get-block

Tool call template

Replace each placeholder with a value matching the input schema. Only required parameters are included; add optional parameters as needed.

{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "arguments": {
      "block_id": "<block_id>"
    },
    "name": "get-block"
  }
}

Implementation Reference

• src/lib/mcp-server.ts:409-440 (handler)

  The complete registration of the 'get-block' tool, including input schema, handler logic that fetches the block via NotionService and returns its JSON, with error handling.

  this.server.tool(
    "get-block",
    {
      block_id: z.string().describe("The ID of the block to retrieve"),
    },
    async ({ block_id }) => {
      try {
        const block = await this.notionService.retrieveBlock(block_id);
        return {
          content: [
            {
              type: "text",
              text: JSON.stringify(block, null, 2),
            },
          ],
        };
      } catch (error) {
        console.error("Error in get-block tool:", error);
        return {
          content: [
            {
              type: "text",
              text: `Error: Failed to retrieve block - ${
                (error as Error).message
              }`,
            },
          ],
          isError: true,
        };
      }
    }
  );

• src/lib/mcp-server.ts:411-413 (schema)

  Zod input schema for the 'get-block' tool: requires a block_id string.

  {
    block_id: z.string().describe("The ID of the block to retrieve"),
  },

• src/lib/notion.ts:223-234 (helper)

  Supporting method in NotionService.retrieveBlock, which wraps the Notion Client's blocks.retrieve API call and handles errors.

  /**
   * Retrieve a block
   */
  async retrieveBlock(blockId: string) {
    try {
      return await this.client.blocks.retrieve({
        block_id: blockId,
      });
    } catch (error) {
      this.handleError(error);
    }
  }

• src/lib/mcp-server.ts:409-440 (registration)

  Registration of the 'get-block' tool on the MCP server using server.tool()

  this.server.tool(
    "get-block",
    {
      block_id: z.string().describe("The ID of the block to retrieve"),
    },
    async ({ block_id }) => {
      try {
        const block = await this.notionService.retrieveBlock(block_id);
        return {
          content: [
            {
              type: "text",
              text: JSON.stringify(block, null, 2),
            },
          ],
        };
      } catch (error) {
        console.error("Error in get-block tool:", error);
        return {
          content: [
            {
              type: "text",
              text: `Error: Failed to retrieve block - ${
                (error as Error).message
              }`,
            },
          ],
          isError: true,
        };
      }
    }
  );