Asana · Arazzo Workflow

Asana Bootstrap a Project Board

Version 1.0.0

Create a project in a team, add a section to it, drop a first task into the project, and open the discussion with a comment.

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bootstrap-project-board
Stand up a project with a section, a first task, and an opening comment.
Creates a project for a team, adds a section, creates a task in the project, and posts a comment on the task.
4 steps inputs: commentText, projectName, sectionName, taskName, taskNotes, teamGid, workspaceGid outputs: projectGid, sectionGid, storyGid, taskGid
1
createProject
Create a new project under the supplied team.
2
createSection
Add a named section to the newly created project.
3
createTask
Create the first task inside the project.
4
postComment
Post an opening comment (story) on the first task.

Source API Descriptions

Arazzo Workflow Specification

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arazzo: 1.0.1
info:
  title: Asana Bootstrap a Project Board
  summary: Create a project in a team, add a section to it, drop a first task into the project, and open the discussion with a comment.
  description: >-
    A common kickoff pattern for Asana. The workflow creates a new project under
    a team, adds a named section to organize work, creates a first task inside
    the project, and posts an opening comment (story) on that task so the team
    has context. Every step spells out its request inline so the flow can be read
    and executed without opening the underlying OpenAPI description. Because the
    comment endpoint lives only in the full Asana description, all steps are
    addressed through that single source to keep operation resolution
    unambiguous.
  version: 1.0.0
  x-realizes-capability-ids:
  - BC-900.30
  x-capability-derivation:
    method: 'deterministic join: sourceDescriptions -> per-tag OpenAPI -> tag/capability edge. No classification at this step.'
    min_confidence: 0.7
    sources:
    - capability_id: BC-900.30
      capability_name: Project Management
      spec: asana-tasks-api-openapi.yml
      confidence: 0.85
    model: Turbo EA Capabilities by Vincent Verdet — Turbo EA, https://github.com/vincentmakes/turbo-ea-capabilities, CC BY 4.0
sourceDescriptions:
- name: projectsApi
  url: ../openapi/asana-projects-api-openapi.yml
  type: openapi
- name: sectionsApi
  url: ../openapi/asana-sections-api-openapi.yml
  type: openapi
- name: storiesApi
  url: ../openapi/asana-stories-api-openapi.yml
  type: openapi
- name: tasksApi
  url: ../openapi/asana-tasks-api-openapi.yml
  type: openapi
workflows:
- workflowId: bootstrap-project-board
  summary: Stand up a project with a section, a first task, and an opening comment.
  description: >-
    Creates a project for a team, adds a section, creates a task in the project,
    and posts a comment on the task.
  inputs:
    type: object
    required:
    - teamGid
    - workspaceGid
    - projectName
    - sectionName
    - taskName
    properties:
      teamGid:
        type: string
        description: The team gid the new project belongs to.
      workspaceGid:
        type: string
        description: The workspace gid the new task belongs to.
      projectName:
        type: string
        description: Name of the project to create.
      sectionName:
        type: string
        description: Name of the first section to add to the project.
      taskName:
        type: string
        description: Name of the first task to create in the project.
      taskNotes:
        type: string
        description: Optional plain-text notes for the first task.
      commentText:
        type: string
        description: Opening comment to post on the first task.
  steps:
  - stepId: createProject
    description: Create a new project under the supplied team.
    operationId: $sourceDescriptions.projectsApi.createProjectForTeam
    parameters:
    - name: team_gid
      in: path
      value: $inputs.teamGid
    requestBody:
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        data:
          name: $inputs.projectName
          team: $inputs.teamGid
    successCriteria:
    - condition: $statusCode == 201
    outputs:
      projectGid: $response.body#/data/gid
  - stepId: createSection
    description: Add a named section to the newly created project.
    operationId: $sourceDescriptions.sectionsApi.createSectionForProject
    parameters:
    - name: project_gid
      in: path
      value: $steps.createProject.outputs.projectGid
    requestBody:
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        data:
          name: $inputs.sectionName
    successCriteria:
    - condition: $statusCode == 201
    outputs:
      sectionGid: $response.body#/data/gid
  - stepId: createTask
    description: Create the first task inside the project.
    operationId: $sourceDescriptions.tasksApi.createTask
    requestBody:
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        data:
          name: $inputs.taskName
          notes: $inputs.taskNotes
          workspace: $inputs.workspaceGid
          projects:
          - $steps.createProject.outputs.projectGid
    successCriteria:
    - condition: $statusCode == 201
    outputs:
      taskGid: $response.body#/data/gid
  - stepId: postComment
    description: Post an opening comment (story) on the first task.
    operationId: $sourceDescriptions.storiesApi.createStoryForTask
    parameters:
    - name: task_gid
      in: path
      value: $steps.createTask.outputs.taskGid
    requestBody:
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        data:
          text: $inputs.commentText
    successCriteria:
    - condition: $statusCode == 201
    outputs:
      storyGid: $response.body#/data/gid
  outputs:
    projectGid: $steps.createProject.outputs.projectGid
    sectionGid: $steps.createSection.outputs.sectionGid
    taskGid: $steps.createTask.outputs.taskGid
    storyGid: $steps.postComment.outputs.storyGid

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