Better Notion runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 35 installs a week from npm. Last commit 19 Feb 2026.
Operate Notion with a single Markdown document — read, create, and update pages in one call.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Better Notion every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add better-notion -e 'NOTION_API_KEY=<NOTION_API_KEY>' -- npx -y better-mcp-notion{
"mcpServers": {
"better-notion": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"better-mcp-notion"
],
"env": {
"NOTION_API_KEY": "<NOTION_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.better-notion]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "better-mcp-notion"]
env = { NOTION_API_KEY = "<NOTION_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"better-notion": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"better-mcp-notion"
],
"env": {
"NOTION_API_KEY": "<NOTION_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"better-notion": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"better-mcp-notion"
],
"env": {
"NOTION_API_KEY": "<NOTION_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<NOTION_API_KEY> (Notion API key (starts with ntn_)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
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