SurveyMonkey Authoring MCP server ​

The SurveyMonkey Authoring MCP server enables LLMs to interact with SurveyMonkey to build and maintain survey content through natural conversation. It provides tools to create surveys, read their structure, update survey-level settings, add and edit pages and questions, and discover templates without requiring direct interaction with the SurveyMonkey interface.

Uses ​

Use the SurveyMonkey Authoring MCP server to perform the following actions:

• Create a blank survey, use a SurveyMonkey template, or a copy of an existing survey.
• Read a survey's full structure, including its pages and questions.
• Update survey-level settings, such as title and navigation button text.
• Add pages to a survey and edit their title, description, or position.
• Add questions to a page, including questions reused from the SurveyMonkey question bank.
• Revise an existing question's text, answer choices, or position.
• Reorder pages and questions by setting their position.
• List and filter existing surveys by title, then sort by title or modified date.
• Discover SurveyMonkey templates to base a new survey on.

Example prompts ​

Use the following example prompts to invoke SurveyMonkey Authoring MCP server tools:

• Create a new NPS survey from scratch.
• Start a customer-satisfaction survey from a SurveyMonkey template.
• Copy my last employee-engagement survey into a new one.
• What questions are already on this survey?
• Rename this survey to "Q3 Customer Feedback".
• Add a new page for demographic questions to my survey.
• Add a rating question to page 2.
• Change the answer choices on this multiple-choice question.
• Find a reusable NPS question in the question bank.
• Show me SurveyMonkey templates for event feedback.

SurveyMonkey Authoring MCP server tools ​

The SurveyMonkey Authoring MCP server provides the following tools:

Install the SurveyMonkey Authoring MCP server ​

Complete the following steps to install a prebuilt MCP server to your project:

SurveyMonkey Authoring connection setup ​

How to use SurveyMonkey Authoring MCP server tools ​

Refer to the following sections for detailed information on available tools:

list_surveys tool ​

The list_surveys tool lists surveys in the account, optionally filtered by title or sorted. Your LLM uses this tool to find a survey you plan to edit, copy, or inspect, narrowing a large account by a title fragment and ordering results by title or most-recently-modified date. This is a filter-and-sort list rather than a relevance-ranked search, so it presents results as a filtered list and offers to page through additional matches.

Try asking:

• List my surveys sorted by most recently modified.
• Find surveys with "customer" in the title.
• Show me the surveys I can edit.

create_survey tool ​

The create_survey tool creates a blank survey, loads a SurveyMonkey template, or copies an existing survey. Your LLM uses this tool to start a new survey after you specify to create a blank survey or provide a source title, template ID, or survey ID. Blank surveys and copies of empty surveys still need at least one page and question before they can collect responses.

Try asking:

• Create a blank survey called "Q3 Feedback".
• Start a new survey from the customer-satisfaction template.
• Copy my last event survey into a new one.

get_survey_details tool ​

The get_survey_details tool retrieves a survey's full structure, including its pages and questions. Your LLM uses this tool to read a survey's pages, questions, choices, and positions before editing so that changes target the correct page and question IDs.

Try asking:

• What questions are on this survey?
• Show me the full structure of my onboarding survey.
• List the pages and questions before I make edits.

update_survey tool ​

The update_survey tool updates survey-level settings, such as title and navigation button text. Your LLM uses this tool to change a survey's title or navigation button labels after confirming which settings to change. This tool can't remove SurveyMonkey branding or the survey footer, which requires a paid plan.

Try asking:

• Rename this survey to "Annual Employee Survey".
• Update the "Next" button label to "Continue".
• Change the "Done" button text on my survey.

add_page tool ​

The add_page tool adds a page to a survey. Your LLM uses this tool to organize questions across pages or create a page to hold new questions, placing it at a position you specify or appending it at the end after confirming the page title and location. Use the add_question tool to add questions to the page.

Try asking:

• Add a new page for demographic questions.
• Create a second page titled "Feedback".
• Add a page at the start of my survey.

update_page tool ​

The update_page tool updates a page's title, description, or position. Your LLM uses this tool to rename a page, revise its description, or reorder it within the survey after confirming exactly what changes. It doesn't add or remove questions.

Try asking:

• Rename page 2 to "Contact Details".
• Move the demographics page to the end.
• Update the description on my intro page.

add_question tool ​

The add_question tool adds a question to a page on a survey. Your LLM uses this tool to add a fully specified question, its family, choices, and text, or to reuse a question from the SurveyMonkey question bank. Questions are placed at a position you choose or appended at the end. The add is rejected if the survey has reached the platform's survey-size limit.

Try asking:

• Add a rating question to page 2.
• Add a multiple-choice question with these options.
• Add the standard NPS question from the question bank.

update_question tool ​

The update_question tool updates an existing question's text, choices, or position. Your LLM uses this tool to revise a question's wording, change its answer choices, or reorder it on its page after confirming exactly what changes. It can't move a question to another page or change its question type.

Try asking:

• Change this question's wording to be more specific.
• Update the answer choices on my rating question.
• Move this question to the top of the page.

list_question_bank_questions tool ​

The list_question_bank_questions tool lists SurveyMonkey question-bank questions available to reuse. Your LLM uses this tool to find a reusable bank question and obtain its ID, which it then passes to the add_question tool to place the question on a page. This tool is read-only and can be filtered by search text, locale, or custom questions.

Try asking:

• Find a reusable NPS question in the question bank.
• Search the question bank for satisfaction questions.
• Show me question-bank questions I can add to this page.

list_survey_templates tool ​

The list_survey_templates tool lists available SurveyMonkey library templates. Your LLM uses this tool to find a SurveyMonkey template to base a new survey on and obtain its template ID for the create_survey tool, optionally filtering by category or language. Only SurveyMonkey's library templates are available. Team and custom templates aren't listed.

Try asking:

• Show me SurveyMonkey templates for event feedback.
• Find a customer-satisfaction survey template.
• List the available templates in French.

Getting started ​

View and manage your MCP server tools in the Overview page Tools section. Tool management provides the following capabilities:

• Start tools
• Remove tools
• Edit tools
• Add tools
• Edit your LLM-facing MCP server description