Create Asana Subtasks from Telegram Messages
You're working through a task and realize it has three smaller pieces. Message Notis each piece and they all show up as subtasks under the parent, keeping your work breakdown in one place.
Trigger
New Message Received
Triggered when your bot receives a new message in a private chat, group, or supergroup. To receive every message in a group, Privacy Mode must be disabled for the bot in BotFather.
Action
Create subtask
Creates a new asana subtask under an existing parent task (`task gid`); `due on` and `due at` are mutually exclusive and cannot be set simultaneously.
Why this helps
You're midway through a task and realize it needs to break down further. You could open Asana and create subtasks manually, but that kills your momentum. Or you keep a mental list and forget half of it.
- Break down work without leaving Telegram
- Subtasks appear immediately in Asana under parent
- Maintains task hierarchy without manual setup
- Reduces context-switching during active work
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Asana to Notis.
- 2Create an automation: 'When I send a message to Notis on Telegram that starts with subtask, create it as a subtask under my current task in Asana.'
- 3Set your trigger to 'New Message Received'.
- 4Specify the parent task (or use a dynamic reference like 'current task').
- 5Test by sending Notis a message like 'subtask: write test cases' and verify it appears as a subtask in Asana.
Questions about this workflow
How does Notis know which parent task to use?
You can reference the parent by name, or Notis can track a 'current task' context if you mention it in setup.
Can I create subtasks in different parent tasks?
Yes. Include the parent name in your message: 'subtask: @Design - new icon' goes to the Design task; '@Marketing - copy update' to the Marketing task.
What's the limit on subtasks per parent?
Asana typically supports many subtasks per task. Notis has no artificial limit.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Asana. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram triggers
Asana actions
New Message Received
Triggered when your bot receives a new message in a private chat, group, or supergroup. To receive every message in a group, Privacy Mode must be disabled for the bot in BotFather.
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 Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
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.
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
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 Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
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.
New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
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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