asana

clawdbot-asana-skill

Asana OAuth (local-only) + task/project commands for Clawdbot.

This repo contains a small Asana skill (an AgentSkill folder) that you can:

• use locally on your Clawdbot host
• publish/share so other Clawdbot users can install and run it

It uses Asana OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code Grant with an out-of-band (OOB) / manual code paste redirect URI:

• urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob

No public callback server is required.

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What you get

Commands (via Node scripts):

• Auth helpers: generate authorize URL, exchange code, refresh access token
• List workspaces, list projects, list tasks
• View task, update task, mark complete, comment

Tokens and config are stored locally under:

• ~/.clawdbot/asana/credentials.json (client id + secret)
• ~/.clawdbot/asana/token.json (OAuth tokens)
• ~/.clawdbot/asana/config.json (default workspace)

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Prerequisites

• Node.js 22+
• An Asana account with access to the workspace(s) you want

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1) Create an Asana “Custom App” (Developer Console)

1. Open the Asana Developer Console:
   • https://app.asana.com/0/my-apps
2. Create a new app.
3. Distribution (important):
   • Your OAuth app must be available in the workspace the user is authorizing from.
   • In the developer console, configure Manage distribution so the app is available to the target workspace(s).
   • If distribution/workspace availability is misconfigured, authorization can fail even if the URL is correct.
4. OAuth settings:
   • Redirect URI:
     • urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob
   • Copy the Client ID and Client Secret.

Scopes (must match what you request)

In the Asana Developer Console, go to OAuth → Permission scopes and enable the scopes you plan to request.

Important rules:

• The scopes you request in the authorize URL must be a subset of the scopes enabled in the console.
• If you request a scope that is not enabled, you’ll get a forbidden_scopes error.

Recommended “full task management” scope set:

• tasks:read tasks:write tasks:delete
• projects:read projects:write
• attachments:read attachments:write
• custom_fields:read custom_fields:write
• tags:read tags:write
• task_custom_types:read
• teams:read
• users:read
• workspaces:read

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2) Configure credentials locally

Save your Asana OAuth client id/secret to a local file:

node scripts/configure.mjs \
  --client-id "YOUR_CLIENT_ID" \
  --client-secret "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"

This writes:

• ~/.clawdbot/asana/credentials.json

(Alternative: you can set ASANA_CLIENT_ID and ASANA_CLIENT_SECRET as environment variables, but the credentials file is recommended for Clawdbot.)

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3) Authorize (OOB) and save tokens

3.1 Generate the authorize URL

node scripts/oauth_oob.mjs authorize \
  --scope "tasks:read tasks:write projects:read"

Open the printed URL in your browser, click Allow, then copy the code.

3.2 Exchange the code for tokens

node scripts/oauth_oob.mjs token --code "PASTE_CODE_HERE"

This writes:

• ~/.clawdbot/asana/token.json

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4) (Optional) set a default workspace

List workspaces:

node scripts/asana_api.mjs workspaces

Set default workspace:

node scripts/asana_api.mjs set-default-workspace --workspace <workspace_gid>

This writes:

• ~/.clawdbot/asana/config.json

Commands that require a workspace will use the default if --workspace is omitted.

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5) Common commands

Who am I:

node scripts/asana_api.mjs me

List projects (default workspace):

node scripts/asana_api.mjs projects

List tasks assigned to me:

node scripts/asana_api.mjs tasks-assigned --assignee me

List all tasks in a project:

node scripts/asana_api.mjs tasks-in-project --project <project_gid>

View a task:

node scripts/asana_api.mjs task <task_gid>

Mark complete:

node scripts/asana_api.mjs complete-task <task_gid>

Comment:

node scripts/asana_api.mjs comment <task_gid> --text "Update: shipped"

Advanced search (workspace required; default is used if set):

node scripts/asana_api.mjs search-tasks --text "release" --assignee me

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Install into Clawdbot (local)

If your Clawdbot workspace is /Users/tony/clawd, copy the skill folder into:

• /Users/tony/clawd/skills/asana/

and restart Clawdbot if needed.

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Notes

• Access tokens expire; the scripts will refresh using the refresh token.
• Keep credentials.json and token.json secret.
• If you publish this, document that users must configure distribution + scopes in the Asana console to match what they request in authorize.