# Apply templates to tasks and subtasks - great feature

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/apply-templates-to-tasks-and-subtasks-great-feature/1156779>\
**Category:** Product Ideas\
**Tags:** productivity, agentic-work-management, subtasks, rules\
**Created:** [28 September 2026 06:43 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/apply-templates-to-tasks-and-subtasks-great-feature/1156779 "2026-09-28T06:43:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![armando\_marin](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@armando\_marin](https://forum.asana.com/u/armando_marin)\
**Post date:** [28 September 2026 06:43 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/apply-templates-to-tasks-and-subtasks-great-feature/1156779/1 "2026-09-28T06:43:33Z")

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**Templates can only be applied to project level - it would be extremely useful to be able to assign template to tasks and subtasks via rules and automation instead of manually selecting while creating manually each new tasks - not including this in automation is a feature that Asana should include**

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**Author:** ![Jeremy\_Long](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/jeremy_long/32/291856_2.png) [@Jeremy\_Long](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jeremy_Long)\
**Post date:** [28 September 2026 15:08 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/apply-templates-to-tasks-and-subtasks-great-feature/1156779/2 "2026-09-28T15:08:44Z")

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Hi @armando_marin, welcome to the forum!

Task templates can be applied via rules using the “Set task type to” action.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/4X/7/c/c/7cc71e5b2898d2cc8c8c73986d22d1f462f9d1aa.png)