Generate Weekly Task Progress Comments Automatically
Every Friday afternoon, Notis adds a comment to your active tasks: what was completed, what's blocked, what's next. No manual writing required.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Create task comment
Adds a new text comment (story) to an existing asana task, appearing in its activity feed.
Why this helps
Keeping tasks updated with progress comments requires remembering to write them regularly. Most tasks end up with stale descriptions that don't reflect reality.
- Automatic progress tracking without manual effort
- Historical record of task evolution
- Teammates always see the latest progress
- Reduces cognitive load of remembering to update tasks
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Asana to Notis.
- 2Tell Notis: 'Every Friday at 4 PM, add a comment to my active tasks that says: What was completed this week? What's blocked? What's next?'
- 3Customize the template with your preferred questions or format.
- 4Select your notification channel.
- 5Next Friday at the scheduled time, check Asana and verify the digest comments appear on your tasks.
Questions about this workflow
Can I customize the digest questions?
Yes. Tell Notis exactly what you want commented: 'Add a comment with these fields: blockers, completed, next-steps, risk-level.'
Which tasks get the digest comment?
By default, active/in-progress tasks. You can customize: 'Only tasks assigned to me' or 'Only tasks with due dates this week.'
Does this add comments even if there's nothing to report?
You can set a rule: 'Only if the task has been modified since last week' to avoid empty comments on untouched tasks.
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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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