Automate Cross-Project Dependency Tracking between Jira and Monday

Description

Keep your product and project teams perfectly aligned by automatically syncing task dependencies between Jira and Monday.com. This workflow ensures real-time visibility into cross-platform blockers and dependencies, allowing smoother delivery across multiple teams and tools. 🔄📅💼

What This Template Does

• Step 1: Trigger the workflow on a schedule or manual run.
• Step 2: Fetch project tasks and dependencies from Jira.
• Step 3: Retrieve matching items from Monday.com based on linked project IDs or issue keys.
• Step 4: Compare dependencies between both systems.
• Step 5: Identify mismatched or missing dependencies across platforms.
• Step 6: Send summarized reports to Slack or Gmail for team visibility.
• Step 7: Optionally update Monday.com or Jira items with dependency status tags.

Key Benefits

✅ Maintain alignment across multiple projects and teams.
✅ Detect and resolve dependency conflicts before they cause delays.
✅ Automate visibility — no more manual cross-checking.
✅ Simplify multi-tool management for product and engineering leads.

Features

• Integration between Jira Cloud and Monday.com API
• Cross-dependency comparison logic
• Scheduled or manual execution
• Slack/Gmail notifications for updates or conflicts
• Custom mapping for project and issue identifiers

Requirements

• Jira Cloud account with API credentials
• Monday.com API key or OAuth2 token
• Optional: Slack or Gmail credentials for notifications
• n8n instance (cloud or self-hosted)

Target Audience

• Product and Project Managers coordinating across tools 🧩
• Engineering Leads overseeing multi-platform sprints ⚙️
• PMOs managing dependencies across cross-functional teams 📊
• Operations teams aiming for unified delivery visibility 📈

Step-by-Step Setup Instructions

• Connect your Jira and Monday.com credentials in n8n.
• Map project identifiers or keys between Jira and Monday.com.
• (Optional) Configure Slack or Gmail for daily status alerts.
• Adjust the cron expression to match your monitoring schedule.
• Run the workflow once manually to validate mappings.
• Activate the workflow for ongoing dependency tracking. ✅