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This automation is missing required fields

  • April 14, 2026
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Hi All,

Has anyone seen this error before:

“This automation is missing required fields”

The scenario is that we have a custom trigger that triggers a the monday native “create item in board” action. The automation saves and subscribes without any issues. I am creating this automation from scratch in the automation builder.

When the automation runs and sends a post to the monday webhook url, we are getting this missing required fields error. This is the body that is sent:

{
"trigger" : {
"outputFields" : {
"order" : {
"id": 1
}
}
}
}

It seems like the native create item in board is not recognising the order field. Is there a way for it to recognise this key?

This seems to work all fine if I use the same workflow in an automation template where the output field “order” is specified in the trigger configuration.

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  • April 14, 2026

There’s a lot of information missing from the documentation for workflows and automation blocks.

Perhaps someone could work on updating the kitchen sink app that Dipro developed before he left and add examples of custom triggers which can be connected to built in actions.

Documentation by example is a great way to make things easier for developers and the machines alike.