# Can AI Custom fields add a Unique number to tasks?

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/can-ai-custom-fields-add-a-unique-number-to-tasks/1099527>\
**Category:** Ask the Community\
**Tags:** agentic-work-management\
**Created:** [25 September 2025 02:01 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/can-ai-custom-fields-add-a-unique-number-to-tasks/1099527 "2025-09-25T02:01:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ben\_Collis](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Ben\_Collis](https://forum.asana.com/u/Ben_Collis)\
**Post date:** [25 September 2025 02:01 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/can-ai-custom-fields-add-a-unique-number-to-tasks/1099527/1 "2025-09-25T02:01:13Z")

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I’m trying to us AI to generate a unque number to my tasks, I’m trying to find a work around for the Asana ID custom filed that adds a number to every task. See prompt below..

For every new task added to the ‘To Do’ column of this project, automatically generate and assign a unique sequential number to the custom text field labeled ‘CS Number’. The number should increment by 1 from the last used value, starting from 001. Ensure the format is always three digits (e.g., 001, 002, 003…). Only apply this numbering to tasks in the ‘To Do’ column, and ignore tasks in other columns.

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**Author:** ![Arthur\_BEGOU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/arthur_begou/32/279746_2.png) [@Arthur\_BEGOU](https://forum.asana.com/u/Arthur_BEGOU)\
**Post date:** [25 September 2025 06:17 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/can-ai-custom-fields-add-a-unique-number-to-tasks/1099527/2 "2025-09-25T06:17:58Z")

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Hi Ben and welcome to the forum 🙂 🤚

For my point of view, this specific kind of workflow looks quite hard to achieve consistently with AI Studio that is better to achieve more advanced kind of workflows.

I would suggest taking a look at this as an alternative:

> [@Use Script Actions to Make the Most of your AI Studio credits](https://forum.asana.com/t/use-script-actions-to-make-the-most-of-your-ai-studio-credits/1098821):
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> Please note that Script Actions are available exclusively on Enterprise plans Intro With the launch of [AI Studio](https://help.asana.com/s/article/ai-studio?language=en_US) in Asana, teams now have access to powerful tools to automate their workflows. But this power comes with a cost: each action consumes AI Studio credits. For growing organizations, it’s worth managing this usage so credits can be directed toward workflows where they bring the most value. Fortunately, Asana has introduced a revolutionary and often underestimated feature: Sc…