How Greenlight works
Greenlight helps you get a clear yes on your work, right inside monday.com.
Say a new homepage banner has to be checked by your team lead first, and then by the client. Normally that means emails, reminders and guessing where things are. With Greenlight, you set the order once. After that, every item on the board goes through it: each person gets asked when it’s their turn, and the board always shows where things stand.
- Approval shows the result: Approved, Pending approval, Changes requested or Rejected.
- Approval stage shows where the item is and who it's waiting on.
The idea in four steps
Section titled “The idea in four steps”-
You decide who signs off, and in what order. For example: first the team lead, then the client. Each step is called a stage. You set this up once per board.
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Someone sends an item for approval. They open the item and click Request approval.
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Each person approves in turn. Teammates get a monday.com notification. Clients get a personal link and don’t need a monday.com account. Anyone can also ask for changes or reject, with a short note saying why.
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The board shows the answer. The item turns Approved when everyone has said yes, and every decision is kept on the item.
What you can do with it
Section titled “What you can do with it”- Approvals in order. Team review, then manager, then client. The next person is only asked once the one before has approved.
- Clients approve without an account. Send them a link from your own email. They click, read, and decide.
- Changes, then a second round. If someone asks for changes, fix the item and send it again. Earlier rounds stay in the history.
- A status nobody can change by accident. Only Greenlight changes the Approval column, so an item can’t be marked approved by mistake.
- A full record. Every request, decision and note is saved on the item.