# Notion MCP Server [Official] [Health: Active]

**Category:** 🏢 Workplace & Productivity  
**Repository:** https://developers.notion.com/guides/mcp/overview  
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**Directory Page:** https://allmcps.com/mcp/notion-mcp-server

## Description
Notion's official hosted MCP server. Connects AI tools to your Notion workspace over OAuth to search, read and edit pages and databases in Markdown, respecting each user's existing Notion permissions.

## Claude Desktop Quick Installation
No confirmed install details yet, so no config is published. Follow the setup steps in the repository above.

## Documentation

## What Notion MCP Server does

Notion MCP Server connects AI tools to a Notion workspace through the Model Context Protocol. It provides access to workspace pages and databases, allowing an agent to search for content, read existing content, and edit it. Page and database content is handled in Markdown, giving text-based AI tools a format they can work with directly.

The service is hosted by Notion rather than run as a local server. Its main use is interactive access from an AI tool that can authenticate to Notion and issue MCP requests on behalf of a user.

## How it works

Access is established through OAuth. A user authorizes the connection to their Notion workspace, after which the AI tool can use the server’s MCP capabilities. The server applies the user’s existing Notion permissions when handling requests, so the agent’s access follows the workspace access already granted to that user.

Search supports finding relevant workspace content before an agent reads or edits it. Read operations retrieve pages or databases for use in an AI workflow, while edit operations let the agent update those Notion resources. Markdown is the working representation for this content.

## Tools and capabilities

- Search Notion workspace content.
- Read Notion pages.
- Read Notion databases.
- Edit pages and databases.
- Exchange content with AI tools in Markdown.
- Authenticate workspace access through OAuth.

These capabilities suit workflows where an AI agent needs to locate existing Notion information, use it as context, and make changes to the same workspace. Permission handling is tied to the authenticated user rather than treated as unrestricted workspace access.

## Limitations and notes

Notion MCP Server is hosted, so its connection model differs from a locally installed MCP process. OAuth is required to connect an AI tool to a Notion workspace. Operations are limited to the documented workspace interactions: searching, reading, and editing Notion pages and databases. Access remains subject to the authenticated user’s existing Notion permissions, which can affect what the agent can find or change.

_Full upstream README: https://allmcps.com/mcp/notion-mcp-server/readme_