Can monday.com change a task's status automatically when the tasks it depends on are done?

Description and use

monday.com offers a pre‑built automation that changes a dependent task’s status when a predecessor’s status changes, but it cannot enforce that all predecessors are finished and cannot send notifications directly. Separate automations are needed for notifications. The recipe works only with a single Dependency column and does not support multi‑level boards.

Problem

When a task’s predecessors finish, can monday.com automatically move the next task to “Working on it” and notify its owner?

Outcome

The pre‑built recipe allows a status change on a dependent task when any predecessor changes to the trigger value, but it cannot enforce that all predecessors are done, nor can it send notifications directly. Separate automations are required for notifications.

Workflow

• Create a board with a Dependency column.
• Add a status column (e.g., Status).
• In Automations Center, search for "dependency" and select the template "When a status changes to something, change the status of its dependency to something."
• Fill in the blanks: status column, trigger value (e.g., Done), Dependency column, new value (e.g., Working on it).
• Save the automation.
• Test by marking a predecessor Done and observing the successor’s status change.
• If notification is needed, add a separate automation: "When Status changes to Working on it, notify Person."

Evidence

In the automations center, searching "dependency" finds one pre-built template: "When a status changes to something, change the status of its dependency to something."

Source

monday's automation builder doesn’t support the Dependency column.

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The Dependency column itself only moves dates, never statuses.

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You can’t build anything else from scratch: monday's automation builder doesn’t support the Dependency column.

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