Capture Ideas From Slack DMs as Asana Tasks
People send you ideas, feedback, and tasks via DM. Notis captures them as Asana tasks so you don't have to remember to copy-paste later.
Trigger
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Action
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.
Why this helps
Many founders use Slack DMs as a quick brain dump, but these conversations never make it to your actual task system, leaving important work invisible.
- Stop switching between Slack and Asana to manually create tasks
- No more lost conversations in your DM history
- All work from all channels flows into one place
- Teammates can send you work via DM and it auto-appears in your task list
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Asana to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Ask Notis (in any channel or portal): 'Create an Asana task whenever someone sends me a direct message.'
- 3Specify any refinements: 'Only from team members' or 'Skip if the message is just a quick emoji reaction.'
- 4Pick a Slack channel for Notis to report each task creation.
- 5Send Notis a test DM and confirm the task appears in Asana.
Questions about this workflow
Will every DM create a task?
You can set rules. For example: 'Only create tasks from DMs containing action words like TODO, URGENT, or specific people.' This prevents casual chats from becoming tasks.
Can I exclude certain people or keywords?
Absolutely. Tell Notis which DM senders or keywords to ignore. You have full control over what triggers a task.
What happens to my existing DM history?
Only new DMs trigger tasks. Your existing history in Slack stays as-is. This automation starts working immediately when you set it up.
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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
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
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.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
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.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
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.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
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.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Create a project
Creates a new asana project, requiring either a `workspace` or `team` gid for association, and returns the full project details.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
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.
Reaction Removed Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message.
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.
New Bot Message Received Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_CHANNEL_MESSAGE_RECEIVED` with `is_bot_message=true` instead. Triggered when a new bot message is posted to a Slack channel.
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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