Notion MCP Server

Enables Language Models to interact with Notion workspaces through standardized tools for managing pages and databases.

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What is the Notion MCP server?

Notion MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Notion directly instead of describing what you should do. Enables Language Models to interact with Notion workspaces through standardized tools for managing pages and databases.

What you get

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides seamless integration with Notion. This server enables Language Models to interact with your Notion workspace through standardized tools for searching, reading, creating, and updating pages and databases.

What the assistant can call

Once Notion is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

Configuration and credentials

You will need one environment variable: NOTION_API_KEY. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

  • Node.js (v16 or higher) - Notion API key - MCP-compatible client (e.g., Claude Desktop)

Setting it up

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.

Choosing this one

Among the planning and project tracking options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Notion's toolset — Prerequisites, Installation — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by v-3; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Before you rely on it

  • 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.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the notion mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
PrerequisitesThe Prerequisites tool exposed by this server.
Installation1. Clone the repository: bash git clone https://github.com/v-3/notion-server.git cd notion-server

How to install the Notion MCP server

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "notion": {
            "command": "node",
            "args": ["/absolute/path/to/notion-server/build/index.js"],
            "env": {
                "NOTION_API_KEY": "your_notion_api_key_here"
            }
        }
    }
}

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

Configuration

  • Node.js (v16 or higher) - Notion API key - MCP-compatible client (e.g., Claude Desktop)
VariableDescriptionRequired
NOTION_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Notion to Prerequisites.
  • Use Notion to Installation.

Frequently asked questions

Key features include enhanced markdown support, comprehensive database operations (create, query, update), block-level operations, and the ability to add/retrieve comments on Notion pages.