# Asana Pat > Asana (PAT) skill - Skill: `thinkfleetai/asana-pat` (Agent Skill) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add thinkfleetai/asana-pat` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/thinkfleetai/asana-pat/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Coding & Dev Tools - Author: thinkfleetai (https://skillmd.com/u/thinkfleetai) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/thinkfleetai/asana-pat --- # Asana (PAT) skill This skill provides a dependency-free Node.js CLI that lets the agent use the Asana REST API with a **Personal Access Token (PAT)**. It is designed to support both: - **Personal task management** (quick capture, triage, “my tasks”, lightweight planning), and - **Project management workflows** (project briefs, status updates, timelines, dependencies/blockers, custom fields, stakeholder communication). ## Setup ### 1) Create a PAT Create an Asana personal access token and store it securely. PATs are long-lived and act as the user who created them. - Asana PAT docs: https://developers.asana.com/docs/personal-access-token - Asana auth overview: https://developers.asana.com/docs/authentication ### 2) Configure the skill env var This skill requires: - `ASANA_PAT` (required): Asana PAT (Bearer token) In ThinkFleet, configure skill env vars via **skills config** (do not rely on host env vars when sandboxed). - Skills config docs: https://docs.thinkfleet.dev/tools/skills-config Example config snippet (conceptual): ```jsonc { "skills": { "entries": { "asana-pat": { "enabled": true, "apiKey": "ASANA_PAT", "env": { "ASANA_PAT": "YOUR_TOKEN" } } } } } ``` ## How to call All commands are executed via the CLI script: ```bash node {baseDir}/scripts/asana.mjs [args] [--flags] ``` Run: ```bash node {baseDir}/scripts/asana.mjs help ``` for the full command list. ## Key capabilities ### Core: tasks + projects - List tasks assigned to a user (`tasks-assigned`) - List tasks in a project (`tasks-in-project`) - Create/update/complete tasks (`create-task`, `update-task`, `complete-task`) - Search tasks with filters (`search-tasks`) - Read/update project metadata (`project`, `update-project`) - Sections, project memberships, followers (common PM operations) ### Project manager conveniences - **Project brief**: read + “upsert” (create or update) (`project-brief`, `upsert-project-brief`) - **Status updates**: list, create, delete (`status-updates`, `create-status-update`, `delete-status-update`) - **Dependencies / blockers**: query + modify (`dependencies`, `dependents`, `add-dependencies`, `remove-dependencies`, `project-blockers`) - **Timeline shifting**: move dates by N days (`shift-task-dates`, `shift-project-tasks`) - **Project dashboard**: computed summary snapshot (`project-dashboard`) ### Custom fields Custom fields are first-class in PM usage. This skill supports: - Listing a project’s custom fields (`project-custom-fields`) - Reading a custom field definition (`custom-field`) - Setting task custom fields when creating/updating tasks (`--custom_fields `) ### Activity / updates (feed-like) Asana does not provide a simple “Inbox API” for notifications, but you can approximate “recent changes” via: - `events` (incremental changes for a resource; maintains a local sync token) - `search-tasks` with `modified_at.after`, `created_at.after`, etc. ## Rich text formatting and @-mentions Asana supports “rich text” fields using **XML-valid HTML fragments** wrapped in a `` tag. The rich text version of a field is the same name prefixed by `html_` (e.g., `notes` -> `html_notes`). Supported objects include tasks (`html_notes`), stories/comments (`html_text`), project briefs (`html_text`), and status updates (`html_text`). - Rich text guide: https://developers.asana.com/docs/rich-text ### Creating a mention To link/mention Asana objects (users, tasks, projects, etc.) in rich text, you can send a minimal link tag such as: ```html FYI ``` Asana will expand it into a full link when you have access. ### Ensuring mention notifications When adding a comment (story), @-mentions only reliably generate notifications if the mentioned user is already a **follower** (or assignee) of the task. The recommended pattern is: add follower first, wait briefly, then create the story. This skill’s `comment` command supports that pattern via: - `--ensure_followers ` (user gids/emails/me) - `--wait_ms 2000` (optional) - `--no_wait true` (optional) ## Attachments and images ### Uploading files (including images) You can upload files (including images) as Asana attachments using: - `upload-attachment --parent --file ` Asana’s attachments endpoint supports uploading a file (multipart/form-data) or creating an external URL attachment. Files are subject to size limits (commonly 100MB). - Attachments reference: https://developers.asana.com/reference/createattachmentforobject ### Listing and inspecting attachments - `attachments ` - `attachment ` Note: attachment `download_url` values are short-lived (minutes). Prefer `permanent_url` for a stable Asana link. ### Inline images in task notes / project briefs Asana rich text can include inline images via `` tags. Inline images are stored as attachments; to embed them you must first upload/attach the image to the same target object, then reference the attachment GID in rich text. This skill includes: - `append-inline-image --attachment --task ` - `append-inline-image --attachment --project_brief ` It verifies by default that the attachment is attached to the target object. ## Notes and non-goals - Portfolio operations are intentionally omitted (premium feature; out of scope). - This skill uses PAT auth only (not OAuth). - Keep `opt_fields` tight for performance: request only what you need.