The moment it happens

Post monday.com item comments to a Slack channel

When someone writes an update on a monday.com item, the comment is posted to a Slack channel with the author and a link.

Runs: The moment it happens
Apps: Slack, monday.com
AI: Not needed
Access: boards:read, updates:read, webhooks:write; chat:write

Send this to your assistant

Create a ClickRuntime automation: when a new update is written on any item on my Clients board in monday.com, post the comment text, the author and the item name with a link to #client-work in Slack.

Paste it into your assistant. It tells you what it will send or change before it runs live.

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Why use it

Why teams use this automation

Important decisions often end up in monday.com item updates, where only the people subscribed to that item get notified.

Posting each comment to a shared Slack channel means the wider team sees approvals, client feedback and changes of plan when they happen.

People can still reply on the item itself; the Slack post is a window onto the conversation, with a link to join it.

What you get out of it

Decisions reach everyone
Client feedback and approvals written on an item appear where the team reads.
Arrives in seconds
The webhook fires as soon as the update is saved, not on a schedule.
Clean text
Formatting is stripped and long comments are cut short, so the channel stays readable.
Author and item named
Each post says who wrote it and on which item.
One click back
The link opens the item so people can reply in monday.com.

How it works

What happens, step by step

You add a webhook to your monday.com board for new updates.
When someone writes a comment on an item, ClickRuntime fetches the text, the author and the item.
Formatting is removed and long comments are shortened.
The comment is posted to your Slack channel with a link back to the item.

Before it runs live

Connect Slack, then invite the app to the channel (type /invite @ClickRuntime there)
Connect monday.com
Paste your automation's link into the other app's webhook settings

What you get

RunsThe moment it happens

Post monday.com item comments to a Slack channeljust nowSucceeded

Slack · #client-work💬 Daniel Ortiz on *Harbor Foods – Q1 campaign* "Client approved the second banner. They want the CTA in green and the launch moved to Jan 14." https://acme.monday.com/boards/6102/pulses/88431

Build your own

Need it to work differently?

This template is a starting point. Copy the prompt and change it, or describe a different automation from scratch, with your own conditions, more apps or an AI step. Your assistant writes it, tests it and runs it on ClickRuntime.

Your own rules
Conditions, thresholds, filters and exceptions, written the way you'd explain them to a colleague.
Any number of apps
One automation can read from one app and update several others. Over 248 apps are ready, and anything with an API works too.
AI where it helps
Summaries, classification, extraction and drafts use ClickRuntime's built-in AI, with no extra key.
On a schedule or on each event
Runs as often as every 5 minutes, or the moment an app sends an event, and keeps track of what it already handled.

Changes you can ask for

Act only on the items that match your own rules, and skip the rest
Add an AI step, for example to summarize, sort or draft a reply
Add another app, for example also send it to Google Sheets
Combine it with other Slack and monday.com steps into one automation

Under the hood

The code that runs this automation

This is the Python script that runs each time the automation starts. Your AI assistant writes it for you when you send the prompt, and you allow each step in your assistant. To change how the automation works, describe the change to your assistant and it updates the script for you. For every function it can use, see the script reference.

post_monday_com_item_comments_to_a_slack_channel.pyexample

import re
from clickruntime import on_event, credentials, http, notify

UPDATE = """query ($id: [ID!]) { updates(ids: $id) { text_body creator { name }
  item { name url } } }"""
def monday(query, **variables):
    resp = http.post("https://api.monday.com/v2", json={"query": query, "variables": variables},
                     headers={"Authorization": credentials.secret("MONDAY_API_TOKEN"), "API-Version": "2024-10"})
    resp.raise_for_status()
    return resp.json()["data"]

@on_event
def handle(event):
    body = event.json or {}
    if "challenge" in body:
        return {"challenge": body["challenge"]}
    ev = body.get("event", {})
    update_id = ev.get("updateId")
    if not update_id:
        return {"skipped": "no update id"}
    u = monday(UPDATE, id=[update_id])["updates"][0]
    text = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", u["text_body"] or "").strip()
    if len(text) > 600:
        text = text[:600] + "…"
    item = u["item"] or {"name": "an item", "url": ""}
    notify.slack(f"💬 {u['creator']['name']} on *{item['name']}*\n\"{text}\"\n{item['url']}", channel="#client-work")
    return {"posted": update_id}

FAQ

Common questions

Are replies to updates posted too?

The create_update webhook fires for new updates. Ask your assistant to also register the reply event if you want replies in the channel.

Will images or files in the comment come through?

The text is posted with a link to the item. Files stay in monday.com and open from the link.

Can it skip comments from certain people?

Yes. Give your assistant a list of names or an email domain to ignore, for example your own automation user.

What permissions does it need?

boards:read, updates:read, webhooks:write; chat:write. Nothing else in your accounts is used.

Does it need AI?

No. It runs without AI, so it doesn't use your plan's AI allowance.

How many runs does it use?

One run for each event the app sends.

Can I change how it works?

Yes. Describe the change to your AI assistant, for example a different schedule, channel or filter. It updates the automation, tests it and tells you what changed.

The moment it happens