Notion

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Quick Overview

Lindy’s Notion integration enables you to automate, synchronize, and supercharge your Notion workspace. You can create, update, search, and monitor Notion pages and databases, making Lindy a powerful assistant for knowledge management, project tracking, CRM, and more. This comprehensive integration transforms Lindy into a powerful knowledge management platform, capable of handling everything from simple page creation to complex database automation and content workflows. Key benefits of Notion integration:

• Comprehensive content management – 16 actions for complete Notion workspace control
• Real-time monitoring – 7 triggers for instant workflow activation
• Database automation – Powerful CRM, project management, and ticketing capabilities
• Advanced content workflows – AI-powered content generation and management

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How to set up Notion

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Notion Triggers

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New Database Item

Triggers when a new item is added to a Notion database:

• Real-time monitoring - Checks every 10 minutes for new database entries
• Structured data processing - Handles CRM, project management, or ticketing data
• Workflow activation - Processes new tasks, leads, or tickets automatically
• Perfect for task management, lead processing, ticket routing

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Updated Database Item

Triggers when an item is updated or added in a Notion database:

• Change detection - Monitors database modifications every 10 minutes
• Status tracking - Tracks workflow progression and status changes
• Automation activation - Triggers follow-ups, syncs, and notifications
• Ideal for workflow automation, system synchronization, change monitoring

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Updated Page

Triggers when a specific Notion page is updated:

• Content monitoring - Tracks page modifications every 10 minutes
• Change tracking - Monitors content updates and property changes
• Workflow activation - Triggers content-based automation
• Perfect for content change monitoring, compliance tracking, workflow automation

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Page Or Subpage Updated

Triggers when a Notion page or any of its subpages are modified:

• Hierarchical monitoring - Tracks changes across page hierarchies
• Document management - Monitors key documents and their subpages
• Review workflows - Triggers review processes and dashboard updates
• Great for document monitoring, review workflows, dashboard synchronization

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New Comment Created

Triggers when a new comment is added to a specified Notion page:

• Collaboration monitoring - Tracks team feedback and discussions
• Review workflows - Activates feedback processing and review requests
• Team notifications - Escalates feedback and starts collaborative workflows
• Essential for team collaboration, feedback processing, review automation

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New Database Created

Monitor when new databases are created in your Notion workspace:

• Workspace monitoring - Track new database creation across workspace
• Template initialization - Auto-initialize templates for new databases
• Permission setup - Set up permissions and access controls
• Perfect for project onboarding, template automation, workspace organization

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New Or Updated Page In Database

Trigger when pages in a Notion database are created or updated:

• Database page monitoring - Track all page changes within databases
• Real-time synchronization - Keep database pages in sync with other systems
• Content tracking - Monitor content updates and modifications
• Ideal for CRM sync, project updates, content monitoring

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Notion Actions

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Create Page

Creates a new Notion page with full customization:

• Flexible creation - Standalone pages or child pages within databases
• Content generation - AI-powered page creation with structured content
• Template support - Create pages from templates or existing structures
• Perfect for project documentation, meeting notes, knowledge base articles

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Add Content To Page

Appends new content to the end of a Notion page:

• Content addition - Text, blocks, and structured content
• Meeting integration - Add meeting notes and AI-generated summaries
• Action tracking - Append action items and follow-up tasks
• Ideal for meeting notes, project updates, content enhancement

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Update Page

Updates existing Notion page metadata and properties:

• Metadata updates - Title changes, property modifications
• Content management - For content updates, use Add Content To Page
• Property management - Update page properties and metadata
• Perfect for metadata updates, title changes, property modifications

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Create Database Item

Adds a new item (row) to a specified Notion database:

• Structured data entry - Log tasks, leads, tickets, or any structured data
• Property mapping - Dynamic field mapping based on database schema
• Data validation - Ensures data integrity and proper formatting
• Essential for task logging, lead management, ticket creation

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Find Database Item

Finds a single item in a database matching given filters:

• Upsert capability - Can create new item if none is found
• Deduplication - Prevents duplicate entries in databases
• Idempotent operations - Safe for repeated automation runs
• Perfect for upsert patterns, deduplication, idempotent automations

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Update Database Item

Updates an existing item in a Notion database:

• Status management - Update workflow status and progression
• Data enrichment - Enhance records with additional information
• Property updates - Modify any database item properties
• Great for status changes, data enrichment, workflow progression

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Search By Title

Searches for pages and databases by their title:

• Quick lookups - Fast title-based search across workspace
• Dynamic linking - Find and link to existing content
• Navigation support - Locate pages for further processing
• Perfect for quick lookups, dynamic linking, content navigation

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Get Page

Retrieves a Notion page by its ID with full content:

• Complete content access - Metadata and full page content
• Content analysis - AI summarization and processing capabilities
• Further processing - Extract data for downstream workflows
• Essential for content analysis, AI summarization, data extraction

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Duplicate Page

Makes a copy of an existing Notion page:

• Template workflows - Create pages from existing templates
• Recurring structures - Duplicate project templates and structures
• Content replication - Copy pages with optional title changes
• Perfect for template-based workflows, recurring project structures

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Create Comment

Add comments to Notion pages or existing discussion threads:

• Collaborative feedback - Add automated feedback and review requests
• Discussion threads - Participate in existing comment discussions
• Team communication - Automated team notifications and updates
• Perfect for automated feedback, review requests, collaborative discussions

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Find Database Items

Finds items that match the given filters in a Notion database:

• Batch retrieval - Get multiple items matching criteria
• Property-based results - Returns properties, not full page text
• Filtered data - Use Get Page or Find Database Item for full content
• Great for reporting, batch processing, data extraction

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Retrieve Block

Retrieve a block and optionally its children from your Notion workspace:

• Deep content analysis - Access specific content blocks
• Block-level automation - Process individual content blocks
• Hierarchical content - Retrieve blocks with their child elements
• Perfect for deep content analysis, block-level automations

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Retrieve Database Content

Retrieve and view content stored within a specified Notion database:

• Full database export - Get complete database content
• Backup capabilities - Create database backups and exports
• Data migration - Extract data for migration or analysis
• Essential for full database exports, backups, data migration

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Retrieve Database Schema

Get the structure and properties of a specific Notion database:

• Schema discovery - Understand database structure dynamically
• Form generation - Create dynamic forms based on schema
• Integration setup - Validate schema for integration workflows
• Perfect for dynamic form generation, schema validation, integration setup

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Retrieve Page Property Item

Retrieve a specific property value from a Notion page:

• Property extraction - Get specific property values
• Status checks - Check page status and properties
• Field extraction - Extract specific fields for processing
• Great for status checks, field extraction, conditional logic

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Query Database

Advanced search and filter for database records:

• Complex filtering - Multi-condition database queries
• Custom dashboards - Create filtered views and reports
• Data extraction - Extract specific datasets for processing
• Great for custom dashboards, filtered views, complex reporting

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Example knowledge management workflow

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Practical Implementation Scenarios

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Advanced Features & Capabilities

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Configuration Best Practices

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Limitations & Considerations

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Next steps