Integration
Connect Asana and PPM Express
When Completed task in project fires in Asana, your agent runs Create Project Task in PPM Express, or Idea Created in PPM Express to Add tag to task in Asana. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
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What do you want Asana and PPM Express to do together?
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Claude Code
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Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)Claude, web and desktop
Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.
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Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app
Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Any other MCP client
Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.
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What Asana and PPM Express can do together
From Asana to PPM Express
When Completed task in project in Asana
then Create Project Task in PPM Express
From PPM Express to Asana
Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships.
Everything your agent can do with Asana and PPM Express
Triggers and actions 18 triggers · 32 actions
- Completed task in project
Triggered when any task is completed in the selected project.
- New comment on task
Triggered when any new comment is made to the selected task.
- New or updated task in project
Triggered when any task is added or updated in the specified project in the specified workspace.
- New project in workspace
Triggered when a new project is added to the selected workspace.
- New story on task
Triggered when any new story is made to the selected task.
- New tag in workspace
Triggered when a new tag is added to the selected workspace.
- New task assigned to you in workspace
Triggered when a task is assigned to you in the selected workspace.
- New team in workspace
Triggered when a new team is added to the selected workspace.
- New user
Triggered when a new user is created.
- New workspace
Triggered when a new workspace is created.
- Add attachment
Upload an attachment to a task.
- Add tag to task
Adds an existing tag to a task.
- Add task to section
Moves a task into a section of a project.
- Associate task to project
Associates a newly created task to a specified project in the specified workspace.
- Complete task
Marks a task as completed.
- Create new comment
Creates a new comment on the specified task.
- Create new project
Creates a new project in the specified workspace.
- Create new task
Creates a new task in a workspace or project.
- Create section in project
Creates a new section within a project.
- Create subtask
Creates a subtask under an existing parent task.
- Delete comment
Delete a comment (story) by gid.
- Delete project
Delete a project by gid.
- Delete task
Permanently deletes a task.
- Duplicate task
Creates a copy of an existing task.
- Find tasks in project
Returns the tasks belonging to a project.
- Get project
Fetch a single project by its gid.
- Get task by ID
Returns a single task's details by its ID.
- Get user
Fetch a single user by gid (or 'me').
- List attachments
List attachments on a task.
- List projects
List projects in a workspace, optionally filtered by team.
- List users
List users in a workspace.
- Remove tag from task
Removes a tag from a task.
- Update project
Update a project's fields (name, notes, due date, etc).
- Update task
Updates an existing task's fields.
- Idea Created
Triggers when a Idea is created.
- Key Date Created
Triggers when a Key Date is created.
- Key Date Updated
Triggers when a Key Date is updated.
- Project Created
Triggers when a Project is created.
- Project Updated
Triggers when a Project is updated.
- Task Created
Triggers when a Task is created.
- Task Deleted
Triggers when a Task is deleted.
- Task Updated
Triggers when a Task is updated.
- Create Idea
Creates a new idea in PPM Express, optionally under a challenge, with its name, description and any other idea fields.
- Create Project
Creates a project in PPM Express with the field values you supply, such as name, description, manager, program and portfolio.
- Create Project Key Date
Creates a key date (milestone) on a PPM Express project and returns the new key date.
- Create Project Task
Creates a task in a PPM Express project with the field values you supply.
- Delete Project Task
Deletes a task from a PPM Express project.
- Update Project
Updates the fields of an existing project, including custom fields, and returns the updated project.
- Update Project Key Date
Updates the field values of an existing key date in a PPM Express project.
- Update Project Task
Updates field values on an existing task in a PPM Express project and returns the updated task.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Asana and PPM Express, answered
What can start an automation from Asana?
Any of Asana's 10 triggers in the catalog, including Completed task in project, New comment on task, New or updated task in project and New project in workspace. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in PPM Express when something happens in Asana?
Any of PPM Express's 8 actions, including Create Idea, Create Project, Create Project Key Date and Create Project Task. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from PPM Express to Asana?
Yes. When something happens in PPM Express, your agent can act in Asana too. This page covers both directions: PPM Express's triggers and Asana's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Asana or PPM Express?
No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running.
Can my AI client use Asana and PPM Express without building an automation?
Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both.
What happens when something fails?
Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.