Asana app goes live in ChatGPT

Asana said this week that its app in ChatGPT is now available, giving users a way to create projects, assign tasks and pull status updates from Asana without leaving a chat. OpenAI’s help center shows the Asana integration as an “app with sync” that has been upgraded with new Model Context Protocol, or MCP, write actions. Asana’s launch materials say the app can turn a conversation into a live project in seconds, while OpenAI says some app features depend on plan type, region and workspace approval. The release adds a public product launch to a broader OpenAI push to fold third-party tools and custom MCP servers into ChatGPT. ### When did the Asana app actually go live? Asana’s community forum said on May 13 that “the Asana app in ChatGPT is available,” in a post by Emily Roman under the company’s product launches section. The same post said users can create tasks, set due dates, assign owners, check project or portfolio status, and generate full project plans from a conversation or uploaded document. (forum.asana.com) Asana’s own resource page, dated March 27, described the product ahead of this week’s broader availability and said users could install it from the ChatGPT app directory. That page showed the intended workflow: mention Asana in a prompt, ask for a portfolio update, then turn a brief or PDF into a project plan that can be reviewed and opened in Asana. ### What can users do inside ChatGPT once Asana is connected? (forum.asana.com) OpenAI’s help center says the Asana app with sync lets ChatGPT access projects, tasks, comments, tags, custom fields, assignees and due dates, subject to the user’s existing permissions. The page lists example prompts including summarizing overdue tasks by project, finding tasks due this week and drafting a status update from recent task comments. (asana.com) Asana’s launch materials add a second set of actions: creating tasks from chat, generating projects from scratch and checking the health of portfolios or specific tasks. Asana describes that data layer as its Work Graph, which it says can be brought directly into ChatGPT conversations. ### What changed in OpenAI’s app system to make this possible? OpenAI’s help center says that, as of December 17, 2025, it renamed connectors to apps as part of a unified ChatGPT experience. (help.openai.com) The same documentation says apps can search connected services, run deep research, sync content in advance and, in some cases, take write actions in external services. OpenAI’s Asana-specific page says the upgraded Asana app now offers “new MCP actions, including write actions,” and tells existing users to upgrade the app in the directory if they want those capabilities. (forum.asana.com) That page also says workspace admin or owner approval may be required. ### Where do custom MCP servers fit into this story? OpenAI’s developer documentation says connectors and remote MCP servers both use the same MCP tool type, but they are not the same thing. (help.openai.com) The company describes connectors as OpenAI-maintained MCP wrappers for popular services, while remote MCP servers can be any public internet server that implements the protocol. OpenAI’s ChatGPT help page says users can also build custom apps, formerly called custom connectors, to connect ChatGPT to internal tools and data. (help.openai.com) On workspace plans, the page says, administrators can control whether custom apps are allowed. ### Is this available to every ChatGPT and Asana user right now? OpenAI’s help center says apps are available to logged-in ChatGPT users “with some exceptions,” and that some apps or app functions may be limited to Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plans. (developers.openai.com) The same page says some apps may not be available in the European Economic Area, Britain or Switzerland, depending on whether the partner offers service there. (help.openai.com) Asana’s app page says users need access to both ChatGPT and an Asana workspace and may need an administrator’s permission to connect the two. OpenAI’s Asana page also says initial sync time can take from minutes to hours, depending on data volume, and that permission changes apply on the next sync cycle. ### What should users watch next? OpenAI’s Asana help page says users who connected the older version should go to the ChatGPT app directory and click upgrade to get the new MCP write actions. (help.openai.com) Asana’s help center and app page now serve as the main setup points, while OpenAI’s app documentation sets the plan and regional limits that will determine who sees the integration as rollout continues. (help.openai.com) (asana.com)