Notion MCP Server

Provides filesystem capabilities to Claude, allowing it to read, write, and manipulate files on your system.

Local serverstdio

What is the Notion MCP server?

Connect Notion to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. Provides filesystem capabilities to Claude, allowing it to read, write, and manipulate files on your system. The notion mcp server is what makes that connection.

What the server does

  • List files with glob pattern matching
  • Read file contents
  • Write to files
  • Edit files with diff output
  • Secure path normalization to prevent directory traversal attacks

Available tools

The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:

  • list_files — Lists files matching a glob pattern
  • read_file — Reads the content of a file
  • write_file — Writes content to a file
  • edit_file — Edits an existing file with the provided content and shows diff
  • delete_file — Deletes a file

Credentials and setup notes

  • Bun v1.2.5 or later

Installation

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.

Where it fits

This sits in the file and storage access group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Notion's toolset — list_files, read_file, write_file and 2 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by tkc; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against Notion's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Worth knowing first

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
list_filesLists files matching a glob pattern
read_fileReads the content of a file
write_fileWrites content to a file
edit_fileEdits an existing file with the provided content and shows diff
delete_fileDeletes a file

How to install the Notion MCP server

## Usage

claude_desktop_config.json

```bash
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notion": {
      "command": "~/.bun/bin/bun",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "<your path>/src/notion/index.ts",
        "your_notion_integration_key_here"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

  • Bun v1.2.5 or later

Example prompts to try

  • Use Notion to list files.
  • Use Notion to read file.
  • Use Notion to write file.

Frequently asked questions

Notion is a filesystem Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that allows Claude to read, write, and manipulate files on your system.