Get Reminded in Slack When Asana Tasks Move Stages
Your task moves to Review. Slack reminds you to check it. No manual reminder creation, no forgotten handoffs, no coordination gaps.
Trigger
Task Moved to Section
Triggers when a task is moved to a section in a project.
Action
Create a reminder
Creates a slack reminder with specified text and time; time accepts unix timestamps, seconds from now, or natural language (e.g., 'in 15 minutes', 'every thursday at 2pm').
Why this helps
Handoffs are where work dies for neurodivergent teams. When a task moves from In Progress to Review or QA, the person responsible often forgets to actually look at it. Asana tracks the status change, but nobody gets reminded to act on it.
- Handoff safety: A reminder fires the instant a task moves to a new section, ensuring someone actually reviews it.
- No manual reminders: Stop creating Slack reminders by hand. Notis creates them automatically based on Asana movement.
- Asynchronous workflow: Reminders are non-urgent by default; your team can batch-review at their own pace.
- Customizable timing: Notis can delay reminders (e.g., 'remind me in 2 hours') so reviews don't block the next stage.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Asana and Slack to Notis (one-time).
- 2Tell Notis: 'When a task moves to [Section Name], remind me to review it' (e.g., 'When a task moves to Review, remind me in 2 hours').
- 3Notis asks which Asana project and reminder timing.
- 4Pick the trigger as 'Task Moved to Section' and select your notification channel.
- 5Test by moving a sample task; a Slack reminder should appear at the time you specified.
Questions about this workflow
Can I set different reminders for different sections?
Yes. Create separate automations for each section. For example, 'When task moves to QA, remind in 4 hours' and 'When task moves to Review, remind in 2 hours.'
What if I want the reminder to go to a specific person?
Notis can direct reminders to the task assignee or a specific Slack user. Include that in your plain-language prompt, e.g., 'Remind the assignee when the task moves to Review.'
Will reminders pile up if multiple tasks move at once?
No. Notis creates one reminder per task movement. If 5 tasks move to Review simultaneously, you get 5 separate reminders (one per task), each trackable independently.
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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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