Technical Overview

How monday2github Works

monday2github is a webhook-based integration that listens for GitHub events and updates monday.com task status through the full deployment lifecycle. Setup takes 5 minutes. Here is how everything connects.

Architecture

Three systems connected by webhooks.

GH

GitHub

Sends webhook events when PRs are opened, commits are pushed, and code is deployed

m2g

monday2github

Receives events, extracts task links, determines status changes, calls monday.com API

M

monday.com

Receives API calls, updates task status, posts notifications to task activity feed

GitHub→ webhook →monday2github→ API →monday.com

Setup in 4 Steps

From zero to automatic status updates in 5 minutes.

1

Connect GitHub

Sign up and connect your GitHub organization via OAuth. monday2github installs as a GitHub App with read access to repository events.

OAuth flow, no tokens to manage manually.

2

Connect monday.com

Authorize your monday.com workspace. monday2github uses the monday.com API to update task status and post notifications.

Standard OAuth, scoped to boards you select.

3

Configure your pipeline

Map your branches to deployment stages. Tell monday2github which branch represents Dev, Staging, and Production. Choose your status column.

Example: develop → Dev, staging → Staging, main → Production.

4

Push your first commit

Open a PR with a monday.com task URL. Push code. Watch the task update automatically. That is the entire setup.

First webhook event triggers within seconds.

Webhook Event Flow

Every GitHub event maps to a monday.com action.

GitHub EventWhat Happensmonday.com Result
pull_request.openedA developer opens a pull requestTask status changes to 'Code Review'
push (commits)Commits are pushed to the PR branchCommit messages posted as task updates
pull_request.closed (merged)PR is approved and mergedTask status changes to 'Deployed to Dev'
push (to staging branch)Code is promoted to staging environmentTask status changes to 'Deployed to Staging'
push (to production branch)Release goes liveTask status changes to 'Deployed to Production'
deployment_statusPreview deployment completesPreview URL posted to task

Key Design Decisions

Status Only Moves Forward

A task that is "Deployed to Staging" cannot go back to "Code Review." Status priority ensures the board always reflects the furthest deployment stage. This prevents issues with cherry-picks and backfills.

Idempotent Processing

The same webhook event can be processed multiple times safely. Duplicate detection ensures a status change happens once, even if GitHub retries the webhook delivery.

Webhook Verification

Every incoming webhook is verified using HMAC SHA-256 with timing-safe comparison. This ensures events are genuinely from GitHub and have not been tampered with.

Configurable Pipelines

Not every team has the same deployment pipeline. monday2github supports N-stage pipelines that you configure per organization. Two stages, four stages, or anything in between.

Security and Privacy

No access to source code. Only PR metadata and commit messages.
OAuth tokens stored encrypted. Never logged or exposed.
HMAC SHA-256 webhook verification on every request.
Zero lock-in. Uninstall and everything works as before.

Frequently Asked Questions

monday2github scans PR descriptions and commit messages for monday.com URLs. When it finds a URL like 'monday.com/boards/123/pulses/456', it extracts the board ID and item ID and uses the monday.com API to update that specific task.

Ready to connect GitHub and monday.com?

5-minute setup. Free for 3 repositories. First status update happens on your next PR.