Auto-notify Asana Followers of Jira Updates
When a Jira issue gets updated, people who need to know are instantly added as followers on the corresponding Asana task. No separate Slack pings. No missed updates. Just quiet, reliable awareness.
Trigger
Updated Issue
Fires when an existing issue is changed in the Jira project you configure — for example its status, assignee, or any other field on the issue is updated. Only issues in that project produce an event. It does not fire on comment activity: adding, editing, or deleting a comment on an issue will not produce an event from this trigger.
Action
Add Followers to Task
Tool to add followers to a task in asana. use this tool when you need to add one or more users as followers to a specific task. this will notify them of updates to the task.
Why this helps
Neurodivergent team members often experience notification fatigue and context fragmentation. Important updates scattered across Slack, email, and comments create cognitive overload and missed information.
- Critical updates reach the right people without spamming notifications
- Reduces message fragmentation and notification fatigue
- Keeps work information centralized where the team actually works
- Lessens the need to chase down status updates manually
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Jira and Asana to Notis (one-time setup).
- 2Create an automation by asking Notis: 'When a Jira issue updates, add the relevant team members as followers on the Asana task.'
- 3Select 'Updated Issue' as your Jira trigger.
- 4Specify which team members or roles should be added as followers (e.g., the assignee, project lead, or a specific team).
- 5Test by updating a Jira issue and watching followers get added in Asana.
Questions about this workflow
How does Notis know which Asana task matches the Jira issue?
Notis looks for the linked task (often by matching titles or via explicit linking). You can refine this by specifying which project or workspace to search.
Will it add people who are already followers?
No. Notis avoids duplicate notifications and only adds people who aren't already following the task.
Can I limit notifications to only major updates?
Absolutely. You can ask Notis to trigger only on specific field changes, like status or priority shifts.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Jira to Asana. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Jira triggers
Asana actions
New Issue
Fires when a new issue is created in the Jira project you configure. Only issues created in that project produce an event.
Add Followers to Task
Tool to add followers to a task in asana. use this tool when you need to add one or more users as followers to a specific task. this will notify them of updates to the task.
New Project
Triggered when a new project is added in Jira
Add Supporting Relationship to Goal
Tool to add a supporting goal relationship to a goal. use when you want to link a project, task, portfolio, or another goal as a supporting resource to a specific goal in asana.
Updated Issue
Fires when an existing issue is changed in the Jira project you configure — for example its status, assignee, or any other field on the issue is updated. Only issues in that project produce an event. It does not fire on comment activity: adding, editing, or deleting a comment on an issue will not produce an event from this trigger.
Add task to section
Adds an existing task to a section, optionally positioning it before or after another task in that section; if no position is specified, the task is added to the end.
Create Allocation
Creates a new allocation. use when you need to schedule or assign a specific amount of a user's time per week to a task or project within a defined period.
Create a project
Creates a new asana project, requiring either a `workspace` or `team` gid for association, and returns the full project details.
Create a tag in a workspace
Creates a new tag, with properties like name and color defined in the request body, within a specific asana workspace (using `workspace gid`); this tag helps categorize tasks, is confined to the workspace, and is not automatically applied to tasks.
Create task in asana with specific details
Creates a new asana task; requires 'workspace', 'parent', or 'projects' for association, and 'followers', 'projects', 'tags' are set only at creation.
Create Attachment for Task
Tool to upload an attachment to a task. use when you need to attach a file to a specific task in asana.
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