Auto-Invite Team When Asana Task Comments Arrive
Someone comments on an Asana task mentioning their team. Notis finds those team members in Slack and invites them to join. No manual invites, no siloed conversations.
Trigger
New Comment on Task
Triggers when a comment is added to a task in a project.
Action
Find users
Find users in a slack workspace by any criteria - email, name, display name, or other text. includes optimized email lookup for exact email matches.
Why this helps
Collaboration breaks when comments mention people but they're not in the Slack channel. People don't know they're relevant to the discussion, so feedback gets delayed or missed.
- Stakeholder activation: Comments trigger invites, bringing relevant people into discussions automatically.
- Reduced silence: People mentioned in comments are now in the channel so they can respond quickly.
- No manual coordination: Stop manually inviting stakeholders. Let comments drive membership.
- Better feedback: When the right people are in the channel, feedback flows faster and more completely.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Asana and Slack to Notis.
- 2Tell Notis: 'When someone comments on a task mentioning @[Team Name], invite them to the Slack channel.'
- 3Notis asks which Slack channel and how to identify relevant users (by team, email domain, etc.).
- 4Select 'New Comment on Task' as your trigger.
- 5Test by commenting on an Asana task and mentioning a team; they should appear in Slack shortly.
Questions about this workflow
What if someone is already in the channel?
Notis checks membership first and skips the invite if they're already there, so no duplicate notifications.
Can I filter which comments trigger invites?
Yes. You can configure Notis to invite only when comments contain certain keywords (e.g., 'urgent' or 'needs review') or come from specific people.
What if the comment mentions someone not in Slack?
Notis handles it gracefully. If it can't find the user in Slack, it notes this in the run report and continues.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Asana to Slack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Asana triggers
Slack actions
Attachment Added to Task
Triggers when an attachment is added to a task.
Set snooze duration
Deprecated: turns on do not disturb mode for the current user, or changes its duration. use `set dnd duration` instead.
New Comment on Task
Triggers when a comment is added to a task in a project.
Add a custom emoji to a Slack team
Deprecated: adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url. use `add emoji` instead.
New Task Created
Triggers when a new task is created in a project.
Add an emoji alias
Adds an alias for an existing custom emoji in a slack enterprise grid organization.
Task Moved to Section
Triggers when a task is moved to a section in a project.
Add a remote file
Adds a reference to an external file (e.g., google drive, dropbox) to slack for discovery and sharing, requiring a unique `external id` and an `external url` accessible by slack.
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.
Add a star to an item
Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.
Task Updated
Triggers when a task is updated in a project.
Add call participants
Registers new participants added to a slack call.
Add emoji
Adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url; subject to workspace emoji limits.
Add reaction to message
Adds a specified emoji reaction to an existing message in a slack channel, identified by its timestamp; does not remove or retrieve reactions.
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