Get Reminded When Important Asana Tasks Change
An assigned task gets updated. Slack reminds you to review the changes. You stay on top of evolving work without constantly checking Asana.
Trigger
Task Updated
Triggers when a task is updated in a project.
Action
Create a reminder
Creates a slack reminder with specified text and time; time accepts unix timestamps, seconds from now, or natural language (e.g., 'in 15 minutes', 'every thursday at 2pm').
Why this helps
Change blindness affects neurodivergent teams. When a task is updated, people often don't notice. Details shift, deadlines change, and people operate on stale information.
- Change awareness: Updates trigger reminders, so you know when task details shift.
- Stale-info prevention: Reminders keep you synced with current task state.
- Customizable filters: Remind only on important updates (status/due date changes), not every minor edit.
- Reduces constant checking: Stop compulsively refreshing Asana. Notis tells you when something worth your attention changed.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Asana and Slack to Notis.
- 2Tell Notis: 'Remind me when tasks I'm assigned to are updated' or 'remind me about [Project] updates.'
- 3Notis asks which updates matter (status changes, due dates, etc.) and timing.
- 4Select 'Task Updated' as your trigger.
- 5Test by updating a task; a Slack reminder should appear.
Questions about this workflow
Can I ignore minor updates like comment adds and only get reminded for status changes?
Yes. Tell Notis: 'Remind me only for status, assignee, or due date changes, not comments.' Notis filters automatically.
What if I only want reminders for tasks assigned to me?
Include that: 'Remind me about updates to tasks assigned to me.' Notis applies this filter.
Can multiple updates to the same task create multiple reminders?
By default, Notis batches updates from the same task into one reminder per period (e.g., one per hour). This prevents reminder overload.
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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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