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Working with Cards

Cards are the atomic unit of work in Gryphin. They carry everything about a task — context, owners, deadlines, files, and conversation — in one place.

6 min readUpdated May 2026

Overview

Every task you track lives on a card. Cards can be lightweight (just a title) or rich (labels, owners, due dates, checklists, attachments, comments) — same component, scales with how much detail you need.

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The card detail view: everything about a task in one focused workspace.

Anatomy of a card

Every card surfaces the most important info on the board so you don't need to open it:

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  • Coveroptional color/image bar at the top
  • Labelscolored pills for type, priority, or area
  • Titlethe one-line summary of the task
  • Due datehighlighted red when overdue
  • Checklist progressshows N of total complete
  • Assigneesavatar stack of everyone responsible

Quick actions

You rarely need the detail view. Most actions happen inline:

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Quick add

Press N anywhere on a board to add a card to the focused column.

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Inline rename

Click a card title once to edit it in place — no modal needed.

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Drag to reorder

Drag up/down within a column to reprioritize, or across columns to change status.

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Multi-select

Hold Shift while clicking cards to select many at once, then drag them as a group.

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Right-click menu

Right-click any card for archive, duplicate, copy link, and move to board.

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Use CtrlD to duplicate the selected card, C to archive, and Space to quick-preview without leaving the board.

The detail view

Click any card to open it full-screen. Every field is accessible here, plus the activity log and comments thread.

Title & description

Rich text with markdown shortcuts, mentions, code blocks, and embedded media.

Assignees

Up to 10 people per card. Everyone assigned gets notified of changes.

Labels

Tag with multiple labels for cross-cutting concerns like type and priority.

Due dates

Set start and due dates. Reminders fire 1 day before and on the due date.

Checklists

Break work into subtasks. Each item can have its own assignee and due date.

Attachments

Drag-and-drop files, link to Drive/Figma/Notion, or paste images directly.

Comments

Threaded conversations with @-mentions, reactions, and file attachments.

Activity log

Every change is recorded — who, what, and when — with one-click revert.

Card templates

If you create the same kind of card over and over — bug reports, weekly check-ins, onboarding tasks — save it as a template and clone it with one click.

Creating a template

Open any card, click the menu icon in the top right, and choose Save as template. Your template appears in the column's "+ Add card" menu under "Templates", with all fields and checklists pre-filled.
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Templates are board-scoped by default. Promote one to workspace-level to share it across every board your team owns.

Power tip: duplicate, don't recreate

Almost every action on a card has a keyboard shortcut. Learning five of them will save you hours every week.

Keyboard shortcuts

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