PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Relay Monday blocker resolution back to the waiting task

Watches a shared Monday workspace for blocker items that flip to Done, finds every task on other boards waiting on them, clears the blocked status, and pings the owners in Slack.

CategoryProject Management
Enginesim
Difficultyintermediate
Triggerevent
Steps5
Setup~15 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerMonday item status changedmonday.com
  • LogicKeep only completed cross-board blockers
  • ActionFind waiting tasks linked to this blockermonday.com
  • ActionClear blocked status on each waiting taskmonday.com
  • OutputNotify unblocked owners in SlackSlack

What it does

When a blocker item is marked complete on any Monday board, this workflow finds the downstream tasks that were waiting on it — even on entirely different teams' boards — automatically clears their blocked flag, and notifies the people who can now move.

When to use it

Use it when teams link dependencies across boards with a "Blocked by" connect-boards column and tasks keep sitting blocked for days after the blocker is already resolved. It closes the gap between "blocker done" and "downstream team finds out."

How it works

  1. 1A Monday item-update trigger fires when any item's status changes.
  2. 2A filter keeps only items whose status became Done and that appear as a blocker in another board's dependency column.
  3. 3The workflow queries Monday for all linked items referencing the completed blocker.
  4. 4For each waiting task it sets the Status column from Blocked to Ready.
  5. 5It posts a Slack message to each task owner naming the unblocked task and the blocker that cleared.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

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

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