diff --git a/backend/internal/db/queries/tasks.sql b/backend/internal/db/queries/tasks.sql
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+-- name: ListTasksByTablo :many
+SELECT id, tablo_id, title, description, status, position, created_at, updated_at
+FROM tasks
+WHERE tablo_id = $1
+ORDER BY status, position, created_at;
+
+-- name: InsertTask :one
+INSERT INTO tasks (tablo_id, title, description, status, position)
+VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5)
+RETURNING id, tablo_id, title, description, status, position, created_at, updated_at;
+
+-- name: GetTaskByID :one
+SELECT id, tablo_id, title, description, status, position, created_at, updated_at
+FROM tasks
+WHERE id = $1 AND tablo_id = $2;
+
+-- name: UpdateTask :one
+UPDATE tasks
+SET title = $2, description = $3, status = $4, position = $5, updated_at = now()
+WHERE id = $1
+RETURNING id, tablo_id, title, description, status, position, created_at, updated_at;
+
+-- name: DeleteTask :exec
+DELETE FROM tasks WHERE id = $1 AND tablo_id = $2;
+
+-- name: MaxPositionByTabloAndStatus :one
+SELECT COALESCE(MAX(position), 0)::integer AS max_position
+FROM tasks
+WHERE tablo_id = $1 AND status = $2;
diff --git a/backend/migrations/0004_tasks.sql b/backend/migrations/0004_tasks.sql
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+-- migrations/0004_tasks.sql
+-- Phase 4: Tasks (Kanban)
+
+-- +goose Up
+
+-- ENUM declaration order must match visual left-to-right column order (Pitfall 6).
+CREATE TYPE task_status AS ENUM ('todo', 'in_progress', 'in_review', 'done');
+
+CREATE TABLE tasks (
+    id          uuid        PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
+    tablo_id    uuid        NOT NULL REFERENCES tablos(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    title       text        NOT NULL,
+    description text,
+    status      task_status NOT NULL DEFAULT 'todo',
+    position    integer     NOT NULL DEFAULT 100,
+    created_at  timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+    updated_at  timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT now()
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX tasks_tablo_id_status_idx ON tasks(tablo_id, status, position);
+
+-- +goose Down
+-- Table MUST be dropped before type (Pitfall 3 — type is still referenced by table column).
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS tasks;
+DROP TYPE IF EXISTS task_status;