We’re introducing a new automation builder designed to make creating automations faster, more powerful, and more intuitive, while keeping the familiar sentence-based structure you already know. The new experience unlocks significantly more flexibility and control, helping you build advanced workflows with less effort and fewer workarounds.

The new automation builder expands what’s possible with automations in monday, giving you more ways to express logic, reuse data, and work seamlessly across items and subitems.

New automation builder capabilities

Generate with AI action block

The Generate with AI action block allows you to input a custom prompt that will execute the action on a text column (for exmaple translate, summarize, and so on).

Please note that this block can perform actions only on Text columns.

AI Smart Condition block

The Smart condition block lets you create dynamic conditions using AI, so you don’t need to manually define every rule. Describe when the condition should lead to "Yes" in simple language, and the automation will evaluate the data accordingly and proceed to the automation action after the condition is met.

To use it in an automation, add the Smart condition as a condition and then click on the Smart condition section and define the logic for the condition to be met. Then you can finish setting up the rest of the automation.

Write automations in plain language

You can describe the automation you want using a plain-text prompt, in any language. An AI-powered feature translates your request into a complete automation, making it easier than ever to get started, whether you’re building something simple or complex.

Full support for items and subitems

All triggers and actions in the new builder support both items and subitems. This means you can apply the same automation logic across your entire board structure without limitations or separate setups.

The subitem option will only appear in the action block if the trigger block has a subitem column selected.

HTML support in email body

The new builder supports using HTML formatting in the Email body so you can send customized and fully designed emails through your automation.

No Update created when email sent

In the old automation builder, when an automation is created to send an email, it will create a new Update with a copy of that email.

The new automation builder will not create a new Update with a copy of the email sent in the Updates section.

More flexible date actions

Date-based automations are now significantly more powerful. Instead of being limited to setting a date to “Today,” you can choose any date, reference another date column, or build multi-step logic, for example, setting a date and then adding or subtracting days.

This opens the door to more precise timelines, dependencies, and deadline management directly within automations.

Smarter, dynamic data everywhere

Dynamic data from triggers is now available across all pickers in the builder. This means you can easily reuse values from the triggers like dates, people, or statuses throughout your automation, without manual duplication.

Workflow entity ID

For automations created in the new automations builder, when looking at the automation's Info tab, you will now see a Workflow entity ID listed instead of an automation ID and recipe ID. 

Limitations in the initial release

While the new automation builder introduces major improvements, a few capabilities won’t be available in the initial phase:

How the transition will work

The rollout of the new automation builder is designed to be gradual and non-disruptive.

This approach ensures you can continue working as usual, while gradually exploring and adopting the new capabilities when you’re ready.