Turn Asana infrastructure requests into DigitalOcean droplets
Capture a server request in Asana and let Notis handle provisioning details that are present, then report any missing information for follow-up.
Trigger
New Task Created
Triggers when a new task is created in a project.
Action
Create New Droplet
Tool to create a new droplet. use when you need to provision a vm with name, region, size, and image.
Why this helps
Infrastructure requests get buried in project tasks, leaving founders to manually translate a request into a server setup.
- Reduce manual handoffs from task request to server provisioning
- Surface missing region, size, or image details before acting
- Keep provisioning outcomes connected to the originating task
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Asana and DigitalOcean once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Tell Notis to review new infrastructure tasks, create a droplet only when its name, region, size, and image are clear, and report missing details on the task.
- 4Choose the Asana New Task Created trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real infrastructure request task.
Questions about this workflow
What details should the Asana task include?
Include a droplet name, region, size, and image. Notis can report what is missing, but it cannot infer your intended infrastructure choices.
Will every new Asana task create a droplet?
No. Describe the infrastructure request criteria in the automation instruction so unrelated tasks are not treated as provisioning requests.
Where do I see the result?
Choose a report channel during setup. The instruction can also ask Notis to summarize the provisioning result on the originating task.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Asana to Digital ocean. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Asana triggers
Digital ocean actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Custom Image
Tool to create a new custom image by providing a url to a linux vm image. use when you need to import a vm image into digitalocean after specifying name, url, distribution, and region.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Database Cluster
Tool to create a new managed database cluster. use when you need to provision a database cluster with name, engine, version, region, size, and number of nodes.
Attachment Added to Task
Triggers when an attachment is added to a task.
Create New Block Storage Volume
Tool to create a new block storage volume. use when you need to provision persistent block storage after confirming the target region supports volumes. example: "create a 100 gib ext4 backup volume named 'db-backup' in nyc1."
New Comment on Task
Triggers when a comment is added to a task in a project.
Create New Domain
Tool to create a new domain. use when you have the domain name and optionally an ip address to assign an a record.
New Task Created
Triggers when a new task is created in a project.
Create Domain Record
Tool to create a new dns record for a domain. use after confirming domain exists and record specifics.
Task Moved to Section
Triggers when a task is moved to a section in a project.
Create New Droplet
Tool to create a new droplet. use when you need to provision a vm with name, region, size, and image.
Tag Added to Task
Triggers when a tag is added to a task. Note: Asana's event structure is inverted for tag events — the resource is the task and the parent is the tag. So parent.gid gives the tag GID.
Create New Firewall
Tool to create a new firewall. use when you need to define a firewall name and custom rules (requires at least one inbound and one outbound rule).
Task Updated
Triggers when a task is updated in a project.
Create New Kubernetes Cluster
Tool to create a new kubernetes cluster. use when you have finalized the cluster name, region, version, and at least one node pool. confirm region supports kubernetes clusters before use.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Asana and Digital ocean, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
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