Is there a way to have rules automatically generate subtasks?

[Phil_Seeman]

Hi @Adam1,

@Adam1

Create pre-defined subtasks within the task (I’m not seeing a way to do this)

No, you’re not missing anything - there’s not a way to automate that in Asana itself.

However, it’s definitely possible via my Flowsana integration, which has a “Copy subtasks from a template” rule action. You can see more about that here:

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,…

In fact, your specific use case - triggering subtasks to be added to a new task that’s created from a Form submission - is quite a popular usage of the “Copy subtasks” rule action.