Auto-Create Asana Teams Based on Slack Activity
Your team creates a Slack channel for a new department. Notis automatically creates an Asana team with the same members so work stays organized.
Trigger
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Action
Create Team
Tool to create a new team in an asana workspace. use when you need to establish a new team for collaboration.
Why this helps
Communication gets siloed in Slack channels, but the corresponding organizational structure doesn't exist in Asana, leaving work scattered and access fragmented.
- Team structure automatically mirrors communication structure
- Simplified access management across tools
- New teams get set up without manual overhead
- Clear organizational boundaries in both Slack and Asana
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Asana to Notis.
- 2Tell Notis: 'When a new Slack channel is created that looks like a team (e.g., starts with team- or contains multiple members), create an Asana team with the same name and members.'
- 3Define what qualifies as a team channel: 'Private channels with more than 5 people' or 'Any channel with team in the name.'
- 4Select your notification channel.
- 5Create a test team channel in Slack and verify the Asana team appears with the right members.
Questions about this workflow
How does Notis know who to add to the Asana team?
From the Slack channel members. Everyone in the Slack channel gets added to the Asana team automatically.
What if the team members change in Slack?
You can set ongoing sync: 'Keep the Asana team membership in sync with the Slack channel' and Notis updates it automatically.
Can I skip creating teams for certain channels?
Yes. Use patterns: 'Don't create teams for channels that start with random- or announce-' to avoid noise.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Asana. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Asana actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Webhook trigger
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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.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
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.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
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.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Create a project
Creates a new asana project, requiring either a `workspace` or `team` gid for association, and returns the full project details.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
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.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
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.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slack and Asana, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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