PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Trace and escalate the deepest cross-team blocker chain
When a high-priority delivery task stalls, an agent traces the full blocked-by chain across Monday and Linear, identifies the single root blocker.
How it runs
The automated pipeline, trigger to output.
- TriggerPriority task overdue and blockedmonday.com
- ActionTrace blocked-by chain across boardsLinear
- LogicIdentify the root blocker and impact
- ActionDraft escalation with chain summary
- OutputEscalate to root owner in SlackSlack
What it does
When a priority task is overdue and blocked, an agent follows the dependency chain across boards and tools, hop by hop, until it reaches the root blocker that everything downstream is waiting on, then escalates that one item with a clear impact narrative.
When to use it
Use it when blockers nest several layers deep across teams and nobody wants to manually trace "what is this actually waiting on?" The agent reasons over the chain and writes the escalation so a human just approves it.
How it works
- 1A Monday trigger fires when a priority item passes its due date while still blocked.
- 2The agent reads the blocker link and recursively follows blocked-by relationships across Monday and Linear until it finds an item with no upstream blocker.
- 3It assembles the chain, the root blocker, the affected downstream tasks, and an estimated delay impact.
- 4It drafts an escalation summary naming the root owner and the business cost of the stall.
- 5It posts the escalation to Slack, tagging the root blocker's owner and the original task's project lead.
Set it up
What you configure once, before turning it on.
- 1Connect monday.comVisual work management for teams.
- 2Connect LinearIssues, projects, cycles, triage.
- 3Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
- 4Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
- 5Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
- 6Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.
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