Notify Task Assignees Instantly When Work Lands
You're assigned a new task in Asana. Slack finds you and notifies you immediately. You know about your work the moment it's created.
Trigger
New Task Created
Triggers when a new task is created 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
Neurodivergent founders often miss task assignments because they don't check Asana frequently. Tasks land without notification, and work stalls before it even starts.
- Instant awareness: Assignees know about their task the moment it's created, no checking required.
- Reduced discovery lag: Tasks get attention immediately instead of sitting in Asana.
- Context in notification: Slack message includes task details so assignees understand scope right away.
- Personalized: Each person only gets notified about their own tasks, no noise.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Asana and Slack to Notis.
- 2Tell Notis: 'When a new task is created, notify the person it's assigned to in Slack.'
- 3Notis confirms Asana project and how to deliver notifications (direct message or channel).
- 4Select 'New Task Created' as your trigger.
- 5Test by creating and assigning a task; the assignee should receive a Slack notification.
Questions about this workflow
What if a task is assigned to multiple people?
Everyone gets notified. Notis finds all assignees and sends each a notification in Slack.
Can I filter to only certain tasks (e.g., high priority)?
Yes. Tell Notis: 'Notify assignees of new high-priority tasks' or 'tasks tagged as urgent.' Notis applies the filter.
Should notifications go to direct messages or a channel?
Your choice. You can ask Notis to send direct messages for privacy or post to a team channel for visibility.
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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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