How to Set Up a Notion Knowledge Base AI Assistant

[@gurusplace2089]

So this is all super nice, thanks for sharing! Im a big fan of N8N, and happily use it everyday to create new workflows. However, i do miss some easy to implement solutions, and easier data insertion capabilities, specifically batching seems all a little bit to complex when handling different file formats. Im in general quite new to this world, but i would love to see & learn more of it.

[@GB-Automation]

This is incredible value. I just wish it could parse my notion database correctly =/ not sure how to debug it. Are there any other N8N workflow agents or models that I can plug a json into to help debug?

[@n8n-io]

If you're on n8n Cloud you can use our AI assistant for help with debugging: docs.n8n.io/manage-cloud/ai-assistant/

[@amrohendawi6007]

this is amazing work!

[@DenisUstyuzhanin]

It looks nice, could you please tell the difference between Notion AI dialog chat?

[@n8n-io]

This chat is under your control and you can customize it in any way you like. Also, it's fairly easy to swap out Notion with another data-source.

[@chaoskyle3932]

GREAT STUFF

[@Alessandro_Viola-m6k]

Would it work with Google Gemini?

[@n8n-io]

Max here, not 100% sure. First off, gemini is a family of models. Don't expect it to work with Nano. So would test with Flash or Pro. If you do, please do write back here with your result. I can include it in a future update and give you a shout out :)

[@artnikpro]

My n8n integration is not showing up in the "Connections" submenu, in the database settings :( Tried it on business account and personal

[@artnikpro]

Ok, it turns out I was clicking 3 dots icon next to the databse, but I should have clicked it for the entire page. It works!

[@gurusplace2089]

It would also be nice if you can share this notion knowledge base template as a “base” (empty) template, without all the populated data. besides being able to provide an example, i dont see the use case of it if i have to manually import all my own data into this template. How would i be able to batch upload my own “useful” data in this specific template.

[@n8n-io]

Max here, totally agree! I made a related workflow template that takes a notion database schema as input and generates a new AI Assistant workflow that understands your Notion DB schema: n8n.io/workflows/2415-notion-ai-assistant-generator/

[@shanegardner7238]

Can you add a file upload feature to the chatbot?

[@n8n-io]

n8n's chat trigger already supports file upload, just need to add it via "Options" in Chat Trigger node. If you have any questions, post on community.n8n.io

[@sergezhivotovsky551]

Getting "undefined" for the response of the "Search notion database" node. Using the cloned Notion DB and the "Get database details" node is pointing to the "Company Knowledge Base" DB. Same query returns several results when run from Postman using the same API credentials. Any ideas?

[@n8n-io]

Hey Serge, best to post q's on community.n8n.io (solution is easier to discover for other users in future and trains our AI assistant to be smarter). Do check that your notion connection has access to that specific DB (via "..." menu in notion UI when having DB open).

[@Makaveli1313]

Literally having the same exact issue.

[@Makaveli1313]

You need to enable authentication with a header using x-api-key instead of Notion authentication.

[@AustinChabaud]

Any luck? I'm having the same issue

[@seanolivas9148]

Our company uses coda instead of notion. Would it be difficult to add?

[@n8n-io]

n8n supports Coda, and it should be fairly straightforward to replace Notion: n8n.io/integrations/coda/

[@Luiz-SincronIA]

Notion don't show me n8n in the "Connect to" D:

[@n8n-io]

You have to add your connection manually. So whatever you call your "integration", that will be the name in "Connect to"

[@markusgroos5382]

is there a workaround for [ERROR: OpenAI: Rate limit reached]? :(

[@n8n-io]

Yes! So rate limit error means you're calling the API too much. Option A will be to increase your limit (e.g. by paying/ talking with OpenAI sales) or swapping to a different model. It's been tested with Claude Sonnet 3.5. Might also work with open source models like Llama 3.1 (but try with 70b+). We have an Ollama model node; Ollama is great for open source models. It's also part of our Self-hosted AI Starter kit: github.com/n8n-io/self-hosted-ai-starter-kit

[@nusquama]

Hi, its nice ! you use http but can you do with notion tool ? more simple ?

[@djselcius]

Should be able to, just notion tool wasn’t out when I made this video :)

[@PixelFrontier-channel]

This is cool but doesn't work with small llm's. Quite disappointing. Not your fault, just annoyed, don't want my data going to OpenAI.

[@djselcius]

Things are moving really fast, try some of the smaller LLMs that focus on tool usage on huggingface. If not working yet, snooze for 40 days and try again. Confident in 2025 there will be more SLMs not run by OpenAI that will be able to do this (if not today).

[@FredericoFernandes-v1v]

reponse: undefined for me :(

[@Makaveli1313]

You need to enable authentication with a header using x-api-key instead of Notion authentication.