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Getting Started

Quick Updates is a monday.com app that lets you create reusable text templates for the Updates section. This guide walks you through installation and your first update.

  1. Open the monday.com Marketplace
  2. Search for Quick Updates
  3. Click Install and grant the requested permissions
  4. The app is now available on all your boards
monday.com/marketplace
monday.com Marketplace — Quick Updates
Find Quick Updates in the monday.com Marketplace and click Install.

Quick Updates works as an Item View (for single items) and a Board Action (for bulk operations).

  1. Open any item on your board
  2. Click the + button in the item views area
  3. Search for Quick Updates and add it
monday.com/boards/123/items/456
Adding Quick Updates as an Item View
Add the Quick Updates view to any item on your board.
  1. Select multiple items using the checkboxes on your board
  2. In the bottom action bar, click Apps
  3. Select Quick Updates
monday.com/boards/123
Bulk Selection — Board Action Bar
Select items and access Quick Updates from the Apps menu in the action bar.
  1. Open Quick Updates from any item view
  2. Click New Template
  3. Enter a name (e.g., “Weekly Status Update”)
  4. Write your template body. You can use rich text and variables:
Hi team,
**{item.name}** status update for {today}:
Current status looks good. Assigned to {me.name}.
Let me know if you have questions!
  1. Click Create Template
Quick Updates — Editor
Template Editor — Creating First Template
The template editor with rich text formatting and variable insertion.
  1. Navigate to any item and open Quick Updates
  2. Find your template in the picker
  3. Click on it to see a live preview with variables resolved
  4. Click Apply to post the update
Quick Updates — Preview
Template Preview — Variables Resolved
Preview shows your template with real data from the item before posting.

The update is posted to the item’s Updates section, visible to everyone on the board.