Check Apilio string variables during task discussion
Keep a text variable lookup close to the discussion: a new Asana project comment can prompt Notis to fetch your Apilio string variables.
Trigger
New Comment on Task
Triggers when a comment is added to a task in a project.
Action
Get String Variables
Tool to fetch all string variables. use after authenticating the apilio api.
Why this helps
Useful task discussions can prompt a check of stored text values, but that lookup is easy to postpone or forget while replying.
- Retrieves available Apilio string variables after a project task comment.
- Keeps the lookup connected to an active work discussion.
- Provides results in the Notis run report.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Asana and Apilio once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create a new automation in Automations, or tell Notis in plain language from any channel.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to retrieve Apilio string variables and report the results when a project task receives a comment.
- 4Pick the Asana New Comment on Task trigger, then choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real comment on a task in a project.
Questions about this workflow
Does the workflow read the full conversation history?
The trigger is a new comment on a task in a project. The available Apilio action retrieves string variables; it does not fetch Asana discussion history.
Can it update a string variable with comment text?
No. Action 854 retrieves string variables. It does not update variables.
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