Best practices for developing custom Asana apps/integrations?

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Hi everyone,

We’re exploring the idea of developing our own internal Asana apps — mostly to support time tracking, capacity planning, and other custom workflows. Since most third-party integrations are paid, we’d rather build tools that are tailored to our needs.

I’d love to hear from anyone who’s built their own Asana integrations:

  • How did you get started?
  • Any SDKs, tools, or boilerplates you recommend?
  • Are there any limitations or common gotchas when working with the Asana API?

Appreciate any insights or resources you can share — especially if you’ve used your custom apps in production with a team. Thanks!

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There is a pretty significant jump in effort between using a 3p integrator and building your own app that, depending on your objectives, might not necessarily be worth it. That said, if you have the development resources and time, basically everything you need is in the dev docs. Asana has libraries for Python and JS (and other languages, but those aren’t as well supported).

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