Connected Boards Automations - The Complete Guide
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Connected Boards Automations is the monday.com app that brings true automation power across boards — auto-connect items, two-way sync, cross-board workflows, mirror status, and more.
Available on the monday.com Marketplace . This guide is the complete reference: start here, follow the path that fits you, and ship your first cross-board automation in minutes.
What you can do
- Connect items AND keep them in sync two-way — auto-link items across boards AND keep matching columns aligned automatically (the flagship combo)
- Auto-connect items by matching value — on creation, status change, column change, or move
- Push column values, updates, dates, and names between items already linked across boards
- React to a connected item's change — sync status, move to group, copy updates, remove dependencies
- Connect items to subitems across boards — item↔item, item↔subitem, subitem↔item, subitem↔subitem all supported
The flagship: Connect + Sync. monday has no native cross-board sync. The Mirror column shows you a connected value but can't write back or be edited — there's no way to keep two boards' columns aligned without an app like this.
Connected Boards Automations does it in one recipe: auto-connect items by matching value AND keep every matching column synced two-way, automatically. The top-2 most-used recipes in the app both live in Connect + Sync .
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Where should I start?
How we compare to monday.com native
monday.com 's native connect & mirror columns let you link boards manually, but they stop short of true cross-board automation. Connected Boards Automations fills the gap — click any capability to jump to its dedicated guide.
Connect column lets you link manually. No automation that finds matches and links automatically.
Auto-connect on item creation, status change, column change, or move — with equals / contains / starts-with logic.
No native cross-board sync. Mirror columns only display connected values — read-only, can't be edited or written back to.
True bidirectional sync — change a value on either board and the other updates automatically.
No way to react to events on a connected item from another board.
Sync status, move groups, copy updates, or remove dependencies when a connected item changes.
No way to shift connected item dates when a date changes here.
Adjust connected item dates by offset, by status change, or by +X days/weeks.
Updates live on a single item. No way to push them to connected items.
Copy updates from item or subitem to all connected items, automatically.
Native connect doesn't span the subitem-to-item boundary cleanly.
Item-to-item, item-to-subitem, subitem-to-item, and subitem-to-subitem all supported.
Connections persist until manually removed.
Remove connection or dependency when a status changes — keeps board relationships clean.
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