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Notion MCP Server

Notion MCP Server is an MCP server that adds productivity tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. This project implements an MCP server for the Notion API. It has 4,677 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @notionhq/notion-mcp-server.

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Install Notion MCP Server

Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notion-mcp-server-makenotion": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@notionhq/notion-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NOTION_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env NOTION_TOKEN=your-value --transport stdio notion-mcp-server-makenotion -- npx -y @notionhq/notion-mcp-server

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notion-mcp-server-makenotion": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@notionhq/notion-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NOTION_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "notion_token",
      "description": "NOTION_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "notion-mcp-server-makenotion": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@notionhq/notion-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NOTION_TOKEN": "${input:notion_token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
NOTION_TOKENsecretNoShown in the README's example configuration.

About Notion MCP Server

This project implements an MCP server for the Notion API. Version 2.0.0 migrates to the Notion API 2025-09-03 which introduces data sources as the primary abstraction for databases.

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How do I install the Notion MCP Server MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @notionhq/notion-mcp-server to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Notion MCP Server free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (NOTION_TOKEN) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is Notion MCP Server actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Sep 20, 2026. The latest release is v2.1.0, published Jan 31, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.