The monday.com dependencies APIs enable you to read the dependency predecessors of the items on a board.

The types below are used by the dependencies queries, and are not independently queryable.

BoardDependencies

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Only available in API versions 2026-07 and later

A page of items with their dependency predecessor edges for a board. Returned by the board_dependencies query.

Field	Type	Description
items	`[ItemDependency!]`	The items on the current page, with their predecessor edges.
total_count	`Int`	The total number of items across all pages.

ItemDependency

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Only available in API versions 2026-07 and later

An item and all its dependency predecessor edges. Returned by the item_dependency query and in the items field of BoardDependencies.

Field	Type	Description
item_id	`ID`	The ID of the item.
predecessors	`[DependencyEdge!]`	The predecessor dependency edges of the item.

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Only available in API versions 2026-07 and later

A dependency edge representing a predecessor relationship between two items.

Field	Type	Description
source_item_id	`ID`	The ID of the predecessor item.
dependency_type	`DependencyRelation`	The type of dependency relationship between the items.
lag	`Int`	The lag in days between the predecessor and the dependent item. Can be negative.

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Only available in API versions 2026-07 and later

The type of dependency relationship between items.

Enum value	Description
`FS`	Finish to start: the dependent item can start only after the predecessor finishes.
`SS`	Start to start: the dependent item can start only after the predecessor starts.
`FF`	Finish to finish: the dependent item can finish only after the predecessor finishes.
`SF`	Start to finish: the dependent item can finish only after the predecessor starts.