A monday.com MCP server gives an AI client tools to read your boards, create and update items, move statuses and pull reports — so you can ask Claude to "list everything blocked on the launch board" or have an agent file a task from a chat thread. monday ships a first-party server, and there's a clean npx route for coding agents. Here's the setup.
Option A — official connector (recommended)
monday's MCP is preinstalled on every account, so the fastest path is the hosted connector. In Claude, open Connect your tools → Add connectors, find monday.com in the directory, click Connect, and complete the OAuth login. Return to the tools menu to enable monday actions for the conversation, then test with "List my monday.com boards."
Connecting the hosted connector needs a Pro/Max/Team/Enterprise plan, and your workspace admin may gate it under Admin → Permissions → AI Connectors. The hosted route keeps infrastructure on monday's side — no local process, automatic updates.
Option B — npx server (Claude Code / Cursor)
For a coding agent, run monday's official server locally with an API token:
{
"mcpServers": {
"monday": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["@mondaydotcomorg/monday-api-mcp@latest"],
"env": { "MONDAY_TOKEN": "your_monday_api_token" }
}
}
}
Generate the token from your monday profile (Developers → My access tokens). Restart the client; if no tools appear, check Node 18+ and see MCP config file location and Cursor MCP not working.
What you can ask
Once connected, the AI can summarise board state ("what's overdue across all my boards?"), create items from natural language, update column values and statuses, and surface patterns across groups. It pairs naturally with the wider project stack — see the monday agent profile and the Asana MCP setup if you run both.
Scope it safely
A project tool that can write will move real work items, so scope deliberately. Start with a read-oriented token to explore, add write scopes only when you want the agent to create or update, and keep a human in the loop for status changes that trigger automations. Never paste long-lived tokens into shared configs. See MCP security best practices and MCP permission scoping patterns.
Going further
Wire monday into a wider workflow with the product-manager loadout, browse the productivity category, or compare task tools with Linear MCP vs Jira MCP. For automation glue across many apps, see Zapier MCP vs n8n MCP.