Notion CLI for AI Agents

CLIs are eating MCPs. The industry is converging on the very same idea. MCPs for all their merit can be token hungry, slow, and unreliable for complex tool chaining. However, coding agents have become incredibly good at working with CLIs, and in fact they are far more comfortable working with CLI tools than MCP. With Composio's Universal CLI, your coding agents can talk to over 1000+ SaaS applications. With Notion, agents can add meeting notes to project wiki page, create a new task database for q3, archive completed sprint summary pages, and more — all without worrying about authentication. This guide walks you through Composio Universal CLI and explains how you can connect it with coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, etc, for end-to-end Notion automation.

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Introduction

CLIs are eating MCPs. The industry is converging on the very same idea. MCPs for all their merit can be token hungry, slow, and unreliable for complex tool chaining. However, coding agents have become incredibly good at working with CLIs, and in fact they are far more comfortable working with CLI tools than MCP.

With Composio's Universal CLI, your coding agents can talk to over 1000+ SaaS applications. With Notion, agents can add meeting notes to project wiki page, create a new task database for q3, archive completed sprint summary pages, and more — all without worrying about authentication.

This guide walks you through Composio Universal CLI and explains how you can connect it with coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, etc, for end-to-end Notion automation.

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What is Universal CLI and why use it?

The idea behind building the universal CLI is to give agents a single command interface to interact with all your external applications. Here's what you'll get with it:

  • Agent-friendly: Coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode can use CLI tools natively — no MCP setup required.
  • Authentication handled: Connect once via OAuth or API Key, and all CLI commands work with your credentials automatically.
  • Tool discovery: Search, inspect, and execute 20,000+ tools across 1000+ apps from one interface.
  • Trigger support: Use triggers to listen for events across your apps, powered by real-time webhooks or polling under the hood.
  • Type generation: Generate typed schemas for autocomplete and type safety in your projects.

Prerequisites

Install the Composio CLI, authenticate, and initialize your project:

bash
# Install the Composio CLI
curl -fsSL https://composio.dev/install | bash

# Authenticate with Composio
composio login

During login you'll be redirected to sign in page, finish the complete flow and you're all set.

Composio CLI authentication flow

Connecting Notion to Coding Agents via Universal CLI

Once it is installed, it's essentially done. Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, or any other agent will be able to access the CLI. A few steps to give agents access to your apps.

  1. Launch your Coding Agent — Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, anything you prefer.
  2. Prompt it to "Authenticate with Notion"
  3. Complete the authentication and authorization flow and your Notion integration is all set.
  4. Start asking anything you want.

Universal CLI Commands for Notion

You can also manually execute CLI commands to interact with your Notion.

Connect your Notion account

Link your Notion account and verify the connection:

bash
# Connect your Notion account (opens OAuth flow)
composio connected-accounts link notion

# Verify the connection
composio connected-accounts list --toolkits notion

Discover Notion tools

Search and inspect available Notion tools:

bash
# List all available Notion tools
composio tools list --toolkit notion

# Search for Notion tools by action
composio tools search "notion"

# Inspect a tool's input schema
composio tools info NOTION_ADD_MULTIPLE_PAGE_CONTENT

Common Notion Actions

Add multiple content blocks (bulk, user-friendly) — Efficiently adds multiple standard content blocks to a notion page in a single api call with automatic markdown parsing

bash
composio tools execute NOTION_ADD_MULTIPLE_PAGE_CONTENT \
  --content_blocks '[{"content_block":{"content":"# Project Status Report","block_property":"heading_1"}},{"content_block":{"content":"System is **running smoothly** with *excellent* performance. ~~Issues~~ resolved!","block_property":"paragraph"}},{"content_block":{"content":"Visit our [dashboard](https://example.com/dashboard) for details.","block_property":"paragraph"}},{"content_block":{"content":"Monitor system status with `kubectl get pods`","block_property":"paragraph"}}]' \
  --parent_block_id "4b5f6e87-123a-456b-789c-9de8f7a9e4c1"

Append complex blocks (advanced, full control) — Appends complex blocks with full notion block structure to a parent block or page

bash
composio tools execute NOTION_APPEND_BLOCK_CHILDREN \
  --block_id "b55c9c91-384d-452b-81db-d1ef79372b75" \
  --children "[{"object": "block", "type": "heading_2", "heading_2": {"rich_text": [{"text": {"content": "Lacinato kale"}}]}}]"

Archive Notion Page — Archives (moves to trash) or unarchives (restores from trash) a specified notion page

bash
composio tools execute NOTION_ARCHIVE_NOTION_PAGE \
  --page_id "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-1234-567890abcdef"

Create comment — Adds a comment to a notion page (via `parent page id`) or to an existing discussion thread (via `discussion id`); cannot create new discussion threads on specific blocks (inline comments)

bash
composio tools execute NOTION_CREATE_COMMENT \
  --comment '{"content":"Looks good to me!"}'

Set up Notion Triggers

Listen for events in real time using triggers:

All Page Events — Triggers when any Notion page is created or updated across the workspace

bash
# Find your connected account ID
composio connected-accounts list --toolkits notion

# Create a trigger
composio triggers create NOTION_ALL_PAGE_EVENTS_TRIGGER \
  --connected-account-id <your-connected-account-id> \
  --trigger-config '{
  "interval": 2
}'

# Listen for trigger events in real time
composio triggers listen --toolkits notion --table

New Comment — Triggers when a new comment is added to a specified Notion block or page

bash
# Find your connected account ID
composio connected-accounts list --toolkits notion

# Create a trigger
composio triggers create NOTION_COMMENTS_ADDED_TRIGGER \
  --connected-account-id <your-connected-account-id> \
  --trigger-config '{
  "block_id": "<string>",
  "interval": 2
}'

# Listen for trigger events in real time
composio triggers listen --toolkits notion --table

New Page — Triggers when a new page is added to a Notion database

bash
# Find your connected account ID
composio connected-accounts list --toolkits notion

# Create a trigger
composio triggers create NOTION_PAGE_ADDED_TO_DATABASE \
  --connected-account-id <your-connected-account-id> \
  --trigger-config '{
  "interval": 2,
  "database_id": "<string>"
}'

# Listen for trigger events in real time
composio triggers listen --toolkits notion --table

Generate Type Definitions

Generate typed schemas for Notion tools to get autocomplete and type safety in your project:

bash
# Auto-detect language
composio generate --toolkits notion

# TypeScript
composio ts generate --toolkits notion

# Python
composio py generate --toolkits notion

Tips & Tricks

  • Always inspect a tool's input schema before executing: composio tools info <TOOL_NAME>
  • Pipe output with jq for better readability: composio tools execute TOOL_NAME -d '{}' | jq
  • Set COMPOSIO_API_KEY as an environment variable for CI/CD pipelines
  • Use composio dev logs tools to inspect execution logs and debug issues

Next Steps

  • Try asking your coding agent to perform various Notion operations
  • Explore cross-app workflows by connecting more toolkits
  • Set up triggers for real-time automation
  • Use composio generate for typed schemas in your projects
TOOLS & TRIGGERS

Supported Tools and Triggers

Every Notion action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Add multiple content blocks (bulk, user-friendly)

Bulk-add content blocks to Notion.

Append code blocks (code, quote, equation)

Append code and technical blocks (code, quote, equation) to a Notion page.

Append layout blocks (divider, TOC, columns)

Append layout blocks (divider, TOC, breadcrumb, columns) to a Notion page.

Append media blocks (image, video, audio, files)

Append media blocks (image, video, audio, file, pdf, embed, bookmark) to a Notion page.

Append table blocks

Append table blocks to a Notion page.

Append task blocks (to-do, toggle, callout)

Append task blocks (to-do, toggle, callout) to a Notion page or block.

Append text blocks (paragraphs, headings, lists)

Append text blocks (paragraphs, headings, lists) to a Notion page.

Archive Notion Page

Archives (moves to trash) or unarchives (restores from trash) a specified Notion page.

Create comment

Adds a comment to a Notion page (via `parent_page_id`) OR to an existing discussion thread (via `discussion_id`); cannot create new discussion threads on specific blocks (inline comments).

Create Notion Database

Creates a new Notion database as a subpage under a specified parent page with a defined properties schema.

Create Notion file upload

Tool to create a Notion FileUpload object and retrieve an upload URL.

Create Notion page

Creates a new page in a Notion workspace under a specified parent page or database.

Delete a block

Archives a Notion block, page, or database using its ID, which sets its 'archived' property to true (like moving to "Trash" in the UI) and allows it to be restored later.

Duplicate page

Duplicates a Notion page, including all its content, properties, and nested blocks, under a specified parent page or workspace.

Fetch All Notion Block Contents

Tool to fetch all child blocks for a given Notion block.

Fetch Notion Block Children

Retrieves a paginated list of direct, first-level child block objects along with contents for a given parent Notion block or page ID; use block IDs from the response for subsequent calls to access deeply nested content.

Fetch Notion block metadata

Fetches metadata for a Notion block (including pages, which are special blocks) using its UUID.

Fetch comments

Fetches unresolved comments for a specified Notion block or page ID.

Fetch Notion Data

Fetches Notion items (pages and/or databases) from the Notion workspace, use this to get minimal data about the items in the workspace with a query or list all items in the workspace with minimal data

Fetch Database

Fetches a Notion database's structural metadata (properties, title, etc.

Fetch database row

Retrieves a Notion database row's properties and metadata; use fetch_block_contents for page content blocks.

Get about user

Retrieves detailed information about a specific Notion user, such as their name, avatar, and email, based on their unique user ID.

Get page markdown

Retrieve a Notion page's full content rendered as Notion-flavored Markdown in a single API call.

Get page property

Call this to get a specific property from a Notion page when you have a valid `page_id` and `property_id`; handles pagination for properties returning multiple items.

Insert row database

Creates a new page (row) in a specified Notion database.

Insert Row From Natural Language

Creates a new row (page) in a Notion database from a natural language description.

List data source templates

Tool to list all templates for a Notion data source.

List Notion file uploads

Tool to retrieve file uploads for the current bot integration, sorted by most recent first.

List users

Retrieves a paginated list of users (excluding guests) from the Notion workspace; the number of users returned per page may be less than the requested `page_size`.

Move Page

Tool to move a Notion page to a new parent (page or database).

Query database

Queries a Notion database to retrieve pages (rows).

Query database with filter

Tool to query a Notion database with server-side filtering, sorting, and pagination.

Query data source

Tool to query a Notion data source.

Replace page content (with backup)

Safely replaces a page's child blocks by optionally backing up current content, deleting existing children, then appending new children in batches.

Retrieve Comment

Tool to retrieve a specific comment by its ID.

Retrieve Database Property

Tool to retrieve a specific property object of a Notion database.

Retrieve Notion file upload

Tool to retrieve details of a Notion File Upload object by its identifier.

Retrieve page

Retrieve a Notion page's properties/metadata (not block content) by page_id.

Search Notion pages and databases

Searches Notion pages and databases by title.

Send file upload

Tool to transmit file contents to Notion for a file upload object.

Update block

Updates existing Notion block's text content.

Update Page

Update page properties, icon, cover, or archive status.

Update Database Row (Page)

Updates a specific row/page within a Notion database by its page UUID (row_id).

Update database schema

Updates an existing Notion database's schema including title, description, and/or properties (columns).

Upsert database rows

Tool to upsert rows in a Notion database by querying for existing rows and creating or updating them.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

The Composio Universal CLI is a single command-line interface that lets coding agents and developers interact with 1000+ SaaS applications. It handles authentication, tool discovery, action execution, and trigger setup — all from the terminal, without needing to configure MCP servers.

Any coding agent that can run shell commands works with the Composio CLI — including Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, and others. Once the CLI is installed, agents automatically discover and use the composio commands to interact with Notion and other connected apps.

MCP servers require configuration and can be token-heavy for complex workflows. The CLI gives agents a direct, lightweight interface — no server setup needed. Agents simply call composio commands like any other shell tool. It's faster to set up, more reliable for multi-step tool chaining, and works natively with how coding agents already operate.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Notion data and credentials are handled as safely as possible. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials for full control.

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