Keep the right people in the loop on research tasks
Help the people who need the research see updates on the related Asana task.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
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.
Why this helps
Important research tasks can move forward without the teammates who need to follow them.
- Make relevant teammates aware of task updates.
- Reduce manual follow-up to keep stakeholders in the loop.
- Tie notifications to a specific research-backed task.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Browser tool and Asana once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it for research task followers.
- 3Tell Notis how to identify the task and which teammates should follow it based on the submitted context; ask it to report if either is unclear.
- 4Choose the webhook trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one known task and verify the intended followers.
Questions about this workflow
Does adding followers notify them?
The Asana action adds users as task followers, which notifies them of task updates.
Can it infer who should follow a task?
Give Notis clear criteria or include the intended teammates in the submitted request. It should report uncertainty instead of guessing.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
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Browser tool triggers
Asana actions
Recurring trigger
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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.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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Creates a new asana task; requires 'workspace', 'parent', or 'projects' for association, and 'followers', 'projects', 'tags' are set only at creation.
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