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Notion Research Docs skill for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor

Searches across a Notion workspace and writes a cited brief or comparison.

Officialname: notion-research-documentation★ 220 (repo)pushed 2026-10-24MITSKILL.md on GitHubchecked 2026-11-07

What it does, in the publisher's words

Researches questions across Notion sources and synthesizes cited briefs, comparisons, or reports. Use when answering requires discovering and reconciling workspace information, optionally with external research, and returning or saving the findings.

The description field of the SKILL.md. The agent reads only this at startup and decides from it when to load the full skill.

Install Notion Research Docs

The skills CLI copies the skill into the folder of each agent you pick (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf...). Add -g for all projects. Needs Node.js 22.20+. docs

npx skills add makenotion/notion-cookbook --skill notion-research-documentation

Copy the skill folder into ~/.claude/skills (all projects) or .claude/skills (this repo). Claude Code picks it up without a restart. docs

npx skills add makenotion/notion-cookbook --skill notion-research-documentation -a claude-code

# or by hand:
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/makenotion/notion-cookbook.git /tmp/research-documentation-src
cp -r /tmp/research-documentation-src/skills/mcp-clients/research-documentation ~/.claude/skills/notion-research-documentation

Download the skill folder, zip it, then Customize > Skills > + > Create skill > Upload a skill. Code execution must be on (Settings > Capabilities). docs

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/makenotion/notion-cookbook.git /tmp/research-documentation-src
cp -r /tmp/research-documentation-src/skills/mcp-clients/research-documentation ./notion-research-documentation
zip -r notion-research-documentation.zip notion-research-documentation

Codex reads skills from .agents/skills in the repo or ~/.agents/skills. Type $ in Codex to use one. docs

npx skills add makenotion/notion-cookbook --skill notion-research-documentation -a codex

gh skill (GitHub CLI 2.90+, preview) installs it for Copilot in VS Code, the CLI and the cloud agent. Copilot also reads .github/skills and ~/.copilot/skills. docs

gh skill install makenotion/notion-cookbook notion-research-documentation

Cursor reads .cursor/skills, .agents/skills and ~/.cursor/skills (and .claude/skills). It does not install loose skills from a GitHub URL, so copy it in. docs

npx skills add makenotion/notion-cookbook --skill notion-research-documentation -a cursor

Installs from the GitHub repo; --path picks this skill out of the repo. Default scope is user (all projects). docs

gemini skills install https://github.com/makenotion/notion-cookbook.git --path skills/mcp-clients/research-documentation

OpenCode reads .opencode/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills and the Claude and .agents folders. docs

npx skills add makenotion/notion-cookbook --skill notion-research-documentation -a opencode

Windsurf (now Devin Desktop) reads .devin/skills, .windsurf/skills and ~/.codeium/windsurf/skills. docs

npx skills add makenotion/notion-cookbook --skill notion-research-documentation -a windsurf

Works with

Claude Code, Claude.ai and Claude Desktop, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf and other agents that read the open Agent Skills format.

What's in the SKILL.md

5 sections

Workflow
Choose a format
Notion execution
Optional references
Show the saved result

Bundled files

agents/openai.yaml
evaluations/README.md
evaluations/basic-research.json
evaluations/discover-and-synthesize.json
evaluations/feedback-counts-and-segments.json
evaluations/feedback-unknown-identities.json
evaluations/quick-answer.json
evaluations/research-to-database.json
evaluations/restricted-search.json
evaluations/update-report.json
examples/competitor-analysis.md
examples/market-research.md
examples/technical-investigation.md
examples/trip-planning.md
reference/advanced-search.md
reference/citations.md
reference/comparison-format.md
reference/comparison-template.md
reference/comprehensive-report-format.md
reference/comprehensive-report-template.md
+ 6 more

Loaded only when the instructions point to them.

Facts

Skill name: notion-research-documentation
Publisher: Notion (official)
Repo: makenotion/notion-cookbook
License: MIT
SKILL.md size: 723 words, 87 lines
Bundled files: 26, 17 docs
Repo stars: 220 (as of 2026-10-24)
SKILL.md checked: 2026-11-07

Pairs with the Notion MCP server: the server gives the agent the tools, the skill teaches it how to use them.

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FAQ

What does the notion-research-documentation skill do?+

Searches across a Notion workspace and writes a cited brief or comparison. In its own SKILL.md, Notion describes it as: "Researches questions across Notion sources and synthesizes cited briefs, comparisons, or reports. Use when answering requires discovering and reconciling workspace information, optionally with external research, and returning or saving the findings."

How do I install the notion-research-documentation skill?+

Run npx skills add makenotion/notion-cookbook --skill notion-research-documentation and pick your agents, or use the tab for your agent above. In Claude Code the skill ends up in ~/.claude/skills/notion-research-documentation/SKILL.md; in Codex and Cursor in .agents/skills/notion-research-documentation/.

Does Notion Research Docs work in Codex, Cursor and Copilot, or only Claude?+

It's a standard SKILL.md, so any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use it: Claude Code, the Claude apps, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf and more.

Who maintains Notion Research Docs?+

Notion, the company or project behind it, in the makenotion/notion-cookbook repo on GitHub, last pushed 2026-10-24. License: MIT.

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