How to create an email draft in Gmail for every completed task in Asana

Relay.app is an automation tool that lets you automate actions across Gmail, Asana, and many other apps. In this guide, we'll show you how to use Relay.app to automatically run the GmailCreate draft” action for each AsanaTask completed” event.
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Add the Asana "Task completed" trigger

Every playbook starts with a trigger. The trigger detects changes in your connected apps and runs your playbook in response.

Click "Add trigger" and select "Task completed" under Asana. Then, select the project. This trigger will automatically detect all the completed tasks in Asana to create an email draft in Gmail.

If this is your first time using an Asana integration in Relay, you'll be prompted to connect your Asana account.

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Add the Gmail "Create draft" automation

Integrate the Gmail automation into your playbook to ensure the email draft is promptly created in Gmail for every completed task in Asana. Add a new step and select "Create draft" from the list of Gmail automations.

Connect Gmail to Relay if you haven't already, then fill out the mandatory and relevant details. You can reference fields from Asana to automatically pass along the right data.

3

Turn on the playbook

Activating your playbook is the final step to automate creating an email draft in Gmail for every completed task in Asana. Once turned on, it will respond to every completed task in Asana by creating an email draft in Gmail as a notification without manual intervention.

To enable your playbook, click the toggle button located in the header. It is advisable to perform a test run of your playbook beforehand to ensure all steps work seamlessly together and reminders are sent correctly.

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