PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Aging-blocker escalation ladder for Asana dependencies
Watches Asana tasks marked as blocked and escalates them in tiers — a nudge to the assignee at 2 days, a program-lead ping at 5 days, and a leadership rollup at 10 days.
How it runs
The automated pipeline, trigger to output.
- TriggerIntraday schedule fires
- ActionList open blocked Asana tasksAsana
- LogicCompute age and bucket into escalation tier
- LogicBranch to the matching tier audience
- OutputSend tier-specific Slack escalationSlack
What it does
This workflow monitors Asana tasks tagged as blocking a cross-team dependency and applies a time-based escalation ladder. The longer a blocker sits untouched, the higher it climbs: a gentle assignee reminder first, then a program-lead ping, then a leadership rollup. Each tier routes to a different Slack destination.
When to use it
Use it when a single daily digest isn't enough and you need graduated pressure — quiet nudges for fresh blockers, loud escalation for ones that have been ignored for over a week.
How it works
- 1A schedule runs the check a few times a day.
- 2The workflow lists Asana tasks with the dependency/blocked tag that are still open.
- 3For each, it computes age since the task was last modified.
- 4A branch routes the task by age tier: 2-day, 5-day, or 10-day-plus.
- 5Tier 1 DMs the assignee, Tier 2 posts to the program-lead channel, and Tier 3 compiles a leadership rollup.
- 6The matching Slack message is sent, with the task already escalated to the right audience.
Set it up
What you configure once, before turning it on.
- 1Connect AsanaTasks, projects, milestones — everywhere.
- 2Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
- 3Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
- 4Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
- 5Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.
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