Auto-Invite Team to Slack When Asana Tags Trigger
A task gets tagged as urgent. Your Slack channel auto-invites the urgent-response team. Everyone who needs to see it is instantly included, no manual add.
Trigger
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.
Action
Invite users to a Slack channel
Invites users to an existing slack channel using their valid slack user ids.
Why this helps
Neurodivergent founders struggle with rapid team assembly. When a critical project or urgent task needs attention, pulling together the right people is a manual, error-prone process. People get left out, channels sit empty, and coordination fails.
- Instant team coordination: Tag a task, and relevant team members are automatically invited to the Slack channel.
- No manual invites: Stop adding people to channels by hand. Let tags drive membership.
- Context clarity: When people are auto-invited, they know a tag triggered it so they understand the task's importance.
- Flexible tagging: Use different tags for different teams (e.g., tag 'design-review' invites the design team, tag 'legal-check' invites legal).
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Asana and Slack to Notis.
- 2Tell Notis: 'When a task is tagged with [Tag Name], invite [Team Name] to the Slack channel.'
- 3Notis asks which Asana tag, which Slack channel, and which users to invite.
- 4Choose 'Tag Added to Task' as your trigger.
- 5Test by tagging a sample task; the selected users should be invited to Slack within seconds.
Questions about this workflow
What if I want different tags to invite different teams?
Create separate automations for each tag. For example, one automation for tag 'legal-review' invites legal@company; another for tag 'design-feedback' invites design@company.
Can people be automatically removed when a tag is removed?
Currently, invites are one-way. Notis adds people but doesn't remove them when tags change. You can manually manage membership or contact Notis support for custom workflows.
Does this work if someone is already in the channel?
Yes. Notis checks if the user is already in the channel and skips the invite if they are, so there's no spam.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Asana to Slack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Asana triggers
Slack actions
Attachment Added to Task
Triggers when an attachment is added to a task.
Set snooze duration
Deprecated: turns on do not disturb mode for the current user, or changes its duration. use `set dnd duration` instead.
New Comment on Task
Triggers when a comment is added to a task in a project.
Add a custom emoji to a Slack team
Deprecated: adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url. use `add emoji` instead.
New Task Created
Triggers when a new task is created in a project.
Add an emoji alias
Adds an alias for an existing custom emoji in a slack enterprise grid organization.
Task Moved to Section
Triggers when a task is moved to a section in a project.
Add a remote file
Adds a reference to an external file (e.g., google drive, dropbox) to slack for discovery and sharing, requiring a unique `external id` and an `external url` accessible by slack.
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.
Add a star to an item
Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.
Task Updated
Triggers when a task is updated in a project.
Add call participants
Registers new participants added to a slack call.
Add emoji
Adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url; subject to workspace emoji limits.
Add reaction to message
Adds a specified emoji reaction to an existing message in a slack channel, identified by its timestamp; does not remove or retrieve reactions.
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