{"id":28503,"date":"2026-10-26T13:43:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monday.com\/elevate\/?p=28503"},"modified":"2026-11-01T17:13:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T17:13:19","slug":"done-awards-hall-of-fame-kendal-sparks-ai-workflow-wiz-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monday.com\/elevate\/done-awards-hall-of-fame-kendal-sparks-ai-workflow-wiz-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Done Awards Hall of Fame: Kendal Sparks (AI Workflow Wiz)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/monday.com\/elevate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Best-AI-workflow-wiz-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monday.com\/elevate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Best-AI-workflow-wiz-1.png 600w, https:\/\/monday.com\/elevate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Best-AI-workflow-wiz-1-300x75.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"p-key-takeaways\">\n    <div class=\"p-key-takeaways__title\">About Kendal<\/div>\n    <ul class=\"p-key-takeaways__items\">\n                    <li class=\"p-key-takeaways__item\">Industry: Media &#038; Entertainment <\/li>\n                    <li class=\"p-key-takeaways__item\">Tier: pro<\/li>\n                    <li class=\"p-key-takeaways__item\">30 agent-driven workspace<\/li>\n                    <li class=\"p-key-takeaways__item\">8 employees<\/li>\n                    <li class=\"p-key-takeaways__item\">7 MCP servers<\/li>\n                    <li class=\"p-key-takeaways__item\">188 agent runs over 9 weeks<\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Kendal&#8217;s story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Bringing an agentic mindset to show business communications<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"p-ttl\">\n    <div class=\"p-ttl__title\">The challenge<\/div>\n    <p class=\"p-ttl__text\">The challenge\r\n\r\nFrankly Spoken Productions co-produces at Broadway scale \u2014 three active shows, millions in capitalized risk, real relationships with studios, investors, and outside counsel. The back office this requires normally employs 6\u201310 people. We have two. Both founders carry non-operational day jobs.  \r\n\r\nThe failure mode wasn&#8217;t dramatic. It was slow drift: emails sitting too long, follow-ups missed, context lost between conversations. In Broadway producing, relational continuity is the work. We were logging 2\u20133 missed partner follow-ups per month.  <br><br>\r\n\r\nThe real problem wasn&#8217;t email volume. It was this: we needed agents that could act at speed, with the strong guardrails locked into place.    <br><br>\r\n\r\nWe needed a pipeline where human approval had to be structural, rather than instructional. <\/p>\n    <ul class=\"p-ttl__items\">\n            <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"p-ttl\">\n    <div class=\"p-ttl__title\">The build<\/div>\n    <p class=\"p-ttl__text\">We built a governed 4-agent inbound communications pipeline \u2014 each agent in a separate lane with a hard scope limit. Rosie classifies triage via Gmail. Frankie cross-references the Partner CRM. Collin drafts using Frankie&#8217;s brief and a Voice &#038; Tone board. <br><br>\r\n\r\nThe structural gate: nothing sends until Kendal manually changes the Status column from &#8220;Awaiting Approval&#8221; to &#8220;Approved to Send.&#8221; That status change triggers a monday.com automation that stages Collin&#8217;s draft as a Gmail Draft. Only Kendal has workflow access to make that change. No instruction to interpret. <br><br>\r\n\r\nThe pipeline now runs inside a 30-agent workspace with an AI Agent Registry, CAPA board, Agent README, weekly audit agent, and 7 MCP servers.<\/p>\n    <ul class=\"p-ttl__items\">\n            <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"p-ttl\">\n    <div class=\"p-ttl__title\">The impact<\/div>\n    <p class=\"p-ttl__text\">188 agent runs over 9 weeks. <br><br>\r\n\r\nThe output includes 60+ CRM records created or enriched, 30+ partner profiles built, 43 morning standup briefs, and 25+ email responses staged.  <br><br>\r\n\r\nFor pre-call research, we\u2019ve seen a 70% reduction, replacing ~75 hours of research labor. When looking at our follow-up rate, we\u2019re seeing zero missed since activation (down from 2-3 per month).  <br><br>\r\n\r\nWith all this in place, Frankie surfaced a co-production financial obligation with a time-sensitive deadline, exceeding platform cost.  <br><br>\r\n\r\nLooking at the numbers, the platform cost $14,466\/year annualized compared to the human equivalent of $148,000\u2013$222,000\/year. That\u2019s a 10\u00d7\u201315\u00d7 cost ratio, documented to the invoice line item.<\/p>\n    <ul class=\"p-ttl__items\">\n            <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch Kendal work<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"p-tt-link p-ttli\">\n    <div class=\"p-ttli__left\">\n        <div class=\"p-tt-link__title p-ttli__title\">Demo video<\/div>\n        <p class=\"p-tt-link__text p-ttli__text\">Get inspired by what Kendal\u2019s built for Frankly Spoken Productions.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls poster=\"https:\/\/monday.com\/elevate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Cover-Best-AI-workflow-wiz.png\" src=\"https:\/\/monday.com\/elevate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FSP-Done-Awards-2.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"p-tt-link p-ttli\">\n    <div class=\"p-ttli__left\">\n        <div class=\"p-tt-link__title p-ttli__title\">Winner&#8217;s reel<\/div>\n        <p class=\"p-tt-link__text p-ttli__text\">See what Kendal walk on stage to during the Done Awards<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls poster=\"https:\/\/monday.com\/elevate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Cover.png\" src=\"https:\/\/monday.com\/elevate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Kendal.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steal Kendal&#8217;s playbook<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recreate Kendal&#8217;s AI workflow by plugging this prompt into Sidekick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfaf The Goal<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Process high-stakes inbound emails, enrich them with deep CRM context, and draft executive-ready responses at scale\u2014using hard, structural permission gates so an AI agent can never hallucinate deal terms or send an unapproved email directly to clients, partners, or counsel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfd7\ufe0f Architecture &amp; Data Model<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"> <code>\u250c\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2510\n \u2502 INBOUND GMAIL  \u2502\n \u2514\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u252c\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2518\n         \u2502\n         \u25bc\n \u250c\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2510\n \u2502 1. TRIAGE AGENT (Rosie)                                     \u2502\n \u2502    Categorizes intent, sets urgency, creates board item     \u2502\n \u2502    \ud83d\udd12 Permission: Gmail Read-Only (no compose \/ send)       \u2502\n \u2514\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u252c\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2518\n         \u2502\n         \u25bc\n \u250c\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2510\n \u2502 2. CONTEXT AGENT (Frankie)                                  \u2502\n \u2502    Cross-references CRM via Board Relation                  \u2502\n \u2502    Pulls history, commitments, deadlines &amp; posts Brief      \u2502\n \u2514\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u252c\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2518\n         \u2502\n         \u25bc\n \u250c\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2510\n \u2502 3. DRAFTING AGENT (Collin)                                  \u2502\n \u2502    Drafts response using Frankie's Brief + Tone Guidelines  \u2502\n \u2502    \ud83d\udd12 Permission: Posts draft to item update thread ONLY    \u2502\n \u2514\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u252c\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2518\n         \u2502\n         \u25bc\n \u250c\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2510\n \u2502 \ud83d\uded1 STRUCTURAL GATE (Human in the Loop)                      \u2502\n \u2502    Review via Vibe App \u00b7 Status: \"Awaiting Approval\"        \u2502\n \u2502    Only human can change status to \"Approved to Send\"       \u2502\n \u2514\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u252c\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2518\n         \u2502\n         \u25bc (Status change triggers board automation)\n \u250c\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2510\n \u2502 4. SEND AUTOMATION &amp; CRM LOGGING                            \u2502\n \u2502    Stages Gmail draft\/sends, moves item to \"Sent Pending\",  \u2502\n \u2502    and updates Partner CRM touchpoint in one chain          \u2502\n \u2514\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2518\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Communications Queue Board (The Staging Area):<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Key Columns:<\/strong> <code>Subject \/ Sender<\/code> (Name\/Text), <code>Sender Email<\/code> (Email), <code>Intent<\/code> (Dropdown: Deal Terms \/ Partnership \/ Press \/ Support), <code>Urgency<\/code> (Status: High \/ Medium \/ Low), <code>Approval Status<\/code> (Status: Awaiting Approval \/ Approved to Send \/ Needs Revision \/ Rejected), <code>Linked Partner<\/code> (Board Relation to CRM), <code>Last Contact Date<\/code> (Mirror\/Date).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hard Permission Boundaries (Lane Isolation):<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>No Agent Has Send Access:<\/strong> Inbound triage reads only; context enrichment reads CRM only; drafting agent writes only to monday.com update threads.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Draft Review Vibe App (The Human Cockpit):<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Central review screen displaying:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Inbound message &amp; Frankie&#8217;s intelligence brief.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Full agent lineage trail with timestamps (<code>Rosie \u2794 Frankie \u2794 Collin<\/code>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Editable draft response box.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One-click action button to mark as <code>Approved to Send<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Structural Release Automation:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A monday board automation listens <em>strictly<\/em> for the human status update to <code>Approved to Send<\/code> to trigger the final dispatch or stage as a Gmail draft.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udccb White-Labeled Prompts &amp; Setup Guides<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Context &amp; Research Agent Prompt (Frankie)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;You are the <strong>Relationship Intelligence Agent<\/strong> for [Company Name]. Your role is to brief our team before any communication is drafted.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>When a new item is created from an inbound message:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Match the sender email to our <strong>[Partner \/ Client CRM Board]<\/strong> via the linked relation column.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Retrieve: Last interaction date, active project\/deal names, key decision-makers, and any recorded sensitivities or open commitments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Post a formatted update to the item thread:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Partner Overview:<\/strong> [Company \/ Role \/ Relationship Tier]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Recent History &amp; Commitments:<\/strong> [Bullet list of past touchpoints or promises]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Context Alert:<\/strong> [Any potential conflict, financial term, or high-priority detail]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Recommended Reply Angle:<\/strong> [1\u20132 sentences on suggested positioning]&#8221;*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Response Drafting Agent Prompt (Collin)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;You are the <strong>Executive Communications Drafting Agent<\/strong> for [Company Name]. You draft responses for human review\u2014you never send emails directly.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>When a Relationship Brief is posted to an item update thread:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Read the original inbound email and the <strong>Relationship Intelligence Brief<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reference our <strong>[Tone &amp; Style Guidelines Doc]<\/strong> (Tone: [Warm \/ Direct \/ Professional \/ Broadway-standard]).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Draft a tailored reply addressing all questions without committing to unverified deal terms or dates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Post your output to the item update thread formatted as:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Proposed Subject Line:<\/strong> [Subject]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Draft Response:<\/strong> [Full email body with greeting and sign-off]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reviewer Notes:<\/strong> [Flag any placeholders or approvals required from leadership]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set the item&#8217;s Approval Status column to <code>Awaiting Approval<\/code>.&#8221;*<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Monday Vibe App Prompt (Executive Draft Review Portal)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Build a single-screen review workspace called <strong>[Company] Staged Communications Hub<\/strong> connected to our [Inbound Communications Board].<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Include the following views and components:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Approval Queue:<\/strong> A focused card list showing items where Approval Status is <code>Awaiting Approval<\/code>, sorted by Urgency (<code>High<\/code> first).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>3-Panel Review Layout:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Left Panel:<\/strong> Inbound email details, sender information, and original timestamp.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Center Panel:<\/strong> Agent intelligence brief (CRM history, open commitments, key deal terms).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Right Panel:<\/strong> Collin&#8217;s draft response in an editable rich-text viewer with the agent audit trail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Action Bar:<\/strong> Floating buttons for <code>Approved to Send<\/code>, <code>Request Revision<\/code>, and <code>Reject \/ Archive<\/code> that update the board status in real time.&#8221;*<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Release Automation Recipes<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Stage \/ Send on Approval:<\/strong><em>When <code>Approval Status<\/code> changes to <code>Approved to Send<\/code>, send email \/ create draft in Gmail using the update text, move item to group <code>Sent Items<\/code>, and update <code>Last Touchpoint Date<\/code> on [Partner CRM Board] to <code>Today<\/code>.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Revision Loop Trigger:<\/strong><em>When <code>Approval Status<\/code> changes to <code>Needs Revision<\/code>, notify <code>[Drafting Agent \/ Collin]<\/code> with human reviewer comments and reset status to <code>Working on Revision<\/code><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explore the entire hall of fame<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out all of our winners from the Done Awards to see what they built <\/p>\n\n\n<a class=\"e26-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/monday.com\/elevate\/say-hello-to-your-2026-done-awards-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n    <div class=\"blue-bubble register-cta\">Read on<\/div>\n        <div class=\"green-bubble\">\n        <svg width=\"26\" height=\"26\" viewBox=\"0 0 26 26\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n            <path d=\"M8.63706 5.24805H19.9403H8.63706ZM19.9403 5.24805V16.5512V5.24805ZM19.9403 5.24805L5.24609 19.9422L19.9403 5.24805Z\" fill=\"white\"><\/path>\n            <path d=\"M8.63706 5.24805H19.9403M19.9403 5.24805V16.5512M19.9403 5.24805L5.24609 19.9422\" stroke=\"white\" stroke-width=\"1.57437\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\"><\/path>\n        <\/svg>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAQs about the Done Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"p-faq\">\n            <li class=\"p-faq__item\">\n            <div class=\"p-faq__question\">What are the Done Awards?<\/div>\n            <p class=\"p-faq__answer\">The Done Awards are monday.com&#8217;s first customer awards program, recognizing customers who use AI on the platform to get real work done. 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