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Create Column

Add a column to an existing board. Use when a board is missing a field you need before setting values with Create Item or Update Column Values. Set Board ID, Title and Column Type (e.g. status, text, date, numbers). Custom Labels (Defaults) is accepted only when Column Type is status or dropdown and is rejected for any other type. Example: Title Priority, Column Type status, Custom Labels { "1": "High", "2": "Low" }. Returns the new column's ID as a string (e.g. status_1). Call List Columns afterwards to confirm the ID and the labels it accepts. See the documentation
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IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's monday account once, then configure and run Create Column from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "monday-create-column",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    monday: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    boardId: "Board ID",
    title: "Title",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Create Column inputs
Property Type Description
boardId Board ID string
The board to act on, as a board ID (e.g. 2419687965). Use List Board ID Options to look up a board ID by name.
Required Dynamic
title Title string
The title of the new column
Required
columnType Column Type string
The type of the new column
Required
description Description string
The description of the new column
Optional
defaults Custom Labels (Defaults) string
The new column's custom labels (defaults). Only valid when Column Type is status or dropdown — setting it for any other column type fails. Should be a JSON object in the format { "1": "Technology", "2": "Marketing" } where each key is the label ID and each value is the label text. See the documentation for more information
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
monday-create-column
Version
0.1.8
App
monday
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes