Celebrate Task Progress: Auto-Post Stage Transitions
A task moves from In Progress to Review. Slack automatically announces it. Your team sees milestone progress instantly.
Trigger
Task Moved to Section
Triggers when a task is moved to a section in a project.
Action
Post message to channel
Deprecated: posts a message to a slack channel, direct message, or private channel. use `send message` instead.
Why this helps
Progress invisibility demoralizes neurodivergent teams. When tasks move through stages, people don't see the progress. Work feels stalled, and wins go uncelebrated.
- Visibility: Stage transitions are posted to Slack, so everyone sees when work moves forward.
- Morale: Celebrating progress through Slack posts keeps team energy high.
- Bottleneck visibility: If tasks are stuck in a stage, you'll notice and can intervene.
- Async awareness: Team gets updates in their own time without needing to check Asana.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Asana and Slack to Notis.
- 2Tell Notis: 'Post to Slack when tasks move to [Section Name]' or 'announce all stage transitions.'
- 3Notis asks which sections to track and which Slack channel.
- 4Select 'Task Moved to Section' as your trigger.
- 5Test by moving a task between sections; an announcement should appear in Slack.
Questions about this workflow
Can I customize the announcement message?
Yes. Tell Notis the format you want: 'Say task [name] is now in [stage] and ready for [next step].' Notis fills in details automatically.
Should I post all stage transitions or just some?
You can filter. For example, 'Post only when tasks move to Completed or Blocked.' This reduces notification volume.
Does the post include who moved the task?
Yes. Notis includes the person who made the change, so it's clear who took the action.
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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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