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Create an Update

Post an update (a comment) on an item, or reply to an existing update. Use to add a note to an item's activity feed; this changes no column value — use Update Column Values for that. Set Board ID, Item ID and Update Body, and set Parent Update ID only when replying to an existing update rather than starting a new thread. Example: Update Body Design approved, moving to build. Returns the new update's ID as a string. Use Get Board Items Page to find an Item ID. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's monday account once, then configure and run Create an Update 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-update",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    monday: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    updateBody: "Update Body",
    boardId: "Board 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 an Update inputs
Property Type Description
updateBody Update Body string
The update text
Required
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
itemId Item ID string
The item (row) to act on, as an item ID (e.g. 9876543210). Use Get Board Items Page to list a board's items, or Get Items By Column Value to find one by a column value.
Required Dynamic
parentId Parent Update ID string
The ID of an existing update to reply to, as returned by List Updates. Omit to start a new update thread on the item rather than replying to one.
Optional Dynamic

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-update
Version
0.0.19
App
monday
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes