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Turn a pinned Slack message into a task and focus time

Pin a Slack message with an emoji and get an Asana task with its summary and link, plus a focus block on your calendar today.

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When

Someone adds the pushpin emoji reaction to a Slack message.

Then

  1. Stop unless it is in the Slack channel id you choose in setup, or the Asana project id you choose in setup already has a task linking to it.
  2. Read the message and its thread, then write a one-line task title and a short summary with the message link.
  3. Create that task in the Asana project.
  4. Block the focus length you choose in setup on my Google Calendar in the next free slot today, named after the task.

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