Notion API MCP server

The Notion MCP Server provides an implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for the Notion API, allowing AI assistants to interact with your Notion workspace. This server bridges the gap between AI models and your Notion content, enabling actions like searching pages, adding comments, and creating new pages.

Installation

Setting up Integration in Notion

1. Go to https://www.notion.so/profile/integrations and create a new internal integration or select an existing one.

2. For security purposes, you can limit the capabilities of your integration. For a read-only integration, you can give only "Read content" access from the "Configuration" tab.

Connecting Content to Your Integration

Ensure relevant pages and databases are connected to your integration using one of these methods:

1. Via Integration Settings:

   • Visit the Access tab in your internal integration settings
   • Edit access and select the pages you'd like to use

2. Via Individual Pages:

   • Visit the target page
   • Click on the 3 dots
   • Select "Connect to integration"

Adding MCP Configuration 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

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\"}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Option 2: Building 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"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Important: Replace ntn_**** with your integration secret, which you can find in your integration configuration tab.

Installing via Smithery

For automatic installation using Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @makenotion/notion-mcp-server --client claude

Usage Examples

Example 1: Adding a Comment

When you give the AI this instruction:

Comment "Hello MCP" on page "Getting started"

The AI will plan two API calls, v1/search and v1/comments, to complete the task.

Example 2: Creating a New Page

With this instruction:

Add a page titled "Notion MCP" to page "Development"

The AI will create a new page named "Notion MCP" under the parent page "Development".

Example 3: Accessing Page by ID

You can reference content by ID directly:

Get the content of page 1a6b35e6e67f802fa7e1d27686f017f2

This will retrieve the content of the specific page using its ID.

How to add this MCP server to Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > MCP and click "Add new global MCP server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "cursor-rules-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "cursor-rules-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explictly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.