Set description item_view/data from API

Hello,

I’m working on a tool that exports data and creates items on a board using the Monday API.

Current status

• ✅ Export works exactly as expected

• ✅ I can read description_item content from existing items without issues

• ✅ I can create:

  • Items

  • Updates

  • Subitems

  • Most column types

The problem

I’m unable to write data to the item description (the panel that appears next to Updates in the item view).

From what I understand, the description is backed by a Monday Doc, and this doc does not seem to be initialized until:

• A user opens the item UI in Monday

• The description already contains data

What I’ve tried

• Using the create_block mutation

• Using add_content_to_doc_from_markdown

• Querying docs to retrieve a doc_id

• Writing to:

  • The description column ID

  • The hidden “Monday Doc v2” column ID

  • The retrieved doc_id

• Querying the description to try to force initialization

• Creating a doc via the API to see if it can be attached afterward

None of these approaches successfully write content to the item description (or i did something wrong).

Sooo

Am I missing something, or is writing to description_item simply not supported yet via the API?

I’ve searched the forum and found similar questions, but most don’t have a clear answer. Since reading description_item is relatively new, I’m wondering if the write counterpart is not available yet.

Related discussion:

Thanks in advance!