Auto-Link Slack Discussions to Your Asana Goals
You discuss OKRs in Slack but tasks never get connected to the strategic goals in Asana. Notis links them automatically so you can track progress toward big wins.
Trigger
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Action
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.
Why this helps
Strategic goals live in one place and execution lives in another. Without manual linking, it's impossible to see which tasks contribute to which goals.
- Automatic alignment between strategy and execution
- Clear visibility into which tasks support which goals
- Better reporting on progress toward strategic objectives
- Reduced manual overhead of linking goals to work
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Asana to Notis.
- 2Tell Notis: 'When I mention a goal in a Slack message, link any related tasks to that goal in Asana.'
- 3Define how goals are mentioned: 'By goal name', 'By keyword like OKR1 or Q3-Growth', etc.
- 4Select your notification channel.
- 5Post a Slack message mentioning a goal and a task, then verify the goal-task link appears in Asana.
Questions about this workflow
How does Notis know which goal and task to link?
You tell it: 'Link to the Growth goal' or 'Any message with G1: links to the growth goal.' You stay in control of the mapping.
Can this create new relationships if the goal doesn't exist yet?
You'll need the goal to already exist in Asana. Notis links to existing goals, she doesn't create new ones.
What if I mention a goal but it's not related to the task?
Add a confirmation step: 'Only link if the message includes both a goal AND a task name' to avoid false linkages.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Asana. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Asana actions
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
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.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
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.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
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.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
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.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Create a project
Creates a new asana project, requiring either a `workspace` or `team` gid for association, and returns the full project details.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
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.
Reaction Removed Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message.
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.
New Bot Message Received Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_CHANNEL_MESSAGE_RECEIVED` with `is_bot_message=true` instead. Triggered when a new bot message is posted to a Slack channel.
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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