list-comments
Retrieve comments from Notion pages or blocks to track discussions and feedback within your workspace.
Tool call template
This tool declares no required parameters. Add optional parameters from the input schema as needed.
{
"id": 1,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"arguments": {},
"name": "list-comments"
}
}Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| page_id | No | The ID of the page to get comments from | |
| block_id | No | The ID of the block to get comments from | |
| start_cursor | No | Pagination cursor | |
| page_size | No | Number of results to return (max 100) |
Implementation Reference
- src/lib/mcp-server.ts:736-779 (handler)MCP tool handler for 'list-comments': calls NotionService.listComments, handles pagination and errors, returns JSON-formatted results.
async ({ page_id, block_id, start_cursor, page_size }) => { try { if (!page_id && !block_id) { return { content: [ { type: "text", text: "Error: Either page_id or block_id must be provided", }, ], isError: true, }; } const result = await this.notionService.listComments({ page_id, block_id, start_cursor, page_size, }); return { content: [ { type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(result, null, 2), }, ], }; } catch (error) { console.error("Error in list-comments tool:", error); return { content: [ { type: "text", text: `Error: Failed to list comments - ${ (error as Error).message }`, }, ], isError: true, }; } } - src/lib/mcp-server.ts:719-735 (schema)Zod input schema defining parameters for the list-comments tool: page_id or block_id (optional), pagination options.
{ page_id: z .string() .optional() .describe("The ID of the page to get comments from"), block_id: z .string() .optional() .describe("The ID of the block to get comments from"), start_cursor: z.string().optional().describe("Pagination cursor"), page_size: z .number() .min(1) .max(100) .optional() .describe("Number of results to return (max 100)"), }, - src/lib/mcp-server.ts:717-780 (registration)Registration of the 'list-comments' tool on the MCP server within registerCommentTools().
this.server.tool( "list-comments", { page_id: z .string() .optional() .describe("The ID of the page to get comments from"), block_id: z .string() .optional() .describe("The ID of the block to get comments from"), start_cursor: z.string().optional().describe("Pagination cursor"), page_size: z .number() .min(1) .max(100) .optional() .describe("Number of results to return (max 100)"), }, async ({ page_id, block_id, start_cursor, page_size }) => { try { if (!page_id && !block_id) { return { content: [ { type: "text", text: "Error: Either page_id or block_id must be provided", }, ], isError: true, }; } const result = await this.notionService.listComments({ page_id, block_id, start_cursor, page_size, }); return { content: [ { type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(result, null, 2), }, ], }; } catch (error) { console.error("Error in list-comments tool:", error); return { content: [ { type: "text", text: `Error: Failed to list comments - ${ (error as Error).message }`, }, ], isError: true, }; } } ); - src/lib/notion.ts:327-348 (helper)NotionService.listComments: core logic maps page_id/block_id to block_id and calls Notion SDK client.comments.list with pagination.
async listComments(params: CommentQuery) { try { if (!params.page_id && !params.block_id) { throw new NotionAPIError( "Either page_id or block_id must be provided", "INVALID_REQUEST_PARAMETERS" ); } // According to the Notion API docs, we should use block_id for both pages and blocks // Pages are technically blocks in Notion's data model const blockId = params.block_id || params.page_id; return await this.client.comments.list({ block_id: blockId!, // Non-null assertion since we've checked above start_cursor: params.start_cursor, page_size: params.page_size, }); } catch (error) { this.handleError(error); } } - src/types/notion.ts:78-85 (schema)TypeScript type and Zod schema for CommentQuery parameters used in NotionService.listComments.
export const CommentQuerySchema = z.object({ block_id: z.string().optional(), page_id: z.string().optional(), start_cursor: z.string().optional(), page_size: z.number().min(1).max(100).optional(), }); export type CommentQuery = z.infer<typeof CommentQuerySchema>;