What can a bot do in Asana?
Asana is a system of promises, and it only works if the tasks get written and updated. A bot can write them from conversations and tell you what is slipping.
- Create tasks. Turn a meeting note or an email into tasks with owners and due dates.
- Break work down. Split a task into subtasks and put them in the right sections.
- Reassign and reschedule. Move a due date and tell you who is affected.
- Summarise a project. Report what is complete, in progress and late.
- Find your work. List tasks assigned to you, or to a teammate, due this week.
- Write status updates. Draft the progress note for a project from its tasks.
What can you ask a bot to do in Asana?
These are the kinds of requests that work well. Type them in the app, or send them from your phone on Telegram.
- "Create tasks from these meeting notes and assign them to the people named."
- "What is late in the Brand Refresh project?"
- "Move the launch task to Friday and tell me who depends on it."
- "List what is assigned to me and due this week."
- "Draft a status update for the Q4 plan."
How do you connect Asana to AppuBot?
- Open AppuBot on your computer.
- Click Connect apps in the sidebar to open the Apps page.
- Sign in once in your browser. This links AppuBot to your own account for connected apps, and you only do it the first time.
- Find Asana on the page and connect it. Your browser opens Asana's own sign-in and consent screen, and you approve it there.
- Switch Asana on for the bots that may use it. Each bot has its own switch, so a bot you did not choose never touches it.
The same Apps page lists about 1,700 other apps. Connecting one app once makes it available to every bot you allow.
Will it ask before it changes things in Asana?
Creating and changing tasks affects teammates, who get notifications, so on "Approve for me" the bot shows you the change and waits. Reading and searching go ahead.
This follows the bot's permission choice. On "Approve for me" the bot asks before it acts in your account, and it waits as long as you take. Reads and searches go ahead without a question. On "Full access" it acts without asking, so keep that for bots you trust with the app. More in Approvals.
