It’s been a few years now since your update… I see the “when comment is added” trigger in rules, but still cannot figure out how to add the text from the comment into a custom field that can be displayed in a column. Any progress on this?
Still not possible indeed
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Actually, I figured it out. I had our super admin enable the AI function on my account. Using the rule, “When comment is added” and the “Use AI” as an option, I typed the simple instruction to add the date/time and copy the comment text into my custom field. Works brilliantly.
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That’s awesome @Lynn_Meshula , but you may find that will rack up quite a few credits for AI Studio. You can keep an eye on your credit usage in the Admin Console.
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Indeed I did not mention AI Studio as a solution, thanks Richard for the warning. If you are on Enterprise you can also use Custom Scripts to get the last comment.
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Wow, yeah. I ran 1 rule 5 times and used 2.2k credits? The credits make no sense.
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Credits consumed depend on three things:
- how big is the triggering task
- how big is the output you are trying to produce
- which model you are using
It doesn’t help to know this to investigate?
Phil, I signed up for a trial of Flowsana and I’ve tried to get this to work but it’s not working. Comment is not a variable I can create a workflow off of from within Flowsana, and when I tried just creating a Rule in Asana itself after I’d connected Flowsana to that project, I tried just copying and pasting in {task.LatestComment} and it didn’t work either. What am I missing? Thanks
Actually I see where to do this now, I wasn’t using External Actions. However, now Flowsana is telling me “there are no custom fields in this project” when indeed there are.
Hi @Todd_Donatello1,
For account-specific Flowsana help, if you can send an email to support@flowsana.net, that way we can track it in our ticketing system; thanks very much!
Just to confirm, as of now, this is still not a supported feature in Asana? (having the last comment of a task be able to be displayed on a task dashboard?) without using AI Credits or a third-party app?
Confirmed, not a feature yet.
Hi there!
I’m a big fan of the Status Preview field in the project. I would love to see something similar for tasks, like a “Latest Comment” field that could serve as a timestamped last entry and also as a latest status update. Currently, I manually summarize the task status (either manually or using AI) and post it as a comment. It would be fantastic if I could see this in list view!
Thanks!
Craig
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Hi @CraigD and welcome to the forum!
FYI I’ve moved your post to an existing topic for this request. Be sure to add your vote for it at the top of the thread!
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Hi @CraigD , I’m curious, if you create your own text field called ‘Summary’ (or whatever you want) could you get the AI Studio rule to populate that text field?
Oh my!!! Genius. Worked like a charm. Asked it to summarize the latest comment focused on action items, with a time stamp and the commenter’s name.
Now that I understand this, I’ll probably do another to summarize the entire task, including history of the full comment thread too 
Thanks!
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Nicely done, @CraigD ! 
I think I will write up a tip in the English Forum > Forum Leaders tips category and mention you, if you don’t mind
Be my Guest @Richard_Sather!
I’ve extended my setup so that the “Last Comment & Summary” field in my list view now displays:
- A short prefix (e.g., (X) for external),
- The commenter’s name,
- The date,
- A 10-words-or-less summary of the latest comment,
- Then a line break,
- Followed by a 50-word-or-less summary of the full task history/context.
The “(X)” prefix enabled me to create a saved advanced search to quickly identify all tasks that have received external replies and are waiting for my follow-up.
Happy to share my prompt if it’s helpful!
Best,
Craig
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Great additions!!
Hi @CraigD , great stuff! Yes, if you want to share your prompt and screenshot of your AI Studio rule, that would be great so I can formally right it up as a tip.