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.
The Asana for Slack integration turns messages into trackable tasks in seconds.
Integrate Microsoft Teams with Asana to turn conversations into actionable work.
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.
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.
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.
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.
If your team starts in spreadsheets or docs, import them so you’re not rebuilding by hand.
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.
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.