Keep Relevant Trello Activity with Its Asana Task
A short task comment can save your team from reconstructing the story across tools.
Trigger
New Activity Trigger
Triggered when there is activity in Trello.
Action
Create task comment
Adds a new text comment (story) to an existing asana task, appearing in its activity feed.
Why this helps
Useful context gets lost when activity is scattered across boards and task feeds.
- Preserve relevant context in the Asana task feed
- Reduce repeated status questions
- Keep cross-tool work history easier to follow
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Trello and Asana once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or tell Notis from any channel; name it and specify the Trello activity, matching Asana task reference, and comment details.
- 3Pick the Trello New Activity trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 4Test with one real activity and its referenced task.
Questions about this workflow
Will every activity create a comment?
Describe which activity should be captured in your instruction.
What if there is no task reference?
Provide a matching rule or task reference before relying on this workflow to comment on a specific task.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Trello to Asana. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Trello triggers
Asana actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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.
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.
Card Archived Trigger
Triggered when a card is archived in the specified board
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.
New Activity Trigger
Triggered when there is activity in Trello.
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.
New Board Trigger
Triggered when a board is created in the specified workspace
Create a project
Creates a new asana project, requiring either a `workspace` or `team` gid for association, and returns the full project details.
New Card Trigger
Triggered when a card is created in the specified board
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.
Card Updated Trigger
Triggered when a specific card is updated
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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Trello and Asana, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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