Write your own rules in seconds, so your team can save hours.
Begin with curated recommendations from our rules library.
Automate actions across Asana and tools like Slack and Gmail.
Use our rule builder to automate actions based on triggers, like automatically moving a task (action) when the due date is approaching (trigger).
Browse our rules library to see suggestions for your specific project, including how to automate actions across Asana and other tools in your tech stack.
Instantly assign tasks when users submit a request form.
Reassign work, ask for approvals, and add tasks to different projects.
Send automatic reminders when a due date is overdue or approaching.
Send emails or Slack notifications when you update tasks.
Create a Microsoft Outlook event when someone adds a task to your project.
Create a new Jira issue when a task is unblocked.
Rules are just the start. See how your team can combine automations with other Asana features to get more done with less effort.
The plans that include Rules are Starter, Advanced, Enterprise, and Enterprise Plus plans.
To create a rule in Asana, open the project, click "Customize," select "Add Rule," and configure the trigger and action pair.
You can use rules to automate actions across different apps. The following Asana integrations work well with rules:
Slack
MSFT Teams
Gmail
G Cal
Dropbox
Notion
Confluence
OneDrive
HubSpot
Jira Cloud
Zendesk
PagerDuty
Box
The triggers and actions you can use in rules include triggers like task updates, date changes, or form submissions, and actions like reassigning, moving tasks, changing fields, and sending messages.
You can use rules to update custom fields. Rules can automatically update custom field values when conditions are met.
You can use multiple actions in a single rule. A single rule can perform multiple actions from one trigger.
Rule bundles are reusable sets of automations that can be applied to multiple projects for consistency.
Rules support cross-project automation. Some rule types allow triggering actions in another project, depending on structure and integrations.
There are templates or pre-built rule examples. Asana provides a library of rule templates that users can apply or customize.
You can disable or pause a rule without deleting it. You can temporarily deactivate a rule and re-enable it later.
You can see when a rule was triggered. Rule actions appear in the task activity feed so you can track automation history. They also appear in our new rule activity log at the project or portfolio level.
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