Auto-duplicate Asana Tasks for Parallel Jira Work
When a Jira issue needs to be tracked across multiple teams, Notis duplicates the Asana task so each team has their own copy to customize. Perfect alignment, independent progress.
Trigger
Updated Issue
Fires when an existing issue is changed in the Jira project you configure — for example its status, assignee, or any other field on the issue is updated. Only issues in that project produce an event. It does not fire on comment activity: adding, editing, or deleting a comment on an issue will not produce an event from this trigger.
Action
Duplicate Task
Duplicate a task
Why this helps
Complex work often requires different teams to track the same issue from their own angle. Sharing one task creates confusion about ownership and progress. Duplicating manually is forgotten, leaving teams out of sync.
- Each team has a clear, independent copy to track their portion of work
- Reduces coordination confusion and miscommunication
- Allows teams to customize their copy while staying connected to the original
- Ensures parallel work doesn't create bottlenecks or duplicate effort
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Jira and Asana to Notis.
- 2Ask Notis: 'When a Jira issue is marked as requiring parallel tracking, duplicate the Asana task for each relevant team.'
- 3Specify which issue label or status indicates parallel work is needed (e.g., 'needs-design-review' or status 'Ready for Sub-teams').
- 4Designate which teams should receive duplicates.
- 5Test by updating a Jira issue to trigger parallel work and confirming each team gets a duplicate task.
Questions about this workflow
Can I customize each duplicated task for the team that receives it?
Yes. Notis can rename, re-assign, or adjust details in each duplicate based on the team's role.
How do we keep duplicated tasks in sync as work progresses?
You can ask Notis to sync key updates (like status or blockers) across duplicates, or keep them independent based on your preference.
What if we later realize a task doesn't need duplication?
You can modify the automation or manually clean up extra duplicates. Notis is flexible.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Jira to Asana. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Jira triggers
Asana actions
New Issue
Fires when a new issue is created in the Jira project you configure. Only issues created in that project produce an event.
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 Project
Triggered when a new project is added in Jira
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.
Updated Issue
Fires when an existing issue is changed in the Jira project you configure — for example its status, assignee, or any other field on the issue is updated. Only issues in that project produce an event. It does not fire on comment activity: adding, editing, or deleting a comment on an issue will not produce an event from this trigger.
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.
Create Allocation
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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