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Need ideas for prompt when working with monday MCP? Here is a guide of ready to use prompts that demonstrate how to interact with monday.com boards, items, and workflows using natural language.

These prompts serve as starting points and demonstrations of available capabilities. Feel free to adapt them to your specific needs and discover how AI can help you explore and organize your monday.com data.

Prerequisites

MCP is preinstalled on all monday.com accounts.

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Starter prompts

Board management

"Create a board called 'Website refresh'."

"Add a status column with options: To Do, In Progress, Review, Done."

"Create a new AI column with the Detect Sentiment action, and classify all feedback to Positive, Negative, or Neutral."

Item operations

"Add a new task called 'Update homepage content.'"

"Find all items in the Development board that contain 'bug' in the name."

"Add a new task to view the Q4 budget based on the attached report."

Updates and comments

"Add a comment to the blog post creation task: 'Waiting for final copy from the content team.'"

"Create an update on the website launch project about the delay and tag Daniel and Alex."

Board exploration

"What items are currently in progress?"

"What changed in the marketing board over the last week?"

Updating items

“Change the status of the ‘Homepage redesign’ task to ‘Done’.”

“Assign the ‘API documentation’ task to Sarah.”

“Set the priority for the homepage redesign task to high.”

“Set the due date for ‘Q4 planning meeting’ to next Friday.”

“Mark the ‘Security audit’ task as complete and add a note about the findings.”

“Find the ‘Homepage redesign’ item and set Priority to ‘High’, Status to ‘Stuck’, and Owner to Daniel.”

“Reassign all items assigned to John in the ‘Customer Onboarding’ board to Alice.”

“For all items due this week in the ‘Launch plan’ board, set Status to ‘In Progress’ and add an update asking owners for blockers.”

Advanced prompts

Project setup and exploration

"Set up a complete product launch project: create a board called 'Product Launch Q3', add columns for status, assignee, priority, due date, and budget, then create initial tasks for research, design, development, and marketing phases."

"Create a client onboarding board with custom columns for client name, contact info, onboarding stage, and next action required."

Data analysis and reporting

"Create three new tasks in the Development board: 'Fix login timeout issue', 'Update API documentation for v2.0', and 'Review security patches for Q4'."

"Search for all items containing 'security audit' across my Development and QA boards, then create a summary report of their current status."

"Generate a weekly activity report for my Development board showing what happened in the last 7 days."

Board setup workflows

"Create a new client project setup: first create a board called 'Client Project - ABC Corp', add status and priority columns, then create an initial task called 'Project kickoff meeting'."

"Set up a bug tracking system: create a board called 'Bug Tracker', add columns for severity, assignee, reported by, and fix status, then create sample bug reports for 'Login timeout', 'Payment processing error', and 'Mobile app crash'."

"Organize my marketing campaign planning: create a board called 'Q4 Marketing Campaign', add tasks for content creation, design, social media, and analytics."

Document and knowledge management

"Create a project specification document attached to the client onboarding automation task with the following sections: overview, requirements, timeline, and deliverables."

"Create a new document in my 'Knowledge Base' workspace with our complete API documentation and usage examples."

"Read all documentation from my 'Technical Specs' board and create a summary of the main API endpoints covered."

"Create a troubleshooting guide document attached to the customer support process item with common solutions for login issues."

Data exploration and insights

"Create a status overview - find all items marked as 'Stuck' or 'Blocked' across all my boards and provide details about each one."

"Analyze my team's current workload by finding all active tasks and their current status across all boards."

"Track customer feedback - find all items in my 'Support Requests' board that mention customer satisfaction, then create a summary report."

"Show me all overdue items across my project boards."

Board organization and structure

"Set up a new client relationship tracking system - create a board for 'Client - TechCorp Inc', add appropriate columns for contact info, project status, and deliverables."

"Create a comprehensive project template - make a board called 'Project Template' with standard columns for task management, team coordination, and progress tracking."

"Organize project deliverables - create tasks for 'Proposal submission', 'Contract review', and 'Project kickoff' on the TechCorp board with detailed descriptions."

Complex data analysis

"Create an item called 'User dashboard redesign specifications' in the Product board, then create a detailed requirements document attached to it."

“Create a campaign board, add tasks for content creation, graphic design, social media scheduling, email campaign setup, and analytics tracking with detailed descriptions for each area."

"Set up a client approval workflow template: create items for 'Design mockup review', 'Content approval', and 'Final sign-off' in the client board with comprehensive documentation for each step."

Best practices

Review before confirming - always review AI-suggested changes before confirming actions that modify your workspace
Use comments and updates - document context and decisions using item updates
Be specific - include exact board names and clear descriptions for items
Test iteratively - start with simple prompts and gradually add complexity
Test with non-critical data - try new workflows on test boards first