Put Email-Related Asana Work in the Right Section
When a new message clarifies a task's status or place in a project, move the existing task into the relevant section.
Trigger
New Email Received
Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox
Action
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.
Why this helps
Tasks stay in the wrong place after an email changes their status or clarifies the next stage of work.
- Keep project sections aligned with email updates
- Reduce manual task sorting
- Make the next stage of work easier to spot
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Agent Mail and Asana once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or tell Notis from any channel what outcome you want.
- 3Ask Notis to move a clearly matched existing task into an already available section when the email supports that change.
- 4Choose New Email Received as the trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real email and a known task and section.
Questions about this workflow
Will this create a section if the needed one does not exist?
No. This workflow uses the action to add an existing task to a section. It should skip and report when the appropriate section is unavailable.
Can it decide a task's section from any email?
Use it only when the email clearly indicates a project stage and Notis can confidently identify the task and existing section.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Agent mail to Asana. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Agent mail triggers
Asana actions
Recurring trigger
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