asana_add_task_dependents

Add dependent tasks to an Asana task to establish workflow dependencies and manage task sequencing within projects.

Instructions

Set dependents for a task (tasks that depend on this task)

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`task_id`	Yes	The task ID to add dependents to
`dependents`	Yes	Array of task IDs that depend on this task

Implementation Reference

src/tool-handler.ts:334-340 (handler)

The main handler for the 'asana_add_task_dependents' tool. Extracts arguments and calls the Asana client wrapper to add dependents to a task.

case "asana_add_task_dependents": {
  const { task_id, dependents } = args;
  const response = await asanaClient.addTaskDependents(task_id, dependents);
  return {
    content: [{ type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(response) }],
  };
}

src/tools/task-relationship-tools.ts:25-45 (schema)

Defines the input schema, name, and description for the 'asana_add_task_dependents' tool.

export const addTaskDependentsTool: Tool = {
  name: "asana_add_task_dependents",
  description: "Set dependents for a task (tasks that depend on this task)",
  inputSchema: {
    type: "object",
    properties: {
      task_id: {
        type: "string",
        description: "The task ID to add dependents to"
      },
      dependents: {
        type: "array",
        items: {
          type: "string"
        },
        description: "Array of task IDs that depend on this task"
      }
    },
    required: ["task_id", "dependents"]
  }
};

src/asana-client-wrapper.ts:227-235 (helper)

Implements the core logic to add dependents to a task using the Asana SDK TasksApi.addDependentsForTask.

async addTaskDependents(taskId: string, dependents: string[]) {
  const body = {
    data: {
      dependents: dependents
    }
  };
  const response = await this.tasks.addDependentsForTask(body, taskId);
  return response.data;
}

src/tool-handler.ts:27-31 (registration)

Imports the tool schema for registration in the tool handler.

import {
  addTaskDependenciesTool,
  addTaskDependentsTool,
  setParentForTaskTool
} from './tools/task-relationship-tools.js';

src/tool-handler.ts:50-51 (registration)
Registers the tool in the all_tools array used for MCP tool listing.
```
addTaskDependenciesTool,
addTaskDependentsTool,
```

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