Notion CLI

A CLI to manage Notion from the command line, using Notion's remote MCP server.

Prerequisites

The notion-cli command must be available on PATH. To check:

notion-cli --version

If not installed:

go install github.com/lox/notion-cli@latest

Or see: https://github.com/lox/notion-cli

Authentication

The CLI uses OAuth authentication. On first use, it opens a browser for authorization:

notion-cli auth login      # Authenticate with Notion
notion-cli auth status     # Check authentication status
notion-cli auth logout     # Clear credentials

For CI/headless environments, set NOTION_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable.

Available Commands

notion-cli auth            # Manage authentication
notion-cli page            # Manage pages (list, view, create, upload, edit)
notion-cli db              # Manage databases (list, query, create entries)
notion-cli search          # Search the workspace
notion-cli comment         # Manage comments (list, create)
notion-cli tools           # List available MCP tools

Common Operations

Search

notion-cli search "meeting notes"           # Search workspace
notion-cli search "project" --limit 5       # Limit results
notion-cli search "query" --json            # JSON output

Pages

All page commands accept a URL, name, or ID to identify pages.

# List pages
notion-cli page list
notion-cli page list --limit 10
notion-cli page list --json

# View a page (renders as markdown in terminal)
notion-cli page view <page>
notion-cli page view <page> --raw            # Show raw Notion markup
notion-cli page view <page> --json           # JSON output
notion-cli page view "Meeting Notes"         # By name
notion-cli page view https://notion.so/...   # By URL

# Create a page
notion-cli page create --title "New Page"
notion-cli page create --title "Doc" --content "# Heading\n\nContent here"
notion-cli page create --title "Child" --parent "Engineering"   # Parent by name
notion-cli page create --title "Child" --parent <page-id>       # Parent by ID

# Upload a markdown file as a page
notion-cli page upload ./document.md
notion-cli page upload ./doc.md --title "Custom Title"
notion-cli page upload ./doc.md --parent "Parent Page Name"
notion-cli page upload ./doc.md --parent-db <db-id>         # Upload as database entry

# Sync a markdown file (create or update)
# First run creates the page and writes notion-id to the file's frontmatter.
# Subsequent runs update the page content using the stored notion-id.
notion-cli page sync ./document.md
notion-cli page sync ./document.md --parent "Engineering"   # Set parent on first sync
notion-cli page sync ./document.md --parent-db <db-id>      # Sync as database entry
notion-cli page sync ./document.md --title "Custom Title"

# Edit a page
notion-cli page edit <page> --replace "New content"
notion-cli page edit <page> --find "old text" --replace-with "new text"
notion-cli page edit <page> --find "section" --append "additional content"

Databases

All database commands accept a URL, name, or ID to identify databases.

# List databases
notion-cli db list                          # List databases
notion-cli db list -q "project"             # Filter by name
notion-cli db list --json

# Query a database
notion-cli db query <database-url-or-id>    # Query a database
notion-cli db query <id> --json

# Create an entry in a database
notion-cli db create <database> --title "Entry Title"
notion-cli db create <database> -t "Title" --prop "Status=Not started"
notion-cli db create <database> -t "Title" --prop "date:Due:start=2026-03-01"
notion-cli db create <database> -t "Title" --content "Body text"
notion-cli db create <database> -t "Title" --file ./notes.md    # Body from file
notion-cli db create <database> -t "Title" --json

Property format: Use --prop Key=Value for text/status properties. Date properties use expanded keys: --prop "date:Date Field:start=2026-01-15".

Comments

notion-cli comment list <page-id>           # List comments on a page
notion-cli comment list <page-id> --json

notion-cli comment create <page-id> --content "Great work!"

Output Formats

Most commands support --json for machine-readable output:

notion-cli page list --json | jq '.[0].url'
notion-cli search "api" --json | jq '.[] | .title'

Tips for Agents

1. Search first - Use notion-cli search to find pages before operating on them
2. Use URLs or IDs - Both work for page/database references
3. Explicit parent types - Use --parent for page parents, --parent-db for database parents on page sync/page upload
4. Query databases first - Use notion-cli db query <id> to see the schema and property types before creating entries
5. Check --help - Every command has detailed help: notion-cli page edit --help
6. Raw output - Use --raw with page view to see the original Notion markup
7. JSON for parsing - Use --json when you need to extract specific fields