diff --git a/.project/kanban/doing/DEW-0005.md b/.project/kanban/done/DEW-0005.md
similarity index 100%
rename from .project/kanban/doing/DEW-0005.md
rename to .project/kanban/done/DEW-0005.md
diff --git a/.project/kanban/backlog/DEW-0006.md b/.project/kanban/done/DEW-0006.md
similarity index 100%
rename from .project/kanban/backlog/DEW-0006.md
rename to .project/kanban/done/DEW-0006.md
diff --git a/.project/kanban/backlog/DEW-0015.md b/.project/kanban/done/DEW-0015.md
similarity index 100%
rename from .project/kanban/backlog/DEW-0015.md
rename to .project/kanban/done/DEW-0015.md
diff --git a/packages/kanban/lib/src/commands/archive_command.dart b/packages/kanban/lib/src/commands/archive_command.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e1ee60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kanban/lib/src/commands/archive_command.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import 'dart:io';
+
+import 'package:dew_core/dew_core.dart';
+import '../kanban_config.dart';
+import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;
+
+import '../ticket_store.dart';
+
+class ArchiveCommand extends DewCommand with DewToolCommand {
+  ArchiveCommand() {
+    argParser.addOption('id', abbr: 'i', mandatory: true, help: 'Ticket ID to archive.');
+  }
+
+  @override
+  final String name = 'archive';
+
+  @override
+  final String description = 'Archive a ticket (moves it to the archive column).';
+
+  @override
+  final String toolName = 'kanban_archive_ticket';
+
+  @override
+  Future<String> callAsTool(Map<String, dynamic> args) async {
+    final id = (args['id'] as String).toUpperCase();
+
+    final context = await ProjectContext.find();
+    final config = context.config.kanban;
+    final kanbanDir = p.join(context.root, '.project', 'kanban');
+
+    final store = TicketStore(kanbanDir: kanbanDir, prefix: config.prefix);
+    final ticket = await store.findById(id);
+    if (ticket == null) throw ArgumentError('Ticket $id not found.');
+    if (ticket.column == 'archive') return '$id is already archived.';
+
+    final archiveDir = Directory(p.join(kanbanDir, 'archive'));
+    await archiveDir.create(recursive: true);
+
+    // Move the file directly rather than through update() so we don't write
+    // the column back into the ticket frontmatter (it's derived from the dir).
+    final srcFile = File(p.join(kanbanDir, ticket.column, '$id.md'));
+    final dstFile = File(p.join(archiveDir.path, '$id.md'));
+    await srcFile.rename(dstFile.path);
+
+    return 'Archived $id.';
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/kanban/lib/src/commands/list_command.dart b/packages/kanban/lib/src/commands/list_command.dart
index dd9d98a..9059779 100644
--- a/packages/kanban/lib/src/commands/list_command.dart
+++ b/packages/kanban/lib/src/commands/list_command.dart
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ class ListCommand extends DewCommand with DewToolCommand {
       ..addOption('column', abbr: 'c', help: 'Filter to tickets in this column.')
       ..addOption('type', abbr: 't', help: 'Filter to tickets of this type.')
       ..addOption('label', help: 'Filter to tickets with this label.')
-      ..addOption('milestone', help: 'Filter to tickets in this milestone.');
+      ..addOption('milestone', help: 'Filter to tickets in this milestone.')
+      ..addFlag('include-archived', help: 'Include archived tickets.', negatable: false);
   }
 
   @override
@@ -29,13 +30,14 @@ class ListCommand extends DewCommand with DewToolCommand {
     final typeFilter = args['type'] as String?;
     final labelFilter = args['label'] as String?;
     final milestoneFilter = args['milestone'] as String?;
+    final includeArchived = args['include-archived'] as bool? ?? false;
 
     final context = await ProjectContext.find();
     final store = TicketStore(
       kanbanDir: p.join(context.root, '.project', 'kanban'),
       prefix: context.config.kanban.prefix,
     );
-    var tickets = await store.list();
+    var tickets = await store.list(includeArchived: includeArchived);
 
     if (columnFilter != null) {
       tickets = tickets.where((t) => t.column == columnFilter).toList();
diff --git a/packages/kanban/lib/src/commands/search_command.dart b/packages/kanban/lib/src/commands/search_command.dart
index f8b478d..a9fe46b 100644
--- a/packages/kanban/lib/src/commands/search_command.dart
+++ b/packages/kanban/lib/src/commands/search_command.dart
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ class SearchCommand extends DewCommand with DewToolCommand {
       ..addOption('column', abbr: 'c', help: 'Restrict search to this column.')
       ..addOption('type', abbr: 't', help: 'Restrict search to this ticket type.')
       ..addOption('label', help: 'Restrict search to tickets with this label.')
-      ..addOption('milestone', help: 'Restrict search to tickets in this milestone.');
+      ..addOption('milestone', help: 'Restrict search to tickets in this milestone.')
+      ..addFlag('include-archived', help: 'Include archived tickets.', negatable: false);
   }
 
   @override
@@ -35,13 +36,14 @@ class SearchCommand extends DewCommand with DewToolCommand {
     final typeFilter = args['type'] as String?;
     final labelFilter = args['label'] as String?;
     final milestoneFilter = args['milestone'] as String?;
+    final includeArchived = args['include-archived'] as bool? ?? false;
 
     final context = await ProjectContext.find();
     final store = TicketStore(
       kanbanDir: p.join(context.root, '.project', 'kanban'),
       prefix: context.config.kanban.prefix,
     );
-    var tickets = await store.list();
+    var tickets = await store.list(includeArchived: includeArchived);
 
     if (columnFilter != null) {
       tickets = tickets.where((t) => t.column == columnFilter).toList();
diff --git a/packages/kanban/lib/src/dew_kanban_base.dart b/packages/kanban/lib/src/dew_kanban_base.dart
index 76ea027..bdc1067 100644
--- a/packages/kanban/lib/src/dew_kanban_base.dart
+++ b/packages/kanban/lib/src/dew_kanban_base.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import 'package:dew_core/dew_core.dart';
 
 import 'commands/add_comment_command.dart';
+import 'commands/archive_command.dart';
 import 'commands/board_command.dart';
 import 'commands/create_command.dart';
 import 'commands/delete_command.dart';
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ class KanbanCommand extends DewCommand {
     addSubcommand(GetCommand());
     addSubcommand(UpdateCommand());
     addSubcommand(DeleteCommand());
+    addSubcommand(ArchiveCommand());
     addSubcommand(MoveCommand());
     addSubcommand(SearchCommand());
     addSubcommand(AddCommentCommand());
diff --git a/packages/kanban/lib/src/ticket_store.dart b/packages/kanban/lib/src/ticket_store.dart
index f87c30f..d081961 100644
--- a/packages/kanban/lib/src/ticket_store.dart
+++ b/packages/kanban/lib/src/ticket_store.dart
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class TicketStore {
     return Ticket.fromFileContent(id, await found.file.readAsString(), found.column);
   }
 
-  Future<List<Ticket>> list() async {
+  Future<List<Ticket>> list({bool includeArchived = false}) async {
     final dir = Directory(kanbanDir);
     if (!await dir.exists()) return const [];
     final pattern = RegExp(r'^' + RegExp.escape(prefix) + r'-\d{4}\.md$');
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ class TicketStore {
     await for (final entity in dir.list()) {
       if (entity is! Directory) continue;
       final col = p.basename(entity.path);
-      if (col == 'archive' || col == 'attachments') continue;
+      if (col == 'attachments') continue;
+      if (col == 'archive' && !includeArchived) continue;
       await for (final file in entity.list()) {
         if (file is! File) continue;
         final name = p.basename(file.path);
diff --git a/packages/kanban/test/dew_kanban_test.dart b/packages/kanban/test/dew_kanban_test.dart
index a0f470f..71c7292 100644
--- a/packages/kanban/test/dew_kanban_test.dart
+++ b/packages/kanban/test/dew_kanban_test.dart
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ void main() {
       expect(
         cmd.subcommands.keys,
         containsAll([
-          'create', 'list', 'board', 'get', 'update', 'delete',
+          'create', 'list', 'board', 'get', 'update', 'delete', 'archive',
           'move', 'search', 'comment', 'config', 'stats', 'link', 'unlink',
         ]),
       );
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ void main() {
       final registry = CommandRegistry();
       registerCommands(registry);
       final tools = registry.mcpTools;
-      expect(tools, hasLength(13));
+      expect(tools, hasLength(14));
       final names = tools.map((t) => t.name).toSet();
       expect(names, {
         'kanban_create_ticket',
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ void main() {
         'kanban_get_ticket',
         'kanban_update_ticket',
         'kanban_delete_ticket',
+        'kanban_archive_ticket',
         'kanban_move_ticket',
         'kanban_search_tickets',
         'kanban_add_comment',
@@ -384,6 +385,22 @@ dew:
       expect(all.map((t) => t.id), ['TEST-0001', 'TEST-0002']);
     });
 
+    test('list excludes archive by default, includes with flag', () async {
+      final store = makeStore();
+      await store.create(title: 'Active', type: 'task', column: 'todo');
+      // Manually move to archive dir to simulate archived state.
+      final kanbanDir = Directory(p.join(tempDir.path, 'kanban'));
+      final archiveDir = Directory(p.join(kanbanDir.path, 'archive'));
+      await archiveDir.create(recursive: true);
+      final src = File(p.join(kanbanDir.path, 'todo', 'TEST-0001.md'));
+      await src.rename(p.join(archiveDir.path, 'TEST-0001.md'));
+
+      expect(await store.list(), isEmpty);
+      final withArchive = await store.list(includeArchived: true);
+      expect(withArchive, hasLength(1));
+      expect(withArchive.first.column, 'archive');
+    });
+
     test('update patches specified fields', () async {
       final store = makeStore();
       await store.create(title: 'Old', type: 'task', column: 'todo');