diff --git a/lexicons/site/exosphere/kanban.entry.json b/lexicons/site/exosphere/kanban.entry.json
index c4f501e..947dab6 100644
--- a/lexicons/site/exosphere/kanban.entry.json
+++ b/lexicons/site/exosphere/kanban.entry.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
         "required": [
           "title",
           "status",
+          "statusType",
           "subject"
         ],
         "properties": {
@@ -33,6 +34,17 @@
               "done"
             ]
           },
+          "statusType": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "Canonical status type the column maps to. Third-party indexers use this to categorize user-defined slugs without needing the sphere's column config.",
+            "knownValues": [
+              "backlog",
+              "planned",
+              "started",
+              "completed",
+              "canceled"
+            ]
+          },
           "subject": {
             "type": "string",
             "format": "did",
diff --git a/lexicons/site/exosphere/kanban.status.json b/lexicons/site/exosphere/kanban.status.json
index 48810a6..d2887c7 100644
--- a/lexicons/site/exosphere/kanban.status.json
+++ b/lexicons/site/exosphere/kanban.status.json
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
         "type": "object",
         "required": [
           "subject",
-          "status"
+          "status",
+          "statusType"
         ],
         "properties": {
           "subject": {
@@ -28,6 +29,17 @@
               "in-progress",
               "done"
             ]
+          },
+          "statusType": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "Canonical status type the column maps to. Third-party indexers use this to categorize user-defined slugs without needing the sphere's column config.",
+            "knownValues": [
+              "backlog",
+              "planned",
+              "started",
+              "completed",
+              "canceled"
+            ]
           }
         }
       }