Operations

Pencel includes two operations-focused integrations that help your agents track projects and coordinate work. These connect your agents to the tools your teams use daily for project management.

Asana

Trust Level	Partner
Transport	Remote (OAuth)
Endpoint	https://mcp.asana.com/mcp
OAuth	Embedded (one-click sign-in)
Activation	When relevant recommended

What It Does

Asana is a project management tool for teams. This integration lets your agents read and manage tasks, projects, and team workflows.

• List tasks — view tasks by project, section, or assignee.
• Create tasks — add new tasks with descriptions, due dates, and assignees.
• Update tasks — change status, add comments, modify due dates.
• Read project details — view project milestones and sections.
• Search — find tasks across your workspace.

Setup

Asana uses embedded OAuth. No API tokens to manage.

1. Open Settings > Connections.
2. Click Add Connection and select Asana from the catalog.
3. Click Connect.
4. Pencel opens your browser to Asana's authorization page.
5. Sign in and approve the connection.
6. Return to Pencel.

TIP

Your agent inherits your Asana permissions. If you are a member of a project, the agent can access it. If a project is private and you are not a member, the agent cannot see it.

Example: Weekly Task Review

List all tasks in the "Q1 Launch" project that are overdue or due this week. Group them by section (Design, Engineering, Marketing). For each overdue task, note the assignee and how many days overdue it is. Post the summary to the #q1-launch Slack channel.

Example: Meeting Action Item Tracker

Read the meeting notes in /workspace/meeting-notes/2026-03-03.md. Extract all action items (lines starting with "ACTION:"). For each action item, create a task in the "Team Tasks" Asana project with the action as the title, the meeting date in the description, and the due date set to one week from today.

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Monday.com

Trust Level	Partner
Transport	Remote (OAuth)
Endpoint	https://mcp.monday.com/mcp
Activation	When relevant recommended

What It Does

Monday.com is a work management platform. This integration lets your agents interact with boards, items, and automations.

• List boards — browse your workspace boards.
• Read items — get item details, column values, and updates.
• Create items — add new items to boards with column values.
• Update items — modify column values and post updates.
• Search — find items across boards.

Setup

Monday.com uses remote OAuth.

1. Open Settings > Connections.
2. Click Add Connection and select Monday.com from the catalog.
3. Click Connect.
4. Pencel opens your browser to Monday.com's authorization page.
5. Sign in and approve the connection.
6. Return to Pencel.

Example: Cross-Board Status Report

List all boards in the "Operations" workspace. For each board, count the items in each status group (Done, Working on it, Stuck). Create a summary showing which boards have the most stuck items and who owns them. Save to /reports/monday-status-[date].md.

Example: Populate a Board from Data

Read the CSV file at /data/new-hires-march.csv. For each row, create a new item on the "Onboarding" board in Monday.com with the person's name, start date, department, and manager filled in as column values.

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Combining Operations Tools

These integrations are powerful on their own, but they work even better together. Here are some cross-tool workflow ideas:

• Cross-platform task sync: Pull tasks from Asana and Monday.com into a single view, identify items that are tracked in both systems, and flag discrepancies.
• Release readiness check: Before a release, check Asana for any open blockers and review board status in Monday.com for outstanding items.
• Operational dashboard: Combine project completion percentages from Asana and Monday.com into a single weekly operational report.