mcli — monday.com CLI

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A CLI for monday.com's GraphQL API. Works standalone or as a skill inside Claude Code and other coding agents.

Install via agent (recommended)

Paste this as a message to your agent and it will set itself up:

Set up the monday.com skill for this project. Add the following to this project's agent context file (e.g. CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, GEMINI.md, .cursor/rules, or .github/copilot-instructions.md — whichever applies to you):

## monday.com
Use `npx @itsalexr/mcli` to interact with monday.com. No install needed.
Set MONDAY_TOKEN env var for auth, or run `npx @itsalexr/mcli auth login` once.

Key commands:
- `npx @itsalexr/mcli boards list [--workspace-id <id>]`
- `npx @itsalexr/mcli boards schema <boardId>` — columns and groups
- `npx @itsalexr/mcli boards columns create <boardId> --type text --title "Notes"`
- `npx @itsalexr/mcli items list <boardId> [--columns] [--table]`
- `npx @itsalexr/mcli items create <boardId> --name "Task"`
- `npx @itsalexr/mcli items subitem <parentItemId> --name "Sub-task"`
- `npx @itsalexr/mcli items duplicate <boardId> <itemId>`
- `npx @itsalexr/mcli items delete <itemId>`
- `npx @itsalexr/mcli updates list <itemId>` — read comments
- `npx @itsalexr/mcli updates create <itemId> "comment text"`
- `npx @itsalexr/mcli docs list [--workspace-id <id>]`
- `npx @itsalexr/mcli docs create --workspace-id <id> --name "My Doc"`
- `npx @itsalexr/mcli users list`
- `npx @itsalexr/mcli users teams`
- `npx @itsalexr/mcli search "term" [--type boards|docs|all]`
- `npx @itsalexr/mcli graphql '<query>'`

Then check whether MONDAY_TOKEN is set in the environment. If not, run npx @itsalexr/mcli auth login so I can authenticate.

Install manually

npm install -g @itsalexr/mcli

Or run without installing:

npx @itsalexr/mcli boards list

Authentication

Get your API token: monday.com → Avatar → Administration → Connections → Personal API Token

mcli auth login    # interactive setup, saves token to ~/.env
mcli auth status   # verify token and show current user
mcli auth logout   # remove stored token

Or set the environment variable directly:

export MONDAY_TOKEN=your_token_here

Commands

User & workspaces

mcli me
mcli workspaces
mcli workspaces --limit 10 --page 2
mcli workspaces create --name "My Workspace" --kind open   # kind: open or closed

Boards

mcli boards list
mcli boards list --workspace-id 12345
mcli boards get <boardId>
mcli boards schema <boardId>                                # columns and groups only
mcli boards create --name "My Board"                        # kind: public (default), private, share
mcli boards activity <boardId>                              # last 30 days by default
mcli boards activity <boardId> --from 2026-01-01 --to 2026-02-01

mcli boards columns create <boardId> --type text --title "Notes"
mcli boards columns create <boardId> --type status --title "Priority" --description "Task priority"
mcli boards columns delete <boardId> <columnId>

Items

mcli items list <boardId>
mcli items list <boardId> --columns          # include column values
mcli items list <boardId> --limit 50 --cursor <cursor>

mcli items create <boardId> --name "My Task"
mcli items create <boardId> --name "My Task" --group-id grp1 --column-values '{"status": "Done"}'

mcli items update-columns <boardId> <itemId> '{"status": "In Progress"}'

mcli items delete <itemId>
mcli items move <itemId> --group <groupId>
mcli items subitem <parentItemId> --name "Sub-task"         # create subitem under a parent
mcli items duplicate <boardId> <itemId>                     # duplicate an item
mcli items duplicate <boardId> <itemId> --with-updates      # also copy comments

Updates (comments)

mcli updates create <itemId> "This is a comment"
mcli updates list <itemId>                   # read comments
mcli updates list <itemId> --limit 10 --page 2

Groups

mcli groups create <boardId> --name "Sprint 1"
mcli groups create <boardId> --name "Done" --color done

Users & teams

mcli users list
mcli users list --table
mcli users list --limit 200 --page 2        # paginate for large accounts
mcli users teams                             # list all teams
mcli users teams --table

Docs

mcli docs list                               # list all docs
mcli docs list --workspace-id 12345          # filter by workspace
mcli docs create --workspace-id 12345 --name "My Doc"
mcli docs create --workspace-id 12345 --name "My Doc" --content "# Hello\nSome content"
mcli docs create --workspace-id 12345 --name "My Doc" --kind private
mcli docs content <docId> "## New Section\nContent here"   # add content to existing doc

Folders

mcli folders create --workspace-id 12345 --name "Sprint Docs"
mcli folders create --workspace-id 12345 --name "Archive" --color bright-red

Notifications

mcli notifications create --user <userId> --target <itemId> --text "Task ready" --type Project
mcli notifications create --user <userId> --target <updateId> --text "See this" --type Post

Search

mcli search "tasks"                          # search boards by name
mcli search "tasks" --table
mcli search "tasks" --type docs              # search docs only
mcli search "tasks" --type all               # search boards and docs

Raw GraphQL

mcli graphql '{ me { id name email } }'
mcli graphql 'query { boards(limit: 5) { id name } }'
mcli graphql 'query GetBoard($id: ID!) { boards(ids: [$id]) { id name } }' --variables '{"id": "12345"}'

Output

All commands output JSON by default. Add --table for human-readable output:

mcli boards list --table
mcli items list <boardId> --table

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Use with coding agents

Claude Code CLI (plugin — recommended)

Note: These slash commands only work in the Claude Code CLI (claude in terminal) and VS Code/JetBrains extensions. They do not work in the Claude desktop app.

Requires Claude Code v2.1.128+. Type these as slash commands directly in the Claude Code chat — not as prompts to the AI:

/plugin marketplace add itsalexr/mcli
/plugin install monday@monday-cli
/reload-plugins

The plugin puts mcli in PATH automatically. The Claude Code plugin lives in claude-plugin/ inside this repo.

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Development

npm run build          # compile TypeScript
npm test               # run all tests
npx jest --testPathPattern=boards   # run a specific module's tests
npm run dev            # run via ts-node (no build step)

Publishing

npm run build
npm publish --access public

Configuration

Variable	Description
MONDAY_TOKEN	API token (required)
API_VERSION	monday.com API version (default: 2026-07)