teams collaborating on an upcoming campaign? Mirror cards between the two teams’ Trello boards. This way, everyone stays on the same page with the latest message copy, draft, or visual asset updates without losing track of the original card or its owner.
• Want to keep external clients in the loop while maintaining your privacy? Share a board with clients that features only the essentials, while you work on a separate board with the cards that have been mirrored of essential action items to see the complete picture. Clients see what they need, and you and your team can stay organized and informed.

This powerful feature allows you to not only manage your individual action items, but to also streamline collaboration in ways that fit you and your team’s unique workflow needs.

Ready to dive in?

Users on Standard, Premium, and Enterprise can start mirroring their cards right away. Just select the Trello card that you want to mirror, choose the board where you want it to appear, and let Trello do the rest. The best part? It fits right into your existing boards and lists. Check out our Trello Help article and steps below on how to get quickly started with card mirroring:

Option 1: Copy & Paste a URL

WEB AND MOBILE

• Grab the URL of the card you want to mirror.
• Paste it as the title of a new card on any board you choose.

Option 2: Use the Mirror button

WEB ONLY

• Open the card you want to mirror or hover over it to access the edit menu.
• Click the Mirror button next to Copy and Move.
• Choose the board and list to create your mirror. Easy peasy!

Automation lovers, rejoice—you can also mirror your cards through automation rules. There’s a new dropdown in the Create a new card action that will let you pick different types of cards to create, including Mirror cards!

Jira lists: the best of Jira, now in Trello

For fans of both tools, Jira Lists bring the power of Jira into the intuitive interface of Trello. Now you can manage your Jira tasks directly in Trello, organizing everything in one place.

Key benefits:

• Simplify manual to-do lists: Add Jira work items to your Trello board without copying and pasting.
• Seamlessly sync between systems: Any changes made in Jira will also be reflected on your Trello board.
• Customizable workflows: Organize tasks your way, with filters like project, type, status, or assignee.

Jira + Trello = better together 💙

When you integrate Jira lists within Trello, the potential to enhance organization and showcase your accomplishments is limitless. This new feature not only helps you manage your daily and weekly tasks but also ensures you have everything you need to monitor progress, share updates, change statuses, and prepare for important conversations.

• Need to stay on top of what’s on your plate each day or week? Create a Jira list with open tasks assigned to you. This way, you can easily see what needs attention and prioritize your workload.
• Looking to reference the progress your team made over the past week? Build a Jira list with tasks from your project’s epic that were completed during that time. It’s a simple way to make writing status updates or team summaries a breeze.
• Preparing for quarterly check-ins or performance reviews? Create a list of tasks assigned to you that were resolved in the past 3 or 6 months. You’ll have a ready-made record of your accomplishments to share and celebrate.

With Jira lists, you can adapt your workflow to meet your goals and stay on top of everything—whether it’s managing the day-to-day or reflecting on the bigger picture.

How to use Jira lists:

Jira lists are now available for Trello users with a Jira subscription. Try it out and start streamlining your daily workflows today. Don’t have Jira? Learn more about plans and pricing here.

1. Add a new list to your Trello board
2. Click “Add from” and pull in issues from your chosen Jira team.
3. Use keywords or filters to refine your view. You can easily configure your Jira list using the drop down options, or switch to JQL to fully customize the criteria to suit your needs.
4. Drag and drop a Jira card to a Trello list to easily organize your tasks.

And voilà—you’re ready to rock your marketing campaigns, juggle to-dos, or dream up the next big idea. Jira lists are here to help you work more effectively and have a blast while doing it.

Ready to make 2025 your most productive year?

Whether your New Year’s resolutions include getting better organized or maximizing your efficiency, mirroring your cards and adding Jira lists to your boards are just some of the impactful ways Trello can help you crush your personal productivity goals. From prioritizing your to-dos to tracking major milestones and accomplishments, these new features will empower you to work smarter, not harder.

Kick off the New Year with Trello

Say goodbye to the chaos of juggling too many tasks and say hello to a simpler, more fun way of working that helps you stay focused. Whether you’re tackling your personal goals or driving your team to success, Trello is here to support you every step of the way. Here’s to working smarter, achieving more, and making this your most productive year yet! 🎉