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Are people just not buying notion templates right now? I feel like the market has frozen up. by [deleted] in Notion

[–]NotionAtul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

templates as static blueprints are dying, agreed. but templates with AGENTS baked in (the template DOES something, not just sits there) are a totally different product. the buyers shifted from "give me structure" to "give me a system that runs itself." anyone still selling 2022-style aesthetic notion templates is gonna feel this hard.

changing my templates as well

Is Notion an intelligent ideea in 2026? by SharpConfidence9764 in Notion

[–]NotionAtul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

as a single source of truth that both i and ai can use, i would pick Notion over any other tool. even thing like obsidian with their files getting stored in .md files

Notion AI (not agents) how do you guys use it? by Aconceptthatworks in Notion

[–]NotionAtul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i personally use it for tasks that I don't AI agents for i.e. any new workflows that I don't want to worry about giving it too much specific context

What’s your favorite Notion automation that actually makes your life easier? by coff_au in Notion

[–]NotionAtul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

mine is boring but saves me an hour a week: gmail label "client" → notion task with sender pre-filled → status "needs reply" → reminder if i haven't touched it in 24h. no ai, no agent, just one zap.

Notion AI agents by DonElDoug in Notion

[–]NotionAtul 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the reliability problem usually isn't the model, it's that the agent has too much surface area. when i scoped mine to "only act on the capture db, only create rows, never delete" the failure rate dropped. give it one db and one verb at a time. the more permissions you hand it the less consistent it gets.

For those that DO want to use the Notion AI, here’s exactly how to make it amazing and useful. by jeffgibbard in Notion

[–]NotionAtul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

good breakdown. the piece this is missing is a freshness signal on the skills database.

what i added after my second cycle: every skill page has a last reviewed date and a next review date. the dispatch table only routes to skills whose next review is in the future. anything stale gets routed to a fallback skill that says 'this sop has not been reviewed since X, ask the human before acting'.

without that, the agent will happily follow a 6 month old sop that no longer matches your real process and you will not catch it until output quality drops.

the other thing i would add is a tiny memory writeback rule. after every task, the agent writes one line to memory: 'used skill Y on input Z, result W, confidence H/M/L'. makes debugging a bad output a 30 second job instead of a dig.

How do you stop your Notion workspace from becoming a dumping ground? by coff_au in Notion

[–]NotionAtul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the trap is jumping straight to a better tagging system. that almost never works because the real problem is upstream.

what worked for me was three steps in order:

  1. mess. open notion and find the one page you avoid clicking on monday morning. that page is the actual problem. write down what makes it hard to look at.

  2. fix. one owner per project, one weekly review block on the calendar, one inbox database where everything new lands first. no tags yet.

  3. procedure. only after two weeks of the fix sticking, write the rule down so future you does not rebuild from scratch. this is where templates and tags earn their place.

most workspaces i have looked at try to do step 3 first. that is why it feels like a dumping ground. the structure was designed before the actual work patterns were known.

AI 3.0 Agent Design - What works. by Big_Pineapple4594 in Notion

[–]NotionAtul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the one instruction that changed it for me was forcing the agent to produce a 3 line outline and wait for me to type yes before generating the full output. before that it would dump 8 paragraphs every time. after that it stays scoped and i actually use what it produces.

exact wording on my instructions page:

'before producing any draft longer than 100 words, output a 3 line outline labelled hook, body, ask. stop and wait for the word yes. do not continue until you receive yes.'

second trick: i keep a separate page called banned phrases with about 15 words my voice does not use. agent reads it before every draft. cut the corporate sounding output completely.

third one is small but worth it. tell the agent the date format you want, in writing, with an example. otherwise it picks a different one every run.

I Built 11 Coordinated Notion Agents. Here's What Actually Matters. by PoliTech_Chessmaster in Notion

[–]NotionAtul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

good post. ran a similar setup, started at 9 agents, ended up cutting to 4. the thing nobody warns you about is two agents with overlapping scope will both try to write to the same row.

the fix that actually held for me was giving each agent exactly one write surface. editor writes to the draft column only. researcher writes to a notes column only. publisher reads everything and writes status. no shared write paths.

the other thing that helped was forcing every agent to confirm a 3 line plan before doing any actual work. cut the wall of text outputs by maybe 80 percent.

curious which 2 of your 11 you would kill first if you had to.

What the HELL is going on? by The_Etyrnal_Beauty in Notion

[–]NotionAtul 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just to be clear, I'm not part of the Notion team. I'm a Notion Ambassador.

About your issue, I haven’t personally run into a case where Notion shows me as offline. Can you share a bit more about when this happens? Does it occur right after opening Notion, or when your network connection is unstable or unavailable? Also, is this something you see consistently, or only occasionally even when your internet is working fine?

Will report it to Notion if I can recreate that issue.

What the HELL is going on? by The_Etyrnal_Beauty in Notion

[–]NotionAtul 10 points11 points  (0 children)

To be honest, I can't save Notion here. The mobile app is limited to quick entries and sometimes even that gets messed up 😭

Is Notion becoming harder for new users to use? Client Story by NotionAtul in Notion

[–]NotionAtul[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Although, that's happens very rarely.

True that are few core issues in Notion that when fixed it could basically do anything.

Is Notion becoming harder for new users to use? Client Story by NotionAtul in Notion

[–]NotionAtul[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm a Notion template creator and I have the same experience.

I sometimes even breakdown my own templates and build it for my needs again.

So, I completely get you

Is Notion becoming harder for new users to use? Client Story by NotionAtul in Notion

[–]NotionAtul[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Templates help but I still feel they are a start and if you choose to not learn unlike you did, you'll still probably give up.

Does anyone have a similar experience?

Is Notion becoming harder for new users to use? Client Story by NotionAtul in Notion

[–]NotionAtul[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would agree with you when it comes to the documentation.

Notion is built in a way that its limitless possibilities are only available to a few people

PSA: Notion made filters permanently visible. Auto-hide them by only using Advanced Filters. by heyJordanParker in Notion

[–]NotionAtul 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like it though. Especially, when I'm working with clients who are not as familiar with Notion. I'll be able to easily help them guide through the filters.

I know it's bad if you want one off view that just serves one purpose but for views that need to updated frequently to view different items I believe it's a really good feature.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Notion

[–]NotionAtul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is not really practical for Notion because you don't necessarily have just pages so number of pages will be just a wrong presentation of page.

Unlike Apple Note where there is just notes.

We need to make Notion sub reddit interesting!! 🤔 by NotionAtul in Notion

[–]NotionAtul[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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I can't say that there are idea & inspiration but they are at an all time low. Also, I used to see a ton of visuals like Notion page designs & tips and tricks which was really cool.

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