Monday.com - Add Update

↩ Part of the Monday.com integration.

Description

This module posts an update — what Monday calls the comments in an item’s activity feed — with the create_update GraphQL mutation:

mutation($item_id: ID!, $body: String!) {
  create_update(item_id: $item_id, body: $body) { id }
}

Updates are the natural place to leave an automated trace: what the workflow did, when, and with what result, without touching any column.

Configuration

Field	Type	Required	Description
`credentials_id`	credentials	Yes	Monday credential
`item_id`	text	Yes	Numeric item id
`body`	textarea	Yes	Update / comment text

Credentials

This module requires a Monday credential.

Field	Description
`token`	Personal API token (Avatar → Developers → My access tokens)
`timeout`	Optional. Request timeout in milliseconds (default 20000)

Output

{
  "nextModule": null,
  "data": { "id": "445566778" },
  "_meta": {
    "moduleVersion": "1.0.0",
    "success": true,
    "id": "445566778",
    "totalMs": 214
  }
}

Note that _meta.id here is the id of the new update, not the id of the item.

Usage Example

Log the result of an automated step

{
  "credentials_id": 8,
  "item_id": "{{data.id}}",
  "body": "Invoice {{data.invoice}} issued for {{data.amount}} EUR on {{data.date}}."
}

Warn about a failure

{
  "credentials_id": 8,
  "item_id": "987654321",
  "body": "The sync failed: {{data.error.message}}. The workflow will retry automatically."
}

Notes

The update is posted by the owner of the token, so it shows up under that user’s name in the item feed. Consider a dedicated integration user if you do not want it attributed to a person.
body accepts basic HTML, which is how Monday renders updates. Plain text works fine too.
Both item_id and body are required. If either resolves to an empty value the node fails before calling Monday.
Notifications and mentions follow Monday’s own rules: subscribers of the item get notified about the new update.

Monday.com - Update Item — change columns instead of writing in the feed.
Monday.com - Create Item — create the item the update belongs to.
Monday.com - Get Item — get the item id you need here.