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Attach WhatsApp files to the right Asana tasks

Notis catches files sent through WhatsApp and attaches them to the relevant Asana task, keeping source material beside the work instead of buried in a conversation.

Trigger

New Message Received

Triggered in real time when your WhatsApp Business number receives an inbound message from a customer (text, media, location, or contact). Delivered via the Cloud API webhook.

Action

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.

Why this helps

Briefs and screenshots shared in WhatsApp become hard to find when it is time to complete the task.

  • Keeps source files with the work
  • Cuts time spent searching chat history
  • Preserves customer context for collaborators

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect WhatsApp and Asana to Notis once.
  • 2Create an automation with a plain-language instruction to attach incoming files to their relevant Asana tasks.
  • 3Use New Message Received as the trigger and select a run-report channel.
  • 4Send one test file in WhatsApp and confirm it appears on the expected task.

Questions about this workflow

What kinds of WhatsApp messages can carry attachments?

The inbound message trigger can receive media as well as text, location, and contact messages.

Does this create a new Asana task?

No. This workflow adds an attachment to an existing task identified from the context in your instruction.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Whatsapp to Asana. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Whatsapp triggers

Asana actions

Message Status Updated

Triggers when a WhatsApp message status changes. IMPORTANT LIMITATION: WhatsApp Cloud API does not provide a native polling endpoint for message status. Status updates are ONLY delivered via webhooks in real-time. This trigger cannot directly poll the WhatsApp API for status updates. This trigger will return empty results as WhatsApp does not support this operation. To track message status updates, you must: 1. Set up a webhook endpoint to receive status notifications from WhatsApp 2. Store the webhook data in your own database 3. Use a different mechanism to query your stored webhook data For more information, see: - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/webhooks

TriggerPolling

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.

ActionInstant

New Message Received

Triggered in real time when your WhatsApp Business number receives an inbound message from a customer (text, media, location, or contact). Delivered via the Cloud API webhook.

TriggerInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Interactive Reply Received

Triggered when a customer taps a quick-reply button or selects an option from an interactive list message you sent.

TriggerInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Message Template Status Update

Triggered when the review status of a WhatsApp message template changes — for example approved, rejected, or flagged — on your WhatsApp Business Account.

TriggerInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Create a project

Creates a new asana project, requiring either a `workspace` or `team` gid for association, and returns the full project details.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

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