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Work happens in email, chat, and meetings. This article shows you quick, reliable ways to turn those conversations into trackable work in Asana. You’ll learn how to manage Asana from your inbox, set up email forwarding, import existing work, and capture action items from Slack and Microsoft Teams.

Capture action items from Slack

The Asana for Slack integration turns messages into trackable tasks in seconds.

What you can do from Slack

Getting started

  1. Download the Asana for Slack app
  2. Authenticate your Asana account
  3. In any channel, try /asana to explore commands, and consider linking the channel to a key project for updates.

Use Asana in Microsoft Teams

Integrate Microsoft Teams with Asana to turn conversations into actionable work.

What you can do

  • Turn Teams conversations into Asana tasks
  • Share and preview Asana tasks, projects, portfolios, and status updates in Teams
  • Search Asana items from Teams to add context to a thread
  • Add an Asana project to any channel to keep a project visible
  • Create, assign, and view tasks during a Teams Meeting

Install and connect

  1. Go to the Apps tab in MS Teams
  2. Search for Asana 
  3. Click Asana
  4. Click Add to install

Once installed, you have access to the integration bot in your 1:1 chat. Add the bot to specific team channels, and ask it questions for updates on Asana project activity.

Use Asana and Gmail

Turn emails into trackable work without leaving your inbox. The Asana for Gmail add-on lets you create tasks from emails with the email context included, find existing Asana work while you’re composing, and even take quick actions like commenting or completing a task—right from the Gmail sidebar. It can also keep an email thread and an Asana task in sync so updates flow automatically into the right place.

What you can do from Gmail

  • Create a task from an email with the subject/body pulled in; set assignee, due date, and project from the sidebar
  • Search for a task while composing and comment or complete it from Gmail
  • Auto-sync the thread so future messages land as updates on the linked task

Getting started

  1. Install Asana for Gmail from the Google Workspace Marketplace
  2. In Gmail, open any email and click the Asana icon in the right sidebar to sign in and choose your workspace
  3. After logging in, you will see the option to create a new task and search for a task from within your email

Manage Asana from email

Turn emails into tasks

Send or forward an email to x@mail.asana.com to create a task in your My tasks. The subject becomes the task name, and the body becomes the description in your My tasks.  If you CC email recipients, they will become task collaborators. Attachments are also included in the task.

Email tasks to a project 

Every project has a unique email address. Emailing that address creates a task in that project.

To find a project's email address, click on the drop-down arrow next to the project’s name. Click on Import and then select Email.

Learn more about turning emails into Asana tasks.

Bring existing work into Asana fast

If your team starts in spreadsheets or docs, import them so you’re not rebuilding by hand.

Smart import

Smart import scans structured files and turns them into tasks with names, dates, assignees, and more—either into a project or directly into My tasks. It’s a quick way to transform “lists in docs” into actionable work.

CSV import

If your work lives in spreadsheets, the CSV importer maps columns (e.g., task name, assignee, due date, description, sections, dependencies, custom fields) to Asana fields. It’s ideal for bulk setup and is easy to re-run as you iterate.

For a smooth upload, ensure the columns in your CSV file are formatted correctly. Learn how to prepare your data for CSV import.

To import a spreadsheet, follow the steps below.

  1. Click the Create button
  2. Select Project
  3. Select Import spreadsheet
  4. Add your project details
  5. Click Select file to import
  6. Select a CSV file
  7. Click Make changes
  8. Click Continue to project
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