# Notion API MCP server: n8n workflow template

> Started by an event in a connected app. It calls services over plain HTTP rather than through connectors. 14 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/notion-api-mcp-server (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Setup and learning](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Setup+and+learning#library)

# Notion API MCP server

Started by an event in a connected app. It calls services over plain HTTP rather than through connectors. 14 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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**14 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**0** Services by connector: it calls them over plain HTTP

## The flow

Starts it 1 Service 13

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **Delete Block 1** Http Request Tool *Service*
- 2 **Retrieve Block** Http Request Tool *Service*
- 3 **Update Block 2** Http Request Tool *Service*
- 4 **Retrieve Block Children** Http Request Tool *Service*
- 5 **Append Block Children** Http Request Tool *Service*
- 6 **Retrieve Comments** Http Request Tool *Service*
- 7 **Retrieve Database** Http Request Tool *Service*
- 8 **Update Database 1** Http Request Tool *Service*
- 9 **Query Database** Http Request Tool *Service*
- 10 **Retrieve Page** Http Request Tool *Service*
- 11 **Update Page Properties** Http Request Tool *Service*
- 12 **Retrieve Page Property** Http Request Tool *Service*
- 13 **Retrieve User** Http Request Tool *Service*
- 14 **Notion MCP Server** Mcp trigger *Starts it*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 14
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Nothing by connector; it calls services over plain HTTP
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 14 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 14 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fnotion-api-mcp-server)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

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