Get Blocked Tasks Unstuck
Tag a task Blocked in Asana. Telegram alerts leadership or the right person immediately. Blockers get resolved instead of compounding.
Trigger
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.
Action
Send Message
Send a text message to a telegram chat using the bot api.
Why this helps
Someone tags something blocked but nothing happens. Days pass. The whole team is waiting on a dependency that doesn't get the attention it needs. Work piles up.
- Reduce the time blockers sit unaddressed
- Route blockers to the right person without manual intervention
- Prevent blocked items from cascading into team-wide delays
- Build accountability around unblocking work
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Asana and Telegram to Notis.
- 2Create a new automation.
- 3Prompt: 'When a task is tagged Blocked, send an alert to #unblocking-channel: This task is stuck: [task name]. Who can help?'
- 4Select 'Tag Added to Task' as your trigger and filter for the Blocked tag.
- 5Test by tagging a task as blocked and confirming the escalation message appears.
Questions about this workflow
Can I route blockers to specific people?
Yes. Ask Notis to 'Route frontend blockers to the engineering lead, sales blockers to the VP' based on task type or project.
What if a blocker is resolved quickly?
Remove the Blocked tag and Notis stops tracking it. You can ask for a 'blocker resolved' celebration message too.
Can I see a list of all current blockers?
Yes. Ask Notis to send a daily or weekly summary of everything still tagged blocked.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Asana to Telegram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Asana triggers
Telegram actions
Attachment Added to Task
Triggers when an attachment is added to a task.
Answer Callback Query
Use this method to send answers to callback queries sent from inline keyboards. the answer will be displayed to the user as a notification at the top of the chat screen or as an alert.
New Comment on Task
Triggers when a comment is added to a task in a project.
Delete Message
Delete a message, including service messages, with certain limitations.
New Task Created
Triggers when a new task is created in a project.
Edit Message
Edit text messages sent by the bot.
Task Moved to Section
Triggers when a task is moved to a section in a project.
Export Chat Invite Link
Generate a new primary invite link for a chat; any previously generated primary link is revoked. the bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights.
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.
Forward Message
Forward messages of any kind. service messages can't be forwarded.
Task Updated
Triggers when a task is updated in a project.
Get Chat Info
Get up to date information about the chat (current name of the user for one-on-one conversations, current username of a user, group or channel, etc.).
Get Chat Administrators
Get a list of administrators in a chat. on success, returns an array of chatmember objects that contains information about all chat administrators except other bots.
Get Chat History
Get chat history messages. note: this uses the getupdates method with specific parameters to retrieve historical messages.
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