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DimensionCall.mdTurn meetings into live agent loopsNotion MCP ServerOfficial Notion MCP server for querying, editing, and managing Notion pages and databases via AI agents.
FMRS20 / 100 · D64 / 100 · C
Reliability2 / 208 / 20
Security and permissions5 / 2017 / 20
Maintenance4 / 2010 / 20
Documentation5 / 2016 / 20
Setup experience4 / 2013 / 20
Best for
  • Professionals who attend frequent meetings and need real-time assistance and automation
  • Teams looking to automate meeting documentation and follow-up actions
  • Individuals and teams who want to integrate meeting data into workflows like n8n, Zapier, or CRMs
  • Teams and individuals who already manage docs/wikis in Notion and want AI clients (Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.) to operate on that content directly
  • Developers who want to self-host a local MCP server rather than use a remote hosted option
  • Automation/agent workflows that need to query or update Notion database records programmatically
Not for
  • Simple note-taking without need for real-time AI assistance
  • Organizations requiring fully offline operation (requires internet)
  • Users seeking an open-source, self-hosted solution (license unknown)
  • Users who want the standard-OAuth, zero-JSON-config install with active official support — Notion recommends its newer remote Notion MCP server for that
  • Users uncomfortable handing a Notion integration token to a locally-run LLM client
  • Use cases needing capabilities the integration deliberately excludes, such as deleting databases
  • Long-term production deployments that need guaranteed maintenance, given this repo may be sunset
Required permissions
  • Microphone access for recording
  • Screen recording access for screen capture
  • VideoDB API key (requires internet)
  • A Notion internal integration token (NOTION_TOKEN or the Authorization value in OPENAPI_MCP_HEADERS), scoped by that integration's Capabilities (can be limited to read-only)
  • Access limited to the specific pages/databases explicitly connected to the integration, not the whole workspace
  • A separate bearer auth token when using the Streamable HTTP transport (--auth-token / AUTH_TOKEN)
  • Network access to the Notion API
Risks and side effects
  • Requires internet connectivity for transcription and AI features
  • Data may be transmitted to VideoDB, posing privacy concerns
  • Early-stage application, may have bugs or feature limitations
  • Requires system permissions, which could be a security concern if mishandled
  • If the integration is granted broad read/write capabilities and connected to many pages, that content is effectively exposed to the LLM, risking data leakage or unintended edits
  • Running with --unsafe-disable-auth removes bearer authentication on the HTTP transport, potentially making it reachable via DNS rebinding from pages a user visits — the README says to only use it on an isolated network
  • Multi-tenant token passthrough requires careful TLS/gateway configuration; misconfiguration risks leaking or misrouting Notion tokens between tenants
  • The README states this local server may be sunset in favor of the remote Notion MCP, and that issues/PRs here are not actively monitored, so long-term maintenance and security fixes are not guaranteed
  • Storing NOTION_TOKEN or OPENAPI_MCP_HEADERS directly in shared client config files risks leaking the secret
Supported clientsClaude Desktop, Cursor, Zed, GitHub Copilot CLI
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