Connect Email Discussions to Your Strategic Goals
An email discusses progress on one of your OKRs. Notis automatically links that work as supporting the goal in Asana. Your strategy stays connected to execution.
Trigger
New Gmail Message Received Trigger
Triggers when a new message is received in Gmail.
Action
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.
Why this helps
Goals live in Asana but email discussions about progress don't get linked. This creates a disconnect where execution work feels disconnected from strategy.
- Emails discussing goals automatically link work as supporting that goal
- Goals stay visible and connected to real work happening
- Strategy doesn't feel disconnected from day-to-day execution
- Founders can see which projects contribute to which goals at a glance
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Gmail and Asana integrations.
- 2Create an automation: 'When I get an email discussing one of my OKRs or goals, link that work as supporting the goal in Asana.'
- 3Use 'New Gmail Message Received' as the trigger.
- 4Notis will read email content for goal name mentions.
- 5Test by emailing yourself about one of your stated OKRs and verify the link appears in Asana within a minute.
Questions about this workflow
How does Notis know which goal the email is about?
It reads the email body for goal name mentions. If it finds a match, it creates the supporting relationship.
Can I link multiple goals from one email?
Yes. If an email discusses multiple OKRs, Notis will create relationships for all of them.
What if the email mentions a goal that doesn't exist in Asana yet?
Notis will alert you. You can create the goal in Asana first, then re-run the automation.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Gmail to Asana. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Gmail triggers
Asana actions
Email Sent
Triggers when a Gmail message is sent by the authenticated user. It polls the 'SENT' label and emits metadata including sender, recipients, subject, timestamp, and thread ID.
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.
New Gmail Message Received Trigger
Triggers when a new message is received in Gmail.
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.
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.
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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.
Create a project
Creates a new asana project, requiring either a `workspace` or `team` gid for association, and returns the full project details.
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.
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.
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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