Effortless Email Responses to Asana Comments
Jumping between Asana and email kills your flow. When someone comments on a task, Notis creates a reply draft with full context, so you respond without rewinding.
Trigger
New Comment on Task
Triggers when a comment is added to a task in a project.
Action
Create email draft
Creates a gmail email draft, supporting to/cc/bcc, subject, plain/html body (ensure `is html=true` for html), attachments, and threading.
Why this helps
Someone comments on an Asana task, you need to respond via email, but switching apps and remembering the thread drains your energy. Drafting from scratch without context feels impossible.
- Stay focused—draft appears in email without switching apps
- Keep conversation context intact and visible
- Respond faster with less friction
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Asana and Gmail to Notis (one-time setup).
- 2Tell Notis: 'When someone comments on a task in Asana, create an email draft that includes the task name and comment.'
- 3Set the trigger to 'Asana: New Comment on Task'.
- 4Specify the channel where Notis reports automation runs.
- 5Test by adding a comment to an Asana task and check that a draft appears in your Gmail inbox.
Questions about this workflow
Will the email draft include the full comment text?
Yes. Notis includes the commenter's name, the task title, and the full comment in the draft so you have all the context you need to reply.
Can I customize who gets the email draft?
Tell Notis: 'Create a draft and send it to myself and @sarah' or 'just to me.' Notis sets up the recipients in the draft.
What if I want drafts only for certain projects or teammates?
Tell Notis which comments matter: 'When a comment from my stakeholders appears on high-priority tasks, create a draft.' Notis filters automatically.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Asana to Gmail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Asana triggers
Gmail actions
Attachment Added to Task
Triggers when an attachment is added to a task.
Modify email labels
Adds and/or removes specified gmail labels for a message; ensure `message id` and all `label ids` are valid (use 'listlabels' for custom label ids).
New Comment on Task
Triggers when a comment is added to a task in a project.
Create email draft
Creates a gmail email draft, supporting to/cc/bcc, subject, plain/html body (ensure `is html=true` for html), attachments, and threading.
New Task Created
Triggers when a new task is created in a project.
Create label
Creates a new label with a unique name in the specified user's gmail account.
Task Moved to Section
Triggers when a task is moved to a section in a project.
Delete Draft
Permanently deletes a specific gmail draft using its id; ensure the draft exists and the user has necessary permissions for the given `user id`.
Tag Added to Task
Triggers when a tag is added to a task. Note: Asana's event structure is inverted for tag events — the resource is the task and the parent is the tag. So parent.gid gives the tag GID.
Delete message
Permanently deletes a specific email message by its id from a gmail mailbox; for `user id`, use 'me' for the authenticated user or an email address to which the authenticated user has delegated access.
Task Updated
Triggers when a task is updated in a project.
Fetch emails
Fetches a list of email messages from a gmail account, supporting filtering, pagination, and optional full content retrieval.
Fetch message by message ID
Fetches a specific email message by its id, provided the `message id` exists and is accessible to the authenticated `user id`.
Fetch Message by Thread ID
Retrieves messages from a gmail thread using its `thread id`, where the thread must be accessible by the specified `user id`.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Not just Asana and Gmail. Any combination from 985+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Save your first hour today.
7 days free trial with 20$ free usage included.
No card. Works with personal or business Gmail.