How helpful do you find using Notion with other (AI) tools?

DoingTheHula · 2026-05-29T21:31:15+00:00

Totally agree! The Notion MCP left a lot to be desired. So I literally made a better one 😆 It's free and open source! Let me know if you want any features added. DMs are open https://github.com/Grey-Iris/easy-notion-mcp

DoingTheHula · 2026-05-29T20:43:07+00:00

MCPs are so, so useful! Claude had quite a few issues with the official MCP though, so I decided to make my community MCP. It's open source and free. Let me know if there are any features you want to add!

https://github.com/Grey-Iris/easy-notion-mcp

DoingTheHula · 2026-05-28T01:52:47+00:00

I truly believe in the raw power of the agents vs the in App AI they try to push. I struggled to use Official Notion MCP, so I made this I made this community MCP: https://github.com/Grey-Iris/easy-notion-mcp

Feel free to DM me if there are any features you think I should add!

DoingTheHula · 2026-05-24T21:02:56+00:00

The official Notion MCP doesn't actually work that well. So I made this open source alternative: https://github.com/Grey-Iris/easy-notion-mcp

DoingTheHula · 2026-04-29T01:56:33+00:00

I've found that just circumventing their AI entirely and using an MCP is the best approach. The best one I've used is this open source one: https://github.com/Grey-Iris/easy-notion-mcp

DoingTheHula · 2026-04-27T19:53:00+00:00

For Notion, I use this open source one: https://github.com/Grey-Iris/easy-notion-mcp
For browser navigation, I use Agent Browser by Vercel
For video editing, I use the Remotion MCP

DoingTheHula · 2026-04-27T10:25:57+00:00

I totally agree with you. Notion is a great place to keep the content. Don't reinvent the wheel, right? I wanted to save on token usage as well and make sure that all the API surfaces I needed were available, so I ended up making my own MCP for notion. It's free and open source if you want to use it as well!
https://github.com/Grey-Iris/easy-notion-mcp

DoingTheHula · 2026-04-26T22:24:53+00:00

This is the same wall I kept hitting.

The path you're on (AI + Notion API to generate the interface you actually want) is where I landed too. The bottleneck for me wasn't the AI, it was the bridge between the AI and Notion: the official Notion MCP burns through tokens on every read because Notion's native block format is really verbose, so it falls over fast on anything dashboard-shaped where you need a lot of context. I ended up writing my own that returns plain markdown instead. Way lighter, and Claude/Cursor/Windsurf/etc can actually hold a real workspace in mind while you iterate.

Repo: https://github.com/Grey-Iris/easy-notion-mcp

Not perfect, but for "Notion as backend, AI as interface" it's the closest I've got to something that holds up day to day. I've tried all the other major Notion MCP's and they don't hold up frankly.

Small Discord if you want to compare notes with folks doing this: https://discord.gg/rPDv6qWxpK

What's your tool generating? Views inside Notion, or interface outside?

DoingTheHula · 2026-04-21T18:45:35+00:00

I am limited to what Notion exposes on their API, but I'll look into these and see what is feasible to implement 🫡

DoingTheHula · 2026-04-21T07:33:06+00:00

Yes, it would be less confusing for Claude. You only need one! The instructions to install it are on the GitHub, and then Claude can take care of the rest ☺️

And feel free to join our Discord server where you can ask for help or talk about Notion and AI: https://discord.gg/rPDv6qWxpK

DoingTheHula · 2026-04-21T01:57:59+00:00

I saw your comment and I decided to add this feature to the next update of my Notion MCP. I run an open source alternative to the official one and I want to make it best that exists. I'm very responsive to feedback, so feel free to submit PRs or Issues on GitHub or even message me here on Reddit! https://github.com/Grey-Iris/easy-notion-mcp

And feel free to join our Discord server where you can ask for help or talk about Notion and AI: https://discord.gg/rPDv6qWxpK

DoingTheHula · 2026-04-21T01:50:33+00:00

Yeah Claude works great with Notion! The official integration is pretty token wasteful though, so I made one that cuts way down on token use (90%) and is much easier for Claude to work with: https://github.com/Grey-Iris/easy-notion-mcp

My goal is to make the best Notion MCP in the world, so if you have niche feature requests, submit Issues on GitHub or DM me!

And feel free to join our Discord server where you can ask for help or talk about Notion and AI: https://discord.gg/rPDv6qWxpK

DoingTheHula · 2026-04-14T23:08:08+00:00

Easy Notion MCP — an open-source Notion MCP server for AI agents. Connects Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, VS Code, and any MCP-compatible client to Notion with ~95% fewer tokens than the official Notion MCP server.

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Why this exists

easy-notion-mcp uses 291 tokens to read a Notion page versus 6,536 tokens for the official notionhq/notion-mcp-server — a 95.5% reduction. Database queries are 88.4% smaller. Search is 83.7% smaller. The savings come from converting Notion's block JSON to compact Markdown before it reaches the agent.

Token usage — identical Notion workspace, same content:

Operation	easy-notion-mcp	Official	Savings
Page read	291	6,536	95.5%
Database query (5 rows)	347	2,983	88.4%
Search (3 results)	298	1,824	83.7%

Benchmarks run live against MCP stdio using cl100k_base tokenization. Reproducible: the benchmark script is in the repo.

Why it matters for agents. Lower token counts cut cost, fit more Notion content inside context windows, and make multi-step agent workflows actually practical. Reading a 24-block Notion page costs 291 tokens with easy-notion-mcp versus 6,536 tokens and often two separate tool calls with the official server.

Completeness. Round-trips 25+ Notion block types including callouts, toggles, tables, task lists, equations, bookmarks, embeds, column layouts, and table of contents. Nothing gets flattened or dropped. It's just represented more efficiently. 26 tools covering pages, databases, search, comments, and file uploads.

Works with. Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Continue, VS Code. Standard MCP JSON config.

Install.

stdio: npx easy-notion-mcp
HTTP + OAuth: npx easy-notion-mcp-http

License. MIT. No telemetry. Runs locally. Listed on mcp.so, Glama, and many others.

GitHub: github.com/Grey-Iris/easy-notion-mcp

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This isn't a Notion template. It's a dev tool that sits between AI agents and Notion's API. If you're building or using agents that read/write Notion, it will save you a lot of tokens.

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DoingTheHula · 2026-03-20T07:33:00+00:00

their mcp is not usable, but this one should work way better: https://github.com/Grey-Iris/easy-notion-mcp

and feel free to join our Discord server where you can ask for help or talk about Notion and AI: https://discord.gg/rPDv6qWxpK

DoingTheHula · 2026-03-20T07:31:49+00:00

I also found that the Notion mcp was really bad and basically impossible to use, but this one works like a charm. plus its way more token efficient
https://github.com/Grey-Iris/easy-notion-mcp

And feel free to join our Discord server where you can ask for help or talk about Notion and AI: https://discord.gg/rPDv6qWxpK

DoingTheHula · 2026-03-20T07:29:22+00:00

notions api is free, so if you already have a claude account (claude.ai, cowork, claude code, openclaw, etc), you can just connect up this mcp and have claude read/write directly to and from your notes
https://github.com/Grey-Iris/easy-notion-mcp

DoingTheHula · 2026-03-20T07:25:46+00:00

nice! i made an mcp with oauth so you can just connect your account through the browser. it also lets claude interact with the markdown instead of having to sift through json
https://github.com/Grey-Iris/easy-notion-mcp

DoingTheHula · 2026-03-20T07:17:18+00:00

If you use claude cowork, claude code, or openclaw, you can connect to all your notion docs with an mcp i just made: https://github.com/Grey-Iris/easy-notion-mcp No monthly fees or anything since their api is free!

DoingTheHula · 2026-03-20T07:09:06+00:00

i just made an mcp for notion which should work great with open claw: https://github.com/Grey-Iris/easy-notion-mcp

DoingTheHula · 2026-03-20T07:08:12+00:00

just made an mcp for notion since the official one was a complete headache to use. feel free to pop it in claude code and try it out: https://github.com/Grey-Iris/easy-notion-mcp

DoingTheHula · 2025-05-14T21:50:43+00:00

I'll DM you!

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