# Create Item — monday

> 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…

- Key: `monday-create-item`
- Type: Action (Write)
- Version: 0.1.9
- App: monday (`monday`) — https://pipedream.com/apps/monday.md
- This page (HTML): https://pipedream.com/apps/monday/actions/create-item
- Hints: open-world
- Source: https://github.com/PipedreamHQ/pipedream/blob/master/components/monday/actions/create-item/create-item.mjs

## Description

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](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/reference/items#create-an-item)

## Props

| Prop | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `boardId` | `string` | Yes | 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. Options are loaded from the connected account. |
| `groupId` | `string` | No | 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. Options are loaded from the connected account. |
| `itemName` | `string` | Yes | The new item's name |
| `createLabels` | `boolean` | No | 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. |
| `columnValues` | `object` | No | 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 |

## Run it

**MCP**

```ts
import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js"
import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js"
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 accessToken = await pd.rawAccessToken

const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "monday",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "monday-create-item",
  arguments: {
    boardId: "Board ID",
    groupId: "Group ID",
  },
})
```

**TypeScript**

```ts
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)
```

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -d '{
    "external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
    "id": "monday-create-item",
    "configured_props": {
      "monday": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
      "boardId": "Board ID",
      "groupId": "Group ID"
    }
  }'
```

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- App: https://pipedream.com/apps/monday.md · All apps: https://pipedream.com/apps