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Engineering · Aug 3, 2026

MCP Spotlight: Notion MCP Server — The Official Workspace Bridge With Markdown-First Formatting, OAuth Workspace Scope, and the Knowledge-Default Reference for Agents

The official Notion MCP Server by Notion — ~22 focused tools (search, fetch, create, update, delete, comment) with Markdown-first formatting (no block JSON). OAuth 2.0 with workspace scope for SaaS, internal integration tokens for self-hosted. Apache 2.0-licensed. The knowledge-workspace default for AI agents in 2026.

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