Asana
Create Asana tasks from email
Turn any email into an Asana task in seconds, without leaving your inbox. It works with every email provider, and there is nothing to install or set up.
Laura Metcalfe
Homepage copy amends
Your instructions
Create a task in the Website project for Josh, due Friday.
Asana
Create a task for the copy amends
Website project, for Josh, due Friday
You receive a confirmation email once complete, with an undo button that works for 24 hours.
Setup in 30 seconds.
How it works
Forward the email to your ForwardThis address with some simple instructions, like "create a task in the Website project for Josh, due Friday".
The task appears in the project from your instructions, assigned to the person and due on the date in the same instruction.
You receive a confirmation email containing a link to the new task, plus an undo button if something doesn't look right.
What is ForwardThis?
ForwardThis is an AI email assistant that turns email into action in 144+ of the apps you use every day.
Works with any email
Compatible with any personal or professional email provider. Gmail, Outlook and more.
144+ apps
Works across the apps you already use, with more added every month.
Setup in seconds
Nothing to install and no workflows to build. Sign up, forward an email, and it runs.
Secure & private
ForwardThis only acts on the emails you send it, and the email is deleted within 24 hours of the work being done.
Try it with a real email.
Forward any email to the address below to see what ForwardThis can do. No signup required.
Occasional product emails may follow.
FAQs
- How do I create an Asana task from an email?
- Forward the email to your ForwardThis address with some simple instructions, like "create a task in the Website project for Josh, due Friday". ForwardThis adds the task and replies with a link. The first time, you will need a free ForwardThis account with Asana connected. It takes about 30 seconds.
- Can it assign the task and set a due date?
- Yes. Your instructions can name the assignee, the project and section, and the due date, all when the task is created.
- Doesn't Asana have its own email address for tasks?
- It does. Emailing x@mail.asana.com turns a message into a task, and it works well. The difference is that ForwardThis takes plain instructions, so the project, section, assignee and due date are set in the same sentence, and the reply links to the task it created.
- Which project does the task go into?
- Whichever your instructions name. If you don't name one, the task goes to My Tasks in your workspace.
- Can it attach the email's files to the task?
- Yes. Say so in your instructions and the files go on with it; the confirmation lists each one.
- Does it work with Outlook and other email apps?
- Yes. ForwardThis works with any email provider: Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail and everything else. If it can forward an email, it works.
- What happens to my email afterwards?
- It gets deleted. ForwardThis holds your email briefly in case you press undo, then removes it completely. Nothing is stored long term.