Overview

Building an app for monday.com? This guide walks you through the complete development process, from initial concept to marketplace launch. Whether you're creating your first integration or expanding your existing app's capabilities, follow this structured approach to ensure success.

Your monday app development journey consists of four distinct phases, each with specific goals:

Phase 1: App Definition

Define your app's purpose, identify target users, and validate market need

Phase 2: Technical Scoping

Plan technical architecture, select apps framework components, and design integration points

Phase 3: Building

Develop, test, and deploy your app

Phase 4: App Review

Submit for marketplace review

Phase 1: App Definition

Goal: Define what you're building and why it matters to users

In this phase, you'll identify the specific problem your app solves and how it creates value for monday.com users. The most successful apps integrate seamlessly into existing workflows and are part of a broader solution, rather than standalone tools.

Market Research

User Needs Assessment:

What gaps exist between monday.com and your product?
Which shared use cases would benefit from integration?
How do users currently handle these workflows manually? Competition Analysis:
What similar apps already exist in the marketplace?
How can your app differentiate itself?
What features are users requesting that aren't currently available?

Value Proposition

How does monday.com integration enhance their existing workflows?
What time savings or efficiency gains will they experience?
How does your platform extend monday.com's functionality?

⚠️ Marketplace Saturation Alert (Q4 2025)

Our marketplace already features a wide variety of apps, some of which share similar features or functionality. To encourage innovation and reduce redundancy, we recommend avoiding these heavily saturated areas:

Google integrations and embedded apps
Copy/ mirror column and item apps
WhatsApp integrations

Getting Started

Set Up Your Developer Environment

Full access to monday.com features
Developer-specific resources and support
Extended trial benefits for testing

Learn more here!

Explore Ideas

Not sure what to build? Check out our idea board for community-requested features and emerging opportunities.

Relevant Resources

Developer Account Setup

Get your development environment ready

Apps Framework Introduction

Understand the technical foundation

Community Ideas

Find inspiration from user requests

Phase 2: Technical Scoping

Goal: Design your app's technical architecture and plan implementation details

During this phase, you'll define exactly which APIs, authentication methods, and framework components your app will use. This is one of the most critical phases as proper technical scoping prevents changes later.

Authentication Strategy

Choose the authentication method that best fits your app's use case:

Best for: Most integrations requiring user authorization

Secure user consent flow
Token-based authentication
Automatic token refresh

App Type Selection

Integration Recipes

Perfect for: Automating workflows between monday.com and your platform.

Technical Requirements:

Custom trigger blocks for initiating workflows
Custom action blocks for executing operations
Input/output field mapping
Error handling and retry logic

Scoping Checklist:
Trigger event types identified
Action operations defined
Required input fields mapped
Output data structure planned
Error scenarios documented

Views & Widgets

Perfect for: Embedding your platform's interface within monday.com

Technical Requirements:

React component architecture
monday.com design system compliance
SDK integration
Responsive design

Scoping Checklist:
UI components identified
Data flow architecture planned
User interaction patterns defined
Performance requirements set
Responsive breakpoints planned

Relevant Resources

Authentication Guide

Choose the right auth method

API Reference

Explore available endpoints

Custom Fields Guide

Plan specialized data types

Phase 3: Building

Goal: Transform your technical plan into a working monday.com app

In the building phase, your team will build your app by applying all of the knowledge gained from the previous phase. This phase should go smoothly and efficiently if you have thoroughly scoped out your app.

Taking the integration recipe example from above, the building phase is where you will be creating your custom trigger, action, and field type blocks.

Iterative development

Build your app in focused iterations to catch issues early and adapt to discoveries:

Phase outcome

After completing this phase, you will have your new monday app that’s ready for submission to our apps review team. As such, we recommend preparing the graphical assets and marketing copy that will accompany your application in this phase as well.

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Phase 4: App review

The last phase in the monday app development cycle is the review phase.

At this point, your app should be built and should be ready for submission to our apps marketplace. In the review phase, you can expect some feedback from our team on your app.

Phase outcome

Once finished, your app will be available in our marketplace for our users!

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