asana_create_task

Create and manage tasks in Asana projects by specifying project ID, task name, due date, assignee, followers, custom fields, and HTML-formatted notes for structured task descriptions.

Instructions

Create a new task in a project

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description
`assignee`	No	Assignee (can be 'me' or a user ID)
`custom_fields`	No	Object mapping custom field GID strings to their values. For enum fields use the enum option GID as the value.
`due_on`	No	Due date in YYYY-MM-DD format
`followers`	No	Array of user IDs to add as followers
`html_notes`	No	HTML-like formatted description of the task. Does not support ALL HTML tags. Only a subset. The only allowed TAG in the HTML are: <body> <h1> <h2> <ol> <ul> <li> <strong> <em> <u> <s> <code> <pre> <blockquote> <a data-asana-type="" data-asana-gid=""> <hr> <img> <table> <tr> <td>. No other tags are allowed. Use the \n to create a newline. Do not use \n after <body>. Example: <body><h1>Motivation</h1> A customer called in to complain <h1>Goal</h1> Fix the problem</body>
`name`	Yes	Name of the task
`notes`	No	Description of the task
`parent`	No	The parent task ID to set this task under
`project_id`	Yes	The project to create the task in
`projects`	No	Array of project IDs to add this task to
`resource_subtype`	No	The type of the task. Can be one of 'default_task' or 'milestone'

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

{
  "properties": {
    "assignee": {
      "description": "Assignee (can be 'me' or a user ID)",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "custom_fields": {
      "description": "Object mapping custom field GID strings to their values. For enum fields use the enum option GID as the value.",
      "type": "object"
    },
    "due_on": {
      "description": "Due date in YYYY-MM-DD format",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "followers": {
      "description": "Array of user IDs to add as followers",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "type": "array"
    },
    "html_notes": {
      "description": "HTML-like formatted description of the task. Does not support ALL HTML tags. Only a subset. The only allowed TAG in the HTML are: <body> <h1> <h2> <ol> <ul> <li> <strong> <em> <u> <s> <code> <pre> <blockquote> <a data-asana-type=\"\" data-asana-gid=\"\"> <hr> <img> <table> <tr> <td>. No other tags are allowed. Use the \\n to create a newline. Do not use \\n after <body>. Example: <body><h1>Motivation</h1>\nA customer called in to complain\n<h1>Goal</h1>\nFix the problem</body>",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "name": {
      "description": "Name of the task",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "notes": {
      "description": "Description of the task",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "parent": {
      "description": "The parent task ID to set this task under",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "project_id": {
      "description": "The project to create the task in",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "projects": {
      "description": "Array of project IDs to add this task to",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "type": "array"
    },
    "resource_subtype": {
      "description": "The type of the task. Can be one of 'default_task' or 'milestone'",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "project_id",
    "name"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

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asana_create_task

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Input Schema

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

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