Asana — Project Management & Task Tracking

The Command Center for Collaborative Productivity

Asana is one of the most popular project management platforms, and with the MCP server your AI agent becomes a full-fledged team member. Create projects, assign tasks, set due dates, move items across sections, and post comments — all through conversational commands. It's the seamless bridge between your AI agent and your team's workflow.

• Task Management: Create, assign, and update tasks. Set due dates, priorities, and dependencies without leaving the chat.
• Project Tracking: Move tasks across sections (To Do → In Progress → Done), monitor project health, and surface blockers automatically.
• Team Collaboration: Post comments, mention teammates, and keep everyone in sync. Your agent can summarize project status for standups.
• Workflow Automation: Trigger task creation from external events — new emails, form submissions, or alerts become tracked tasks instantly.

Configuration

"mcpServers": {
  "asana": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y", "@mcp/asana-server"],
    "env": { "ASANA_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your-personal-access-token" }
  }
}

Generate a personal access token from your Asana account settings under "Apps" → "Developer App" → "Create new token".

Top Prompts

1. "Create a new project called 'Q4 Launch' with sections: Planning, Design, Development, Launch, and Review."
2. "Every morning at 9 AM, summarize my overdue tasks and post the list in the team's Asana project."
3. "When I receive an email marked urgent, create an Asana task assigned to me with a 2-day deadline."
4. "Move all tasks in 'In Progress' that haven't been updated in 5 days to 'Blocked' and comment @me on each."