Put AI Agents on Your Scrum Board: Self-Host Paca for Free

Paca is a self-hosted project management platform for teams that want AI agents to work inside the normal delivery loop instead of sitting beside it as chat widgets. It gives agents and humans the same board, sprint context, task flow, docs, and real-time updates.

Why this is worth saving

• AI agents can be assigned to sprints and appear on the Scrumban board with human teammates.
• The project includes MCP support, so compatible AI tools can access projects, tasks, sprints, documents, members, comments, attachments, and plugin tools through a structured interface.
• Teams can customize workflows, statuses, fields, board layouts, sprint rules, and agent behavior through configuration.
• Plugins extend the system with WASM backend modules and frontend modules, with capability-style permissions.
• It is Apache-2.0, self-hosted, and currently packaged with install assets through GitHub Releases.

Fast workflow

1. Star or watch the repo so you can track the fast release pace.
2. Spin it up in a disposable test environment first, not production.
3. Connect one MCP-compatible assistant to a test project.
4. Create a small sprint with low-risk tasks and ask the agent to update status through Paca instead of chat.
5. Review the activity diff and task history before letting agents touch larger workstreams.

What to test first

Caveat

This is a young, fast-moving project. Treat it as promising infrastructure to evaluate, not a drop-in replacement for an enterprise Jira setup yet. Run a sandbox pilot, read the deployment files, and verify the MCP/API permission model against your own security requirements.

Source check

• GitHub repo confirms Apache-2.0 licensing, self-hosted positioning, MCP support, OpenHands-powered agents, WASM plugins, and current project stats.
• The official website confirms the product positioning: humans and AI agents working on one Scrum team.
• The latest GitHub release confirms active release packaging, including Docker Compose, gateway config, and install script assets.