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Asana + Slack: tasks in your channels, channel banter as tasks.

Post Asana task events into Slack and create Asana tasks from Slack messages. The most-used Asana integration on Tiny Command — by a wide margin.

Trigger app
Slack as the trigger

Workflows fire when something happens in Slack.

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Action app
Asana as the action

Workflows do something in Asana, instantly.

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Connect Slack to Asana — start free
Both directions

Pick the way that fits your stack.

Pair pages are mirrored. Each direction gets its own dedicated page.

Slack → Asana

When something happens in Slack, do it in Asana.

13 Slack triggers wired to 15 Asana actions. Most-used pairing: App Home Opened → Add Comment.

Asana → Slack

Or fire it the other way around.

1 Asana triggers wired to 45 Slack actions downstream.

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Popular pairings

Common Slack → Asana workflows.

Pick a pairing to set it up in two minutes. Each one is a fully editable recipe.

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When app home opened in Slack, add comment in Asana.

Fires when a user opens your Slack app's Home tab or DM. Useful for refreshing the Home view, lazy-loading user-specific data, or tracking app engagement.

When app home opened in Slack, add tag to task in Asana.

Fires when a user opens your Slack app's Home tab or DM. Useful for refreshing the Home view, lazy-loading user-specific data, or tracking app engagement.

When app home opened in Slack, create section in Asana.

Fires when a user opens your Slack app's Home tab or DM. Useful for refreshing the Home view, lazy-loading user-specific data, or tracking app engagement.

When app home opened in Slack, create subtask in Asana.

Fires when a user opens your Slack app's Home tab or DM. Useful for refreshing the Home view, lazy-loading user-specific data, or tracking app engagement.

When app mentioned in Slack, add comment in Asana.

Fires when your Slack app is mentioned in a message. The standard hook for chatbots that answer when summoned with @your-app.

When app mentioned in Slack, add tag to task in Asana.

Fires when your Slack app is mentioned in a message. The standard hook for chatbots that answer when summoned with @your-app.

When app mentioned in Slack, create section in Asana.

Fires when your Slack app is mentioned in a message. The standard hook for chatbots that answer when summoned with @your-app.

When app mentioned in Slack, create subtask in Asana.

Fires when your Slack app is mentioned in a message. The standard hook for chatbots that answer when summoned with @your-app.

When new channel in Slack, add comment in Asana.

Fires when a new Slack channel is created in the workspace. Useful for auto-adding the bot, welcome messages, or governance audit logs.

How it works

Connect Slack and Asana in five steps.

No code, no glue, no half-day setup. Each step is one click.

  1. 1
    Connect
    Authorize Slack and Asana

    Open TinyCommand, authorize Slack and Asana once each. Both connections are available to every workflow on your account.

  2. 2
    Trigger
    Pick a Slack trigger

    Drop the Slack → App Home Opened trigger onto the canvas. TinyCommand auto-registers the webhook.

    POST /v1/webhooks/slack.trigger-app-home-opened
  3. 3
    Transform
    Add a filter or AI step

    Optionally add a Filter node ("subject contains URGENT") or an AI step ("classify intent") between trigger and action.

  4. 4
    Action
    Add the Asana action

    Drop the Asana → Add Comment action below it. Map fields from the Slack payload into the Asana inputs.

    asana.add-comment
  5. 5
    Publish
    Publish and forget

    Hit Publish. TinyCommand runs it in production from second one. Watch the run-log fill up.

FAQ

Questions about Slack + Asana.

What's the canonical Asana + Slack flow?
Asana Task Created with a specific tag → Slack Send Message to a channel scoped by team. The task title, due date, and assignee surface in chat. Click-through to Asana from the message.
How do I create Asana tasks from Slack messages?
Slack Message Reaction Added (e.g., :memo:) → Asana Create Task with task title = message text, notes including the Slack message URL. Reactions become the universal task-capture verb.
Can I DM the assignee instead of posting in a channel?
Yes — maintain a lookup of asana_user_email → slack_user_id. After the Asana trigger, look up the assignee, and Slack Send Direct Message instead of posting to a channel.
How do I avoid Slack noise on minor Asana edits?
Filter the Asana trigger to specific events: created, assigned, completed, due-date-changed. Skip text-edits, comment-adds, and section-moves to keep the channel signal-to-noise high.
Can Slack buttons update Asana task fields?
Yes. Send Approval Message with Approve/Reject buttons. The button click trigger fires the workflow that calls Asana Update Task with the right status. End-to-end approval loop in chat.
How do I post a daily Asana digest to Slack?
Scheduled 9am: List Tasks in an Asana "Due Today" view → format as a bullet list → Slack Send Message to #standup. The team sees a single daily snapshot instead of constant per-task pings.
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