Auto-Route New Asana Tasks to Their Slack Channels
New marketing task created in Asana. Notis finds the #marketing channel in Slack and posts it there. No manual channel selection, perfect organization every time.
Trigger
New Task Created
Triggers when a new task is created in a project.
Action
Find channels
Find channels in a slack workspace by any criteria - name, topic, purpose, or description.
Why this helps
Neurodivergent teams struggle with information scattering. New tasks go to Asana, but the right Slack channel doesn't know about them. Work lives in two places, and nobody connects the dots.
- Smart routing: Notis finds the channel based on task project or tag, so messages land in the right place.
- Conversation co-location: Team discussions happen in the same channel where the task is posted, reducing fragmentation.
- No manual channel selection: Automation handles routing; no need to manually decide where each task should go.
- Scalable: As you add projects, Notis learns which channel each one should route to.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Asana and Slack to Notis.
- 2Tell Notis: 'Find the Slack channel for [Asana Project] and post new tasks there' or use project tags to determine routing.
- 3Notis asks which projects map to which channels.
- 4Select 'New Task Created' as your trigger.
- 5Test by creating a new task and selecting its project; it should appear in the corresponding Slack channel.
Questions about this workflow
What if a task belongs to multiple projects?
Notis routes based on the primary project. If you need multi-channel posting, create a second automation for secondary projects.
Can I add new project-to-channel mappings without changing the automation?
Tell Notis to update the mapping, and it learns the new connections. No need to recreate the automation.
What if a task is created but the channel doesn't exist yet?
Notis can create the channel first, then post the task. Include this in your prompt: 'Create a channel if needed, then post.'
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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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