Retrieve Block Children
notion_retrieve_block_childrenRead-only
Retrieve the child blocks of a Notion block, with options for pagination and response format (JSON or markdown).
Instructions
Retrieve the children of a block
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| format | No | Specify the response format. 'json' returns the original data structure, 'markdown' returns a more readable format. Use 'markdown' when the user only needs to read the page and isn't planning to write or modify it. Use 'json' when the user needs to read the page with the intention of writing to or modifying it. | |
| block_id | Yes | The ID of the block. It should be a 32-character string (excluding hyphens) formatted as 8-4-4-4-12 with hyphens (-). | |
| page_size | No | Number of results per page (max 100) | |
| start_cursor | No | Pagination cursor for next page of results | |
| response_mode | No | Controls response size for list-heavy tools. Use auto by default so the server returns compact summaries when the Notion response would be noisy. Use compact when IDs and summaries are enough. Use full only when raw Notion API objects are required for an advanced operation. |