Notion MCP Server
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# Notion MCP Server  This project implements an [MCP server](https://spec.modelcontextprotocol.io/) for the [Notion API](https://developers.notion.com/reference/intro)…
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- Searches, reads, and comments on Notion pages
- Creates new pages under specified parent pages
- Retrieves content by page or database ID
- Uses HTTP Bearer token for authentication
- Cannot delete databases via MCP
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Notion MCP ServerCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Set up a Notion internal integration to obtain a bearer token, then configure the server in your client's mcp.json or claude_desktop_config.json using either npx or Docker. Ensure relevant pages and databases are connected to your integration via the Notion UI before making requests.
API-get-user
Notion | Retrieve a user Error Responses: 400: 400
API-get-users
Notion | List all users Error Responses: 400: 400
API-get-self
Notion | Retrieve your token's bot user Error Responses: 400: Bad request
API-post-search
Notion | Search by title Error Responses: 400: Bad request
API-get-block-children
Notion | Retrieve block children Error Responses: 400: Bad request
API-patch-block-children
Notion | Append block children Error Responses: 400: Bad request
API-retrieve-a-block
Notion | Retrieve a block Error Responses: 400: Bad request
API-update-a-block
Notion | Update a block Error Responses: 400: Bad request
API-delete-a-block
Notion | Delete a block Error Responses: 400: Bad request
API-retrieve-a-page
Notion | Retrieve a page Error Responses: 400: Bad request
API-patch-page
Notion | Update page properties Error Responses: 400: Bad request
API-post-page
Notion | Create a page Error Responses: 400: Bad request
API-retrieve-a-page-property
Notion | Retrieve a page property item Error Responses: 400: Bad request
API-retrieve-a-comment
Notion | Retrieve comments Error Responses: 400: Bad request
API-create-a-comment
Notion | Create comment Error Responses: 400: Bad request
API-query-data-source
Notion | Query a data source Error Responses: 400: Bad request
API-retrieve-a-data-source
Notion | Retrieve a data source Error Responses: 400: Bad request
API-update-a-data-source
Notion | Update a data source Error Responses: 400: Bad request
API-create-a-data-source
Notion | Create a data source Error Responses: 400: Bad request
API-list-data-source-templates
Notion | List templates in a data source Error Responses: 400: Bad request
API-retrieve-a-database
Notion | Retrieve a database Error Responses: 400: Bad request
API-move-page
Notion | Move a page Error Responses: 400: Bad request
API-retrieve-page-markdown
Notion | Retrieve a page as Markdown Error Responses: 400: Bad request 403: The integration lacks the read/update content capability required for this page. 404: Page not found or not shared with the integration. 429: Rate limited.
API-update-page-markdown
Notion | Update a page's content as Markdown Error Responses: 400: Bad request 403: The integration lacks the read/update content capability required for this page. 404: Page not found or not shared with the integration. 409: Conflict (e.g. row limit exceeded). 429: Rate limited.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"notion mcp server": {
"notionApi": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@notionhq/notion-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"OPENAPI_MCP_HEADERS": "{\"Authorization\": \"Bearer ntn_****\", \"Notion-Version\": \"2022-06-28\" }"
}
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"notionApi": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@notionhq/notion-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"OPENAPI_MCP_HEADERS": "{\"Authorization\": \"Bearer ntn_****\", \"Notion-Version\": \"2022-06-28\" }"
}
}
}Notion MCP Server
This project implements an MCP server for the Notion API.
Installation
1. Setting up Integration in Notion:
Go to https://www.notion.so/profile/integrations and create a new internal integration or select an existing one.
While we limit the scope of Notion API's exposed (for example, you will not be able to delete databases via MCP), there is a non-zero risk to workspace data by exposing it to LLMs. Security-conscious users may want to further configure the Integration's _Capabilities_.
For example, you can create a read-only integration token by giving only "Read content" access from the "Configuration" tab:
2. Adding MCP config to your client:
Using npm:
Add the following to your.cursor/mcp.json or claude_desktop_config.json (MacOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json)
{
"mcpServers": {
"notionApi": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@notionhq/notion-mcp-server"],
"env": {
"OPENAPI_MCP_HEADERS": "{\"Authorization\": \"Bearer ntn_*\", \"Notion-Version\": \"2022-06-28\" }"
}
}
}
}
Using Docker:
There are two options for running the MCP server with Docker:
Option 1: Using the official Docker Hub image:
Add the following to your .cursor/mcp.json or claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"notionApi": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"--rm",
"-i",
"-e", "OPENAPI_MCP_HEADERS",
"mcp/notion"
],
"env": {
"OPENAPI_MCP_HEADERS": "{\"Authorization\":\"Bearer ntn_\",\"Notion-Version\":\"2022-06-28\"}"
}
}
}
}
This approach:
- Uses the official Docker Hub image
- Properly handles JSON escaping via environment variables
- Provides a more reliable configuration method
Option 2: Building the Docker image locally:
You can also build and run the Docker image locally. First, build the Docker image:
docker-compose build
Then, add the following to your .cursor/mcp.json or claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"notionApi": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"--rm",
"-i",
"-e",
"OPENAPI_MCP_HEADERS={\"Authorization\": \"Bearer ntn_\", \"Notion-Version\": \"2022-06-28\"}",
"notion-mcp-server"
]
}
}
}
Don't forget to replace ntn_* with your integration secret. Find it from your integration configuration tab:
3. Connecting content to integration:
Ensure relevant pages and databases are connected to your integration.To do this, you'll need to visit that page, and click on the 3 dots, and select "Connect to integration".
Examples
1. Using the following instruction
Comment "Hello MCP" on page "Getting started"
AI will correctly plan two API calls, v1/search and v1/comments, to achieve the task
2. Similarly, the following instruction will result in a new page named "Notion MCP" added to parent page "Development"
Add a page titled "Notion MCP" to page "Development"
3. You may also reference content ID directly
Get the content of page 1a6b35e6e67f802fa7e1d27686f017f2
Development
Build
npm run build
Execute
npx -y --prefix /path/to/local/notion-mcp-server @notionhq/notion-mcp-server
Publish
npm publish --access public
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