PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Monday critical-path daily digest of at-risk dependency chains

Each morning this scans Monday boards for blocked items whose upstream dependency is now late, ranks the chains by slip size.

CategoryProject Management
Enginesim
Difficultyintermediate
Triggerschedule
Steps5
Setup~15 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerWeekday morning schedule before standup
  • ActionQuery Monday boards for blocked items with late upstreamsmonday.com
  • LogicCompute chain slip and tag severity red/amber
  • ActionSummarize at-risk chains into standup-ready textOpenAI
  • OutputPost ranked critical-path digest to Slack channelSlack

What it does

Instead of reacting to one date change at a time, this gives a daily snapshot of every dependency chain that is currently at risk. It finds blocked items whose upstream dependency has slipped past its due date, measures how far the chain is now off, and delivers a ranked digest so the team opens standup already knowing where to focus.

When to use it

Use it for a recurring standup or planning channel when you want one trustworthy at-risk list each morning rather than ad-hoc pings throughout the day.

How it works

  1. 1A scheduled trigger runs every weekday morning before standup.
  2. 2The flow queries the relevant Monday boards and follows dependency links to find blocked items with a late or overdue upstream.
  3. 3A logic step computes each chain's total slip and tags severity (red over a week, amber 1-7 days).
  4. 4OpenAI turns the raw chains into a tight human summary that names the bottleneck item, the owner, and the downstream impact.
  5. 5The digest posts to a Slack channel, sorted worst-first, with deep links into each Monday item.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect monday.comVisual work management for teams.
  2. 2
    Connect OpenAIModels, embeddings, files.
  3. 3
    Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
  4. 4
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  5. 5
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  6. 6
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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