Schedule Weekly Time Allocations in Asana
You say yes to too many tasks because you don't visually see how much time you have left. Notis creates a weekly allocation structure in Asana so you can see capacity before committing.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
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.
Why this helps
You accept new work without realizing you're already booked solid. By midweek, you're drowning. Having a visual time allocation system would help, but setting it up every week is friction you skip.
- Weekly time buckets created automatically
- Visual capacity prevents overcommitment
- Easy to see available time before accepting work
- Reduces context-switching from capacity planning
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Asana to Notis.
- 2Create an automation: 'Every Sunday evening, create a weekly allocation record in Asana for my standard tasks and time buckets.'
- 3Set your trigger to 'Weekly on Sunday at 6pm' (or your preferred time).
- 4Define which tasks or projects should get allocations (e.g., 5 hours/week to Deep Work, 3 to Meetings, 2 to Admin).
- 5Test by running it manually and reviewing the allocation record in Asana. Adjust time buckets if needed.
Questions about this workflow
Does this block time or just log allocations?
Notis creates allocation records in Asana. They show intended capacity but don't automatically block your calendar; you can use Asana's view to see available time.
What if my workload varies week to week?
Set up the default allocation, then adjust manually in Asana when weeks are heavier or lighter. Notis can also accept manual adjustments without overwriting.
Can I get alerts if I exceed my allocation?
Yes. Asana can notify you if tasks assigned to an allocation exceed the time. Configure in Asana's settings.
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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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