[![MCP Badge](https://lobehub.com/badge/mcp/shck-dev-notion-mcp?style=plastic)](https://lobehub.com/mcp/shck-dev-notion-mcp) # @shck-dev/notion-mcp **Notion MCP Server — search, export, and import pages as markdown** [![npm version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@shck-dev/notion-mcp)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@shck-dev/notion-mcp) [![npm downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@shck-dev/notion-mcp)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@shck-dev/notion-mcp) [![license](https://img.shields.io/npm/l/@shck-dev/notion-mcp)](https://github.com/shck-dev/notion-mcp/blob/main/LICENSE) No workspace admin. No OAuth. No page sharing.\ Just paste 3 values from your browser and go. [Blog Post](https://shck.dev/blog/notion-mcp) | [GitHub](https://github.com/shck-dev/notion-mcp) | [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@shck-dev/notion-mcp)
--- ## Features - **Search** — full-text search across your entire workspace - **Export** — download any page as clean markdown (headings, lists, to-do, code blocks, tables, links, images with viewable URLs) - **Import** — write markdown back to Notion pages (replaces content), from a string or local file - **Append** — add markdown to the end of a page without touching existing content - **Create** — spin up new child pages, optionally prefilled from a markdown string or file - **Images** — upload a local image to a page, or reference an external URL - **Comments** — list open discussions, add new comments, reply to threads - **One-command setup** — `npx @shck-dev/notion-mcp init`: paste a browser "Copy as cURL" and it extracts + saves your credentials - **Prompts & resources** — a `notion_setup` prompt and a `notion://guide` resource for in-client onboarding - **Zero setup friction** — uses the same internal API as the Notion web app; if you can see it in your browser, this server can access it ## Tools | Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | `notion_search` | Full-text search across all pages in your workspace | | `notion_export_page` | Export any Notion page as markdown; image links resolve to viewable CDN URLs (pass `image_dir` to download images locally instead) | | `notion_import_page` | Write markdown to a Notion page — **replaces** all existing content | | `notion_import_page_from_file` | Write a local `.md` file to a page — **replaces** all content | | `notion_append_to_page` | Append markdown to the **end** of a page (non-destructive) | | `notion_append_to_page_from_file` | Append a local `.md` file to the end of a page (non-destructive) | | `notion_create_page` | Create a new sub-page, optionally prefilled with markdown | | `notion_create_page_from_file` | Create a new sub-page from a local `.md` file | | `notion_add_image` | Append an image to the end of a page — local file is uploaded to Notion, http(s) URL is referenced as-is | | `notion_list_comments` | List open discussion threads on a page | | `notion_add_comment` | Start a new discussion — inline (anchored to text) or block-level | | `notion_reply_comment` | Reply to an existing discussion thread | | `notion_init` | Paste a browser "Copy as cURL" to extract & save credentials | ## Why not the official Notion API? | | This MCP server | Official Notion API | |---|----------|-------------------| | **Setup** | Paste 3 values from DevTools | Create integration, get admin approval, share pages | | **Page access** | Everything you can see | Only explicitly shared pages | | **Markdown** | Bidirectional (export + import) | Read-only blocks API | | **Auth** | Cookie (`token_v2`) | OAuth / integration token | **Trade-off**: The internal API is undocumented and may change. Token expires periodically (re-grab from browser). ## Quick start ### Easiest: interactive setup ```bash npx @shck-dev/notion-mcp init ``` Open Notion in Chrome → DevTools (F12) → **Network** → click any request to `notion.so/api/v3/…` → right-click → **Copy as cURL**, then paste it and press Ctrl-D. Your token, user id, and workspace id are extracted and saved to `~/.notion-mcp/config.json`. Then register the server — no `env` block needed: ```bash claude mcp add notion -- npx @shck-dev/notion-mcp ``` Prefer to set the three values by hand? Steps below. ### 1. Get credentials from your browser 1. Open [notion.so](https://notion.so) in Chrome 2. Press **F12** → **Application** → **Cookies** → `www.notion.so` 3. Copy the `token_v2` cookie value → `NOTION_TOKEN` 4. Press **F12** → **Network** tab, do any action in Notion 5. Find a POST request to `api/v3/*`, click it 6. From **Request Headers**: copy `x-notion-active-user-header` → `NOTION_USER_ID` 7. From **Request Body** (Payload): find `spaceId` → `NOTION_SPACE_ID` ### 2. Configure your MCP client #### Claude Code ```bash claude mcp add notion -- env NOTION_TOKEN=your_token NOTION_USER_ID=your_user_id NOTION_SPACE_ID=your_space_id npx @shck-dev/notion-mcp ``` #### Claude Desktop / Cursor / any MCP client Add to your MCP config (`claude_desktop_config.json`, `.cursor/mcp.json`, etc.): ```json { "mcpServers": { "notion": { "command": "npx", "args": ["@shck-dev/notion-mcp"], "env": { "NOTION_TOKEN": "your_token_v2_value", "NOTION_USER_ID": "your_user_id", "NOTION_SPACE_ID": "your_space_id" } } } } ``` ## Requirements - **Node.js ≥ 18** (for `npx`) — or [Bun](https://bun.sh). The published server is compiled to node-compatible JS, so Bun is no longer required to run it. ## Limitations - **Internal API** — undocumented, may break with Notion updates - **Token expiry** — `token_v2` expires periodically; re-grab from browser when auth fails - **Databases** — database/collection pages don't export rows yet; sub-pages render as links and such pages return an explanatory note instead of empty output - **Block granularity** — import replaces all content, append adds to the end (no in-place editing of individual blocks) - **Lossy markdown** — some complex formatting may simplify during conversion (e.g. nested lists flatten on import) - **External images** — http(s) image URLs added via `notion_add_image` (or embedded in markdown) are referenced as-is and not re-uploaded to Notion ## License MIT