diff --git a/src/applications/differential/doorkeeper/DifferentialDoorkeeperRevisionFeedStoryPublisher.php b/src/applications/differential/doorkeeper/DifferentialDoorkeeperRevisionFeedStoryPublisher.php
index d11e73dc78..1b9750a100 100644
--- a/src/applications/differential/doorkeeper/DifferentialDoorkeeperRevisionFeedStoryPublisher.php
+++ b/src/applications/differential/doorkeeper/DifferentialDoorkeeperRevisionFeedStoryPublisher.php
@@ -4,23 +4,19 @@ final class DifferentialDoorkeeperRevisionFeedStoryPublisher
   extends DoorkeeperFeedStoryPublisher {
 
   public function canPublishStory(PhabricatorFeedStory $story, $object) {
-    if (!($object instanceof DifferentialRevision)) {
-      return false;
-    }
+    return ($object instanceof DifferentialRevision);
+  }
 
-    // Don't publish the "create" story, since pushing the object into Asana
-    // naturally generates a notification which effectively serves the same
-    // purpose as the "create" story.
+  public function isStoryAboutObjectCreation($object) {
+    $story = $this->getFeedStory();
 
     $action = $story->getStoryData()->getValue('action');
     switch ($action) {
       case DifferentialAction::ACTION_CREATE:
-        return false;
+        return true;
       default:
-        break;
+        return false;
     }
-
-    return true;
   }
 
   public function willPublishStory($object) {
diff --git a/src/applications/diffusion/doorkeeper/DiffusionDoorkeeperCommitFeedStoryPublisher.php b/src/applications/diffusion/doorkeeper/DiffusionDoorkeeperCommitFeedStoryPublisher.php
index 77fc99a302..6ded4ad2f8 100644
--- a/src/applications/diffusion/doorkeeper/DiffusionDoorkeeperCommitFeedStoryPublisher.php
+++ b/src/applications/diffusion/doorkeeper/DiffusionDoorkeeperCommitFeedStoryPublisher.php
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ final class DiffusionDoorkeeperCommitFeedStoryPublisher
     return ($object instanceof PhabricatorRepositoryCommit);
   }
 
+  public function isStoryAboutObjectCreation($object) {
+    // TODO: Although creation stories exist, they currently don't have a
+    // primary object PHID set, so they'll never make it here because they
+    // won't pass `canPublishStory()`.
+    return false;
+  }
+
   public function willPublishStory($commit) {
     $requests = id(new PhabricatorAuditQuery())
       ->withCommitPHIDs(array($commit->getPHID()))
diff --git a/src/applications/doorkeeper/engine/DoorkeeperFeedStoryPublisher.php b/src/applications/doorkeeper/engine/DoorkeeperFeedStoryPublisher.php
index 460c82fa8b..428a22be67 100644
--- a/src/applications/doorkeeper/engine/DoorkeeperFeedStoryPublisher.php
+++ b/src/applications/doorkeeper/engine/DoorkeeperFeedStoryPublisher.php
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ abstract class DoorkeeperFeedStoryPublisher {
     return $object;
   }
 
+  abstract public function isStoryAboutObjectCreation($object);
   abstract public function getOwnerPHID($object);
   abstract public function getActiveUserPHIDs($object);
   abstract public function getPassiveUserPHIDs($object);
diff --git a/src/applications/doorkeeper/worker/DoorkeeperFeedWorkerAsana.php b/src/applications/doorkeeper/worker/DoorkeeperFeedWorkerAsana.php
index d4f7486ae6..f23653a744 100644
--- a/src/applications/doorkeeper/worker/DoorkeeperFeedWorkerAsana.php
+++ b/src/applications/doorkeeper/worker/DoorkeeperFeedWorkerAsana.php
@@ -476,20 +476,24 @@ final class DoorkeeperFeedWorkerAsana extends FeedPushWorker {
 
     $sub_editor->save();
 
+    // Don't publish the "create" story, since pushing the object into Asana
+    // naturally generates a notification which effectively serves the same
+    // purpose as the "create" story.
+    if (!$publisher->isStoryAboutObjectCreation($object)) {
+      // Post the feed story itself to the main Asana task. We do this last
+      // because everything else is idempotent, so this is the only effect we
+      // can't safely run more than once.
 
-    // Post the feed story itself to the main Asana task. We do this last
-    // because everything else is idempotent, so this is the only effect we
-    // can't safely run more than once.
+      $text = $publisher->getStoryText($object);
 
-    $text = $publisher->getStoryText($object);
-
-    $this->makeAsanaAPICall(
-      $oauth_token,
-      'tasks/'.$parent_ref->getObjectID().'/stories',
-      'POST',
-      array(
-        'text' => $text,
-      ));
+      $this->makeAsanaAPICall(
+        $oauth_token,
+        'tasks/'.$parent_ref->getObjectID().'/stories',
+        'POST',
+        array(
+          'text' => $text,
+        ));
+    }
   }
 
   private function lookupAsanaUserIDs($all_phids) {