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Asana ACTION

Add Task To Section

Add a task to a specific, existing section. This will remove the task from other sections of the project. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Asana account once, then configure and run Add Task To Section from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "asana-add-task-to-section",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    asana: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    workspace: "Workspace",
    project: "Project",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Add Task To Section inputs
Property Type Description
workspace Workspace string
Gid of a workspace.
Required Dynamic
project Project string
List of projects. This field uses the project GID.
Required Dynamic
task Task string
The task to add to this section.
Required Dynamic
section_gid Section GID string
The globally unique identifier for the section.
Required Dynamic
insert_before Insert Before string
An existing task within this section before which the added task should be inserted. Cannot be provided together with insert_after.
Optional Dynamic
insert_after Insert After string
An existing task within this section after which the added task should be inserted. Cannot be provided together with insert_before.
Optional Dynamic

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
asana-add-task-to-section
Version
0.2.16
App
Asana
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes