update

backend/routes.py

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ async def create_blocks(req: BlocksCreateRequest):
                 raise HTTPException(400, "Link must start with http:// or https://.")
         qp.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         atomic_write_json(qp, {"type": type, "location": location, "spec": req.instructions.strip()})
-    asyncio.create_task(generate_blocks(topic, req.instructions.strip(), req.provider, ab_phase=req.ab_phase, ab_step=req.ab_step, to_step=req.to_step))
+    asyncio.create_task(generate_blocks(topic, req.instructions.strip(), req.provider, ab_phase=req.ab_phase, ab_step=req.ab_step, to_step=req.to_step, research=req.research))
     return {"ok": True}
 
 
@@ -231,6 +231,28 @@ async def get_blocks_uebersicht(topic: str):
     return await load_overview(topic)
 
 
+@router.get("/blocks/kanban")
+async def get_kanban_board(topic: str):
+    """Live card counts per kanban column (empty dict when the streaming inventory is not in use)."""
+    import database as db
+    return await db.kanban_stage_counts(topic)
+
+
+@router.get("/blocks/agents")
+async def get_active_agents(topic: str):
+    """Currently running agents for this topic + their runtime (seconds). Label = key minus prefix."""
+    from agents import active_agents
+    prefix = f"blocks-{topic}-"
+    return [{"label": a["key"][len(prefix):], "runtime": a["runtime"]} for a in active_agents(prefix)]
+
+
+@router.post("/blocks/research")
+async def add_research(topic: str):
+    """Attach one more research agent to the running kanban flow (live breadth boost)."""
+    from kanban import add_research_agent
+    return {"started": add_research_agent(topic)}
+
+
 @router.get("/blocks/question-pattern")
 async def get_question_pattern(topic: str, block: str):
     """Unlocked question patterns of a block (up to the current level; empty = live)."""