Automatically Upload Asana Attachments to Google Drive
Stop manually downloading files from Asana and re-uploading them to Drive. When you attach a file in Asana, Notis sends it straight to your organized Drive folder.
Trigger
Attachment Added to Task
Triggers when an attachment is added to a task.
Action
Upload File
Uploads a file (max 5mb) to google drive, moving it to a specified folder if a valid folder id is provided, otherwise uploads to root.
Why this helps
Organizing resources scattered across apps causes cognitive overload. Neurodivergent founders often duplicate effort uploading the same file to multiple places, or lose track of which version lives where.
- One source of truth for all project files
- No manual uploads or re-organizing
- Attachments stay with context from Asana
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect your Asana and Google Drive to Notis (one-time in the portal).
- 2Create the automation: tell Notis 'Upload any file attached to an Asana task into Google Drive, organized by task name or project.'
- 3Choose 'Attachment Added to Task' as the trigger.
- 4Select your Notis notification channel (Telegram, email, Slack, etc.).
- 5Test by attaching a file to an Asana task and verify it appears in Drive.
Questions about this workflow
Can files be organized into subfolders by project?
Absolutely. Just tell Notis 'Create a folder for each project and put attachments there.' It will organize them for you using natural language.
What file types can be uploaded?
All of them: PDFs, images, videos, spreadsheets, docs. Google Drive accepts virtually any format.
What if I attach the same file twice?
Notis will upload it again as a separate copy, or you can tell it to skip duplicates. Just include that in your prompt.
Does this work with preview images or only file attachments?
Only actual file attachments. Previews in Asana won't trigger the upload.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Asana to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Asana triggers
Google Drive actions
Attachment Added to Task
Triggers when an attachment is added to a task.
Add file sharing preference
Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.
New Comment on Task
Triggers when a comment is added to a task in a project.
Copy file
Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.
New Task Created
Triggers when a new task is created in a project.
Create Comment
Tool to create a comment on a file. use when you need to add a new comment to a specific file in google drive.
Task Moved to Section
Triggers when a task is moved to a section in a project.
Create Shared Drive
Tool to create a new shared drive. use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.
Tag Added to Task
Triggers when a tag is added to a task. Note: Asana's event structure is inverted for tag events — the resource is the task and the parent is the tag. So parent.gid gives the tag GID.
Create File or Folder
Creates a new file or folder with metadata. use to create empty files or folders, or files with content by providing it in the request body (though this action primarily focuses on metadata creation).
Task Updated
Triggers when a task is updated in a project.
Create a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
Create a folder
Creates a new folder in google drive, optionally within a parent folder specified by its id or name; if a parent name is provided but not found, the action will fail.
Create Reply
Tool to create a reply to a comment in google drive. use when you need to respond to an existing comment on a file.
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