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Create Item

Create an item (a row) on a board. Use for a top-level row; use Create Subitem for a row nested under an existing item. Set Board ID and Item Name, and optionally Group ID and Column Values. Call List Columns first to get the column IDs and the labels a status or dropdown column accepts. Example: Item Name Website redesign, Column Values { "status": "Working on it", "date4": "2026-09-02", "numbers": 42 }. Set Item Create Labels to true to allow missing status/dropdown labels to be created, which requires permission to change the board structure. Returns the new item's ID as a string (e.g. 9876543210). See the documentation
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IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's monday account once, then configure and run Create Item 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-item",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    monday: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    boardId: "Board ID",
    groupId: "Group ID",
  },
})

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 Item 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
groupId Group ID string
The group (a titled section of rows) to place the item in, as a group ID (e.g. new_group12345). Use List Boards and read the board's groups array to find group IDs, or Create Group to make a new one. Omit to use the board's top group.
Optional Dynamic
itemName Item Name string
The new item's name
Required
createLabels Item Create Labels boolean
Set to true to create any status or dropdown label named in Column Values that does not exist yet. Requires permission to change the board structure; leave unset to have unknown labels rejected instead.
Optional
columnValues Column Values object
The column values to set, as column ID → value pairs. Example: { "status": "Done", "date4": "2026-09-02", "numbers": 42 }. Use List Columns to discover column IDs and the allowed labels for status/dropdown columns. See the Column types reference for the value each column type expects
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-item
Version
0.1.9
App
monday
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes