Rules vs. AutomationsRules are now called Automations in Asana. The API and this reference keep the historical “rules” naming for backwards compatibility, but the two terms describe the same entity.
Asana rules allow you to automate common patterns and workflows in Asana. Rules comprise triggers that will automatically perform actions. For example, you can create a rule to automatically assign a task (action) when a due date is set (trigger).
To support cross-application workflows, the API supports incoming web requests as a generic trigger to connect external applications to Asana through rules. This API allows users to set up workflows outside of Asana that can perform operations on data within Asana.
RuleTrigger
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
message | string | Message providing more detail about the result |
Example JSON for RuleTrigger:
{
"message": "Successfully saved the payload and ran the rule"
}