notion_search
Search for pages or databases by title in Notion workspaces to quickly find specific content and organize information.
Instructions
Search pages or databases by title in Notion
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | No | Text to search for in page or database titles | |
| filter | No | Filter results by object type (page or database) | |
| sort | No | Sort order of results | |
| start_cursor | No | Pagination start cursor | |
| page_size | No | Number of results to return (max 100). | |
| 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. | markdown |
Implementation Reference
- src/client/index.ts:292-316 (handler)Core handler implementing the Notion search API call by building the request body from tool arguments and POSTing to /search endpoint.
async search( query?: string, filter?: { property: string; value: string }, sort?: { direction: "ascending" | "descending"; timestamp: "last_edited_time"; }, start_cursor?: string, page_size?: number ): Promise<ListResponse> { const body: Record<string, any> = {}; if (query) body.query = query; if (filter) body.filter = filter; if (sort) body.sort = sort; if (start_cursor) body.start_cursor = start_cursor; if (page_size) body.page_size = page_size; const response = await fetch(`${this.baseUrl}/search`, { method: "POST", headers: this.headers, body: JSON.stringify(body), }); return response.json(); } - src/server/index.ts:251-261 (handler)Server-side dispatch for notion_search tool: casts request arguments and invokes the client search method.
case "notion_search": { const args = request.params.arguments as unknown as args.SearchArgs; response = await notionClient.search( args.query, args.filter, args.sort, args.start_cursor, args.page_size ); break; } - src/types/schemas.ts:427-476 (schema)MCP tool schema for notion_search, defining name, description, and input validation schema.
export const searchTool: Tool = { name: "notion_search", description: "Search pages or databases by title in Notion", inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { query: { type: "string", description: "Text to search for in page or database titles", }, filter: { type: "object", description: "Filter results by object type (page or database)", properties: { property: { type: "string", description: "Must be 'object'", }, value: { type: "string", description: "Either 'page' or 'database'", }, }, }, sort: { type: "object", description: "Sort order of results", properties: { direction: { type: "string", enum: ["ascending", "descending"], }, timestamp: { type: "string", enum: ["last_edited_time"], }, }, }, start_cursor: { type: "string", description: "Pagination start cursor", }, page_size: { type: "number", description: "Number of results to return (max 100). ", }, format: formatParameter, }, }, }; - src/server/index.ts:302-326 (registration)Registers the notion_search tool (as schemas.searchTool) in the MCP server's listTools handler.
server.setRequestHandler(ListToolsRequestSchema, async () => { const allTools = [ schemas.appendBlockChildrenTool, schemas.retrieveBlockTool, schemas.retrieveBlockChildrenTool, schemas.deleteBlockTool, schemas.updateBlockTool, schemas.retrievePageTool, schemas.updatePagePropertiesTool, schemas.listAllUsersTool, schemas.retrieveUserTool, schemas.retrieveBotUserTool, schemas.createDatabaseTool, schemas.queryDatabaseTool, schemas.retrieveDatabaseTool, schemas.updateDatabaseTool, schemas.createDatabaseItemTool, schemas.createCommentTool, schemas.retrieveCommentsTool, schemas.searchTool, ]; return { tools: filterTools(allTools, enabledToolsSet), }; });