SurveyMonkey Automation

SurveyMonkey Automation

Automate SurveyMonkey survey workflows -- create surveys, list and search existing surveys, manage collectors and distribution links, retrieve responses, and inspect survey details -- all through natural language.

Toolkit docs: claude-skills.ai/toolkits/survey_monkey

Setup

1. Add the Rube MCP server to your environment: https://rube.app/mcp
2. Connect your SurveyMonkey account when prompted (OAuth flow via Claude Skill)
3. Start issuing natural language commands for SurveyMonkey automation

Core Workflows

1. Create a New Survey

Create a new empty survey that can be further configured with questions and pages.

Tool: SURVEY_MONKEY_CREATE_SURVEY

Key parameters:

• title -- survey title displayed to respondents (required)
• nickname -- optional internal name for organizing surveys (not shown to respondents)
• language -- ISO 639-1 language code (default en); examples: es, fr, de
• footer -- whether to display SurveyMonkey branding footer (default true)

The created survey starts with one empty page and no questions. Use the returned survey_id with other actions to add content and configure collectors.

Example prompt:

"Create a new survey titled 'Customer Satisfaction Q1 2026'"

2. List and Search Surveys

Enumerate all surveys in your account with filtering, sorting, and pagination.

Tool: SURVEY_MONKEY_GET_SURVEYS

Key parameters:

• title -- search by survey title (partial match)
• sort_by -- sort by title, date_modified, or num_responses
• sort_order -- ASC or DESC
• page / per_page -- pagination controls (default 50 per page, max 100)
• include -- additional fields: response_count, date_modified, date_created, question_count, page_count, category, language, folder_id
• folder_id -- filter to surveys in a specific folder
• start_modified_at / end_modified_at -- date range filter (format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS)

Example prompt:

"List all my surveys sorted by most recent modification, include response counts"

3. Get Survey Details

Retrieve comprehensive metadata for a specific survey including configuration, question/page counts, response counts, and all relevant URLs.

Tool: SURVEY_MONKEY_GET_SURVEY_DETAILS

Key parameters:

• survey_id -- the unique survey identifier (required)

Returns: title, language, question_count, page_count, response_count, URLs for preview/edit/analyze/collect, button text, and timestamps.

Example prompt:

"Show me the full details and response count for survey 123456789"

4. Manage Collectors and Distribution Links

Retrieve collectors (distribution channels) for a survey to get shareable links and monitor response progress.

Tool: SURVEY_MONKEY_GET_COLLECTORS

Key parameters:

• survey_id -- the survey to get collectors for (required)
• include -- additional fields: type, status, response_count, date_created, date_modified, url
• name -- partial match filter on collector name
• sort_by -- sort by id, date_modified, type, status, or name
• sort_order -- ASC or DESC
• page / per_page -- pagination (default 50, max 1000)
• start_date / end_date -- filter by creation date (format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS)

Example prompt:

"Get all collectors for survey 123456789, include URLs and response counts"

5. Retrieve Survey Responses

Fetch response data for a specific survey with comprehensive filtering options.

Tool: SURVEY_MONKEY_GET_RESPONSES

Key parameters:

• survey_id -- the survey to retrieve responses from (required)
• status -- filter by completed, partial, overquota, or disqualified
• page / per_page -- pagination (default 50, max 1000)
• sort_order -- ASC or DESC (sorted by date_modified)
• start_created_at / end_created_at -- filter by creation date range (ISO 8601)
• start_modified_at / end_modified_at -- filter by modification date range
• email -- filter by respondent email
• first_name / last_name -- filter by respondent name
• ip -- filter by IP address
• total_time_min / total_time_max / total_time_units -- filter by completion time

Example prompt:

"Get all completed responses for survey 123456789 from the last 30 days"

6. Full Survey Lifecycle Workflow

Combine tools for end-to-end survey management:

1. Create: SURVEY_MONKEY_CREATE_SURVEY -- create the survey, store the survey_id
2. Distribute: SURVEY_MONKEY_GET_COLLECTORS -- retrieve the collector link to share with respondents
3. Monitor: SURVEY_MONKEY_GET_SURVEY_DETAILS -- check response counts and survey status
4. Collect: SURVEY_MONKEY_GET_RESPONSES -- retrieve completed responses, filter by status=completed
5. Audit: SURVEY_MONKEY_GET_SURVEYS -- browse and find surveys if survey_id is lost

Example prompt:

"Create a survey called 'Event Feedback', then show me how to distribute it"

Known Pitfalls

Quick Reference

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