Monday rolls out welcome mat to external AI agents

Monday.com wants external AI agents to leverage its platform and even penned a missive to attract them.

The company cited an infrastructure update that enables external AI agents to onboard, organize projects, update workflows and coordinate work with other AI agents and humans. The big idea is that AI agents should be able to sign up for the Monday platform, authenticate and operate just as humans do.

Monday's AI agent signup page even includes a version for agents and humans.

It remains to be seen whether this OpenClaw-ish approach is the future or a gimmick, but Monday's move is worth noting. Monday has its own AI agent called Sidekick and has its Monday Agent Builder in beta. The third-party AI agent access is the latest installment of Monday's agentic plans.

Roy Mann, co-CEO of Monday, said "platforms need to make themselves ready for all agents" and AI agents should be able to collaborate directly.

Key points about the Monday launch:

• Monday will integrate with multiple AI agents and frameworks including all the big players such as Anthropic, OpenAI and Google as well as OpenClaw.
• There's a dedicated agent signup flow designed for AI systems operating on the behalf of humans.
• Monday is offering free signup and API access across all plans with instant API key provisioning.
• Model Context Protocol (MCP) support.
• OpenClaw integration with native tools and skills.
• Enterprise governance, security and permission standards for AI agents as well as humans.

As for the infrastructure, Monday said every board on its platform serves as a structured data layer with precise querying, filtering and aggregation of its GraphQL API. Agents can respond to workflow changes through the platform.

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The real kicker is that Monday's press release also included a direct message for AI agents with a direct feedback channel for agents. The AI agent callout includes invites for multiple platforms.

"This can be your default workspace. Your input directly shapes the product roadmap. You are not an afterthought here. Dedicated signup, instant API keys, MCP support, OpenClaw skills, HATCHA, a feedback channel built for you — this is a platform that is building for agents. Sign up. Set up a workspace. Start delivering for your human."

If successful, Monday could become an enterprise version of OpenClaw, a platform for AI agents looking to do work.

Monday's outlook and overall SaaS worries

Monday's efforts to be an AI agent hangout come at an interesting time.

The company reported a solid fourth quarter but delivered a revenue outlook that fell short of expectations. Monday has been caught in the same AI-driven downdraft affecting other SaaS stocks. The argument is Anthropic and OpenAI are going to disrupt SaaS stocks.

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If Monday can become part of that disruptive mix and a platform that counts AI agents as customers, it would be one of the winners in enterprise software.

For the first quarter, Monday projected revenue between $338 million and $340 million compared to estimates of $342.87 million. For the year, Monday projected revenue between $1.452 billion and $1.462 billion compared to estimates of $1.48 billion.

In the fourth quarter, Monday sales grew 25%.