Turn Drive Changes Into Team Status Updates
A key document updates in Google Drive, and Notis automatically posts a status update to your Asana project. Your team stays informed. No meeting needed.
Trigger
Google Drive Changes
Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.
Action
Create Project Status Update
Tool to create a new status update on a project. use when you need to communicate the current status, progress, or any blockers related to a specific project.
Why this helps
Changes happen in Drive, team doesn't know until someone mentions it in Slack, decisions are made based on outdated information.
- Changes in Drive automatically flow to your project status—team stays current without asking.
- Reduces meeting dependency: status updates keep everyone informed asynchronously.
- Creates a paper trail: changes are logged as project status for future reference.
- Async-friendly: team members read updates when they have bandwidth, not on your schedule.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Drive and Asana to Notis.
- 2Set up the automation: 'When files in [Drive folder] change, create a status update on my [Project name] project summarizing the change.'
- 3Notis detects changes and posts a status update to the project.
- 4Choose your notification channel.
- 5Test by modifying a tracked file and verify the status update appears in Asana.
Questions about this workflow
How detailed should the status update be?
Notis includes the file name and change metadata. You can customize the prompt to add more context, like 'specs updated, next review scheduled for Thursday.'
Who gets notified when a status update is posted?
Project members in Asana are notified based on their notification settings. You can customize this in Asana's project settings.
Can I filter which changes trigger status updates?
Yes. Specify in your prompt which files or change types matter, and Notis will ignore minor updates.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Drive to Asana. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Drive triggers
Asana actions
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
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.
File Created
Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.
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.
File Deleted or Trashed
Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.
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.
File Shared (Permissions Added)
Triggers when new sharing permissions are granted to a file or folder. Uses Drive's `changes.list` endpoint with inline `permissions` in the `fields` mask so each change carries the file's current permission set provider-atomically. We diff that against `seen_permission_keys` to identify newly added grants. Drive page tokens are the primary cursor; if Drive rejects a stored token, the trigger raises `PollingTriggerError` without clearing state rather than silently re-baselining and dropping events. Limitation: truly ephemeral permissions (added and revoked between two polls without any other file modification in between) are not detected. Drive Activity API would catch those but requires an additional OAuth scope and a different payload contract.
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.
File Updated
Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.
Create a project
Creates a new asana project, requiring either a `workspace` or `team` gid for association, and returns the full project details.
Google Drive Changes
Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.
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.
New File Matching Query
Triggers when a new Google Drive file matches a provided query. This is the legacy query-centric trigger: it preserves Drive API query config such as ``corpora`` / ``driveId`` aliases and emits the historical ``file_matching_query`` event type. ``FileCreatedTrigger`` covers the broader "new file" case and emits ``file_created``.
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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