Adding subtasks as an action

[anon77660265]

I would like to add Subtasks as an Action in Asana rules. My specific usecase in a board/list:

Move task to a specific section → Add a subtask for a specific person. For example, move task to ‘Completed’, assign subtask “Review Work” to person X.

[Phil_Seeman]

Hi @anon77660265,

A reasonable request for sure!

FYI my Flowsana integration has a rule action which does exactly that; see this post for more info:

Flowsana: workflow automation for your Asana projects

Hi all, A new Flowsana update is out, featuring three big additions that a lot of people have been asking for. Add subtasks from a template Now you can have Flowsana automatically add a predefined set of subtasks to a task based on any available If-Then Rule condition. How this works is that you create a task, in any project, and add a set of subtasks underneath it. This task becomes in essence a “subtask template”. (One recommended approach for organizing things is that you create a project,…

[Emily_Roman]

Hi @anon77660265, welcome to the Asana Community Forum! As it stands, Rules currently don’t apply for subtasks, you can follow the workaround shared by @Phil_Seeman and also upvote for this feature here: Allow Rules for Subtasks