Use this tool to create an automation on a monday.com board from a structured natural-language description. You don't need to know the exact automation blocks or their fields — describe the user's intent clearly and the tool translates it into supported triggers, conditions, and actions.

Use this tool only when you know the boardId, the intended trigger, at least one intended action, and any details relevant to the trigger, conditions, or actions. If a required detail is missing, ask the user before calling the tool.

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If the tool returns status: "needs_clarification", present the unresolved fields to the user, gather answers, then call the tool again.

Parameters

Describe the automation in this format:

Trigger:
  When <the event that should start the automation>
  Details:
    <relevant detail>: <value>

Conditions:
  - Only if <condition that should be true>

Actions:
  - <action the automation should perform>:
      <relevant detail>: <value>

Rules: use one trigger; conditions are optional (multiple conditions mean AND); use one or more actions; no branching; use natural language, not block IDs. Actions may reference trigger context such as {{item name}}, {{creator}}, {{status}}, {{group}}, or {{board}}.

Example

Create an automation that notifies someone and moves an item when a new item is created:

{
  "boardId": "1234567890",
  "userPrompt": "Trigger:\n  When a new item is created\n\nActions:\n  - Send a notification:\n      Recipient: John Snow\n      Title: Important Update\n      Message: The item \"{{item name}}\" was created.\n  - Move the item to a group:\n      Group: Top group"
}

The tool returns the created automation, or a needs_clarification status with the fields it still needs.

Programmatic equivalent

This tool calls the monday.com automation builder service. Automations are primarily managed through the monday.com interface or via the MCP — there is no direct public GraphQL equivalent.