Notion

Notion is an MCP server that connects AI assistants to your Notion workspace to manage databases, pages, and workplace content. Built for teams, project managers, and knowledge workers, it exposes a standardized interface allowing Model Context Protocol clients to read and write directly to Notion documents. The server enables large language models to list existing databases, inspect schemas, retrieve page contents, and review workspace update histories. It also provides built-in prompt templates designed to summarize project statuses, surface upcoming deadlines, and compile daily task lists. Users can configure optional behavior such as action confirmation requirements for page creation, modification, and deletion, as well as automatic backup directories with page retention rules. By connecting Claude or compatible AI hosts to your internal knowledge base, Notion facilitates task management, documentation retrieval, and content synchronization without requiring manual switching between apps.

Category: Notes & Knowledge Management

Tags: content-management, database, notion, productivity, workspace

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How to install and configure Notion

1. Clone the repository and navigate into the folder: bash git clone https://github.com/yourusername/notion-mcp-server.git cd notion-mcp-server 2. Install dependencies: bash npm install 3. Create a .env file in the root directory and define your Notion API key: bash NOTION_API_KEY=your_notion_api_key_here 4. Build the project: bash npm run build 5. Open your Claude for Desktop configuration file (claude_desktop_config.json) and add the server configuration: json { "mcpServers": { "notion": { "command": "node", "args": ["/path/to/notion-mcp-server/build/index.js"], "env": { "NOTION_API_KEY": "your_notion_api_key_here" } } } } 6. Save the file and restart Claude for Desktop.

What you can do with Notion

• Query workspace databases via Claude to retrieve active tasks and surface all items due on the current day. - Inspect Notion database structures and schemas directly through an AI client before bulk-creating new project pages. - Fetch specific page contents to let an AI assistant summarize project statuses or draft progress updates. - Track workspace activity by reading recent update logs and auditing edits made across documents over the past 24 hours. - Create new documentation entries directly in designated Notion databases by issuing natural language instructions to an LLM. - Restore prior page versions using the server's local JSON backup retention and recovery commands.

Key facts

• https://github.com/ghubnerr/Notion-MCP
• Notes & Knowledge Management, Project & Task Management
• content-management, database, notion, productivity, workspace

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How do I install Notion?

To install the server, clone the repository, install dependencies using npm install, set your NOTION_API_KEY in a .env file, and build the project with npm run build. Then add the built index.js path and your API key to the Claude for Desktop configuration file.

What can Notion do?

The server exposes workspace resources like databases, database schemas, page contents, and recent updates. It supports listing and modifying pages and includes pre-configured prompt templates for tracking upcoming deadlines, summarizing project statuses, and reviewing daily tasks.

Which MCP clients work with Notion?

It is documented for use with Claude for Desktop through its JSON configuration file. It also works with any standard Model Context Protocol client capable of spawning Node.js subprocesses and passing environment variables.

What prerequisites are needed to run Notion?

You need Node.js version 16 or higher, a Notion integration API key generated from your Notion developer account, and an active Notion workspace where integration permissions have been granted.