Monday APIConnect Monday without building on its API
Monday has a GraphQL API. Any monday.com account can use the API, and free developer sandbox accounts are available. If you're reading the docs because you need Monday to talk to the rest of your stack, Caddi does that without you writing or maintaining integration code: you show it the job once, and it runs it across Monday and your other tools.
- APIGraphQL
- AuthPersonal API token or OAuth 2.0
- AccessSelf-serve
What the Monday API gives you
- Type
- GraphQL
- Authentication
- Personal API token or OAuth 2.0 (app tokens)
- Who can get access
- Any monday.com account can use the API, and free developer sandbox accounts are available.
- What it covers
- Boards, items, subitems, columns, groups, updates, users, teams, workspaces, and webhooks.
- Limits
- 10M complexity points per minute for personal tokens (1M on trial/free) and 1,000 to 5,000 requests per minute depending on plan (Enterprise 5,000, Pro 2,500).
Official docs: developer.monday.com. Checked September 2026. Vendors change access terms, so confirm with Monday before you build.
Building on the Monday API vs. having Caddi run it
| The job | Build it on the API | With Caddi |
|---|---|---|
| Getting access | Register an app, get Monday credentials, and manage tokens and refreshes. | Connect your Monday account once. Caddi holds the connection. |
| Writing the integration | A developer maps fields, handles pagination, retries and rate limits, and writes the sync. | You show Caddi the Monday task the way you'd train a new hire. It writes verified code for it. |
| Steps the API doesn't cover | Screens with no endpoint stay manual, or need a separate RPA tool. | Caddi uses a secure, audited browser session where there's no API, in the same automation. |
| The other systems in the loop | Each extra tool is another API, another set of credentials, another integration to own. | One automation runs across all the tools the job touches. |
| Keeping it running | Someone owns the code when the API version, fields or your process change. | Every automation is reviewed before it runs in production, and every run is logged. |
Building on the API is the right call when you have engineers and the integration is your product. When the goal is getting Monday work off someone's desk, the build is the slow part.
What teams usually want the Monday API for
Email-to-item
Caddi reads inbound request emails, opens the matching Monday item with the right column values, and confirms back to the sender.
CRM-driven board population
When deals or matters change state, Caddi creates or updates the matching Monday item with the standard task set.
Status write-back
When a Monday item completes, Caddi writes the result to the source system and notifies the original requester.
Monday API questions
Does Monday have an API?
Yes. Monday has a GraphQL API, authenticated with Personal API token or OAuth 2.0 (app tokens). The official documentation is at https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/.
How do I get access to the Monday API?
Any monday.com account can use the API, and free developer sandbox accounts are available.
Does the Monday API have rate limits?
10M complexity points per minute for personal tokens (1M on trial/free) and 1,000 to 5,000 requests per minute depending on plan (Enterprise 5,000, Pro 2,500).
Can I connect Monday to my other tools without writing code against its API?
Yes. With Caddi you show the Monday task once, the way you'd train a new hire, and Caddi builds it as verified code that runs across Monday and the other tools the job touches. Where a step has no API, Caddi uses a secure, audited browser session in the same automation.
Do I need a developer to automate Monday with Caddi?
No. There is no integration code for you to write or maintain. Every automation Caddi builds for Monday is reviewed before it runs in production, and every run is logged.
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