Requests still arrive by email: client briefs, purchase orders, supplier notices, form alerts from old systems. FlowMattic's Email Parser gives you an address to forward them to, and the workflow turns each one into a monday.com item with the sender, subject and body in its columns. Teams plan the work on their board instead of copying it from an inbox.
22 triggers27 actions6 example workflows1 ready-made templateUnlimited runs
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When this happens in Email Parser2 triggers
Do this in Monday.com27 actions
1. TriggerEmail Received
2. ActionCreate Item
When Email Parser fires Email Received, FlowMattic runs Create Item in Monday.com with the data from that event.
You build this in the FlowMattic workflow builder on your own site. See the setup steps
Email Parser and Monday.com workflows you can build
Each one uses only triggers and actions the two integrations ship today, plus FlowMattic's own tools. Where the library has a ready-made template, import it instead of building from scratch.
Ready-made template
Create a monday.com item from each received email
Every email sent to the parser address becomes an item on your board, named after the subject, so incoming requests are assigned and tracked like any other task.
Text Formatter pulls a reference such as an order number from the subject. Get Item by Column Value finds the item with that number and Create Update posts the email to it.
Email Received (v2)→Text Formatter→Get Item by Column Value→Create Update
Fill board columns from a free-form email
An AI Agent reads the body and returns the client, due date and budget. The item is created and Change Multiple Columns Value fills each column, so the board is sortable from day one.
Email Received→AI Agent→Create Item→Change Multiple Columns Value
File each sender's emails in their own group
A Router reads the sender's address, so emails from each client or supplier are created in that client's group on the board instead of one long unsorted list.
Email Received→Router→Create Item
Split an order email into subitems per product
Order emails list several products. An AI Agent returns them as a list, and Iterator creates one subitem per product under the order's item, with quantity in its own column.
Email Received (v2)→Create Item→AI Agent→Iterator→Create Subitem
Mark items shipped when a dispatch notice arrives
Carriers and suppliers email when goods leave. The workflow finds the item by order number and changes its status column to shipped, so the board shows where each order is.
Email Received→Text Formatter→Get Item by Column Value→Change Multiple Columns Value
Set up: each email as a monday.com item
When you finish, every email that reaches your parser address is created as an item on the monday.com board you pick.
1
Connect monday.com
In Connects, add monday.com with an account that can create items on the target board.
2
Start with Email Received
Create a workflow with the Email Parser Email Received trigger. FlowMattic shows the address that belongs to this workflow.
3
Send a test email
Send or forward a typical email to that address, so the workflow captures the sender, subject and body.
4
Add Create Item
Add a monday.com Create Item step, choose the board and group, and use the subject as the item name.
5
Map and switch on
Map the sender and body into columns, test the step so an item appears on the board, then switch the workflow on.
Create a monday.com item from each received emailTemplate
1. Trigger in Email Parser
Email Received
2. Action in Monday.com
Create Item
Fields mapped from the earlier steps (a typical setup)
From Email Parser
To Monday.com
Subject
Item name
From email
Email column
From name
Text column: requester
Body text
Long text column
Received date
Date column
Built on the FlowMattic canvas. Test each step with real data, then switch the workflow on.
Triggers and actions in this pair
A trigger starts a workflow. An action is something FlowMattic does in the app as a step.
Good to know
Email Received and Email Received (v2) each give their own parser address. Send your test email to the address of the version you built the workflow on.
When you forward by hand, you become the sender. Use the original sender from the body, or set up automatic forwarding so the From field stays useful.
Get Item by Column Value only finds the item if the reference is stored in a column, so save the order or ticket number in a column when the item is created.
monday.com triggers such as Item Creation start their own workflows with other apps; the workflows on this page begin when an email reaches the parser address.
New Update PostedTriggers when a new update is posted in the system.
Column Change DetectedTriggers whenever any column in a specified board or dataset undergoes a change.
Item CreationTriggers when a new item is created in the system.
Item Moved to Any GroupTriggers when an item is moved to any group.
Item Moves to a Specific GroupTriggers when an item moves to a specific group.
Status Changes to a Specific ValueTriggers when a status changes to a specific value.
Item Name ChangesTriggers when the name of an item changes.
Subitem CreatedTriggers when a new subitem is created.
New Update Posted on a SubitemTriggers when a new update is posted on a subitem.
Any Subitem Column ChangesTriggers when any column of a subitem changes.
Subitem Name ChangesTriggers when the name of a subitem changes.
Item DeletedTriggers when an item is deleted from the system.
Subitem DeletedTriggers when a subitem is deleted from the system.
Item ArchivedTriggers when an item is archived.
Subitem ArchivedTriggers when a subitem is archived.
Item RestoredTriggers when an archived item is restored.
Column CreatedTriggers when a new column is created.
Subitem MovedTriggers when a subitem is moved to a different location or group.
Update ChangesTriggers when any update in the system changes.
Update DeletedTriggers when an update is deleted from the system.
Actions (27)
Get Board ValuesReturns the data for all columns in the specific board.
Get File Column ValuesReturns the data for a specific file column in the board.
Get Subitem ValuesReturns the subitems for a specific item in the board.
Get Item by Column ValueFind the items on a board whose column matches a given value
Get Column ValuesReturns the data for a specific column in the board.
Get Group DetailsReturns the group name for a specific board.
Get User DetailsReturns the details for a specific user.
Get FoldersReturns the folders for a specific board.
Get WorkspacesReturns the workspaces for a specific board.
Create BoardCreates a new board.
Create ColumnCreate a new column in a board.
Create ItemCreate a new Item in a board.
Create SubitemCreate a new subitem in an item.
Create GroupCreates a new group in a board.
Create UpdateCreate a new update.
Update Item NameUpdate an item's name.
Upload File to Specific ColumnUpload File To Specific Column.
Duplicate GroupDuplicate a group with its items.
Change Multiple Columns ValueChange multiple column values of an item.
Delete ItemDelete an item from a board.
Delete GroupDelete a specific group from a board.
Archive BoardArchives a board.
Archive ItemArchives an item.
Archive GroupArchives a specific group in a board.
Execute GraphQL QueryExecute a custom GraphQL query
Update SubitemUpdate a subitem with new data
Delete SubitemDelete a subitem from an item
Why run this pair with FlowMattic
Email Parser and Monday.com connect through FlowMattic on your own site, with no separate automation account in the middle and no charge per run.
Email requests land on the board
Work that arrives by email is planned, assigned and tracked in monday.com like everything else, instead of living in one person's inbox.
No mailbox to connect
The parser address comes from the workflow, so you only forward the emails you want and nothing else in your inbox is read.
Every email for the same price
FlowMattic runs on your own WordPress site with unlimited runs, so a shared inbox with hundreds of emails a day costs nothing extra.
Common questions
How do I create monday.com items from emails?
Create a FlowMattic workflow with the Email Parser Email Received trigger, which gives you an address to send emails to. Add a monday.com Create Item step, map the subject to the item name and the body to a column, test it and switch it on.
Can replies update the item instead of creating a new one?
Yes. Extract a reference from the subject with Text Formatter, find the item with Get Item by Column Value, then add the email as a comment with Create Update.
Can attachments go into a file column?
Upload File to Specific Column puts a file on an item. Check a captured test email to see whether the attachment comes through as a link you can map, then add the step after Create Item.
Do I need to give FlowMattic access to my mailbox?
No. You forward or redirect emails to the parser address. Set a forwarding rule in your mail app for the senders or subjects you want, and only those emails reach the workflow.
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Reviewed 27 Oct 2026. The example workflows are written with AI from the real triggers and actions of both integrations and checked against them. Email Parser integration 1.0, Monday.com integration 1.2.1.