Notion Agents: Customizable AI Teammates in Notion
Nov 12, 2025
Introduction
Notion Agents bring an AI teammate into the space where your teams already write, plan, and execute. The personal Agent is part of your workspace and handles multi-step tasks using page and database context. Notion has also announced Custom Agents that can function automatically and be shared across a team.
What is a Notion Agent
A Notion Agent is a built-in AI assistant that can read your pages and databases, then take actions to achieve specific goals, such as restructuring a page, updating properties, or creating new items. You unlock the Agent with any plan that includes Notion AI, and you access it from the circular AI icon in your workspace.
About Custom Agents
Notion 3.0 introduces Custom Agents that you can create, personalize, and share with your team. Custom Agents are designed to run on autopilot, use memory, and execute longer tasks. As of now, Notion presents Custom Agents as an upcoming feature linked to the 3.0 release.
How Agents work
Agents function within Notion using the same foundational elements that users do. You describe an outcome, the Agent plans and executes steps, and it uses the context in your workspace that you have permission to see. You can customize an Agent’s behavior and style, and add guidance so it acts as a specialized teammate.
Key capabilities
Multi-step actions with memory: Agents can work across pages and databases for extended periods, then resume later with context preserved.
Personalization: Assign your Agent a name, appearance, and instructions so it adapts to your working style.
Team-shareable agents: Notion 3.0 highlights Custom Agents that your whole team can use for repeatable workflows.
Why this matters
Since the AI is embedded within Notion, teams can move from inquiry to result without switching contexts. Agents utilize the exact pages, tasks, tables, and properties your team already maintains, which improves accuracy and ensures changes are trackable within your workspace.
Who benefits
Product and Engineering: Transform meeting notes into structured tasks, update backlogs, and organize properties at scale.
Marketing and CX: Reformat briefs, tag content, and develop campaign trackers from existing pages and databases.
Operations and PMO: Standardize recurring updates, enforce data integrity, and publish status pages from a central source of truth.
Practical ways to start
Tidy and standardize: Direct the Agent to rename tasks to a naming convention, complete missing fields, or archive outdated pages.
Summarize and brief: Generate summaries from extensive notes, then create a checklist or project with linked tasks.
Database upkeep: Bulk-edit properties and relations to prepare for reporting.
Plans and availability
Notion offers four plans: Free, Plus, Business, and Enterprise. The personal Agent is available on plans that include Notion AI. Notion 3.0 introduces Agents as a primary focus, with Custom Agents announced as forthcoming and rolling out with 3.0. Check your plan for current AI features and any additional requirements.
Governance and safety notes
Agents can chain actions across pages and connections, which increases the risk of unintended data exposure if permissions are too broad. Keep scopes narrow, test in non-production environments, and review policies before enabling access to external tools.
How this relates to Notion Q&A
Q&A allows users to ask natural language questions and receive answers grounded in workspace content. It complements Agents by providing quick responses and references, while Agents execute multi-step actions. Many teams start with Q&A, then add Agents for automated workflows.
Rollout approach
Start small: Select one workflow with clear inputs and outputs. Use the personal Agent and document the prompts that yield reliable results.
Strengthen governance: Limit permissions, enable logging, and set review points for any Agent that modifies shared databases.
Scale with patterns: When Custom Agents are available in your workspace, transform the working pattern into a team-shareable Agent with defined safety measures.
How Generation Digital can help
Generation Digital assists teams in designing and implementing Agent use cases that save time without compromising data security. We identify high-value patterns, refine Agent instructions, set permission models, and produce a concise guide so other teams can adopt safely.
Call to action: Ready to trial Notion Agents as your first AI teammates, with the right protections and outcomes? Contact Generation Digital for a structured rollout plan.
FAQs
Is Notion Agent available today
Yes, the personal Agent is available on plans that include Notion AI. Access it from the AI icon within your workspace. Notion
What are Custom Agents
Custom Agents are team-shareable features announced with Notion 3.0. They are designed to facilitate automatic workflows and are expected to be released with the 3.0 version. Availability may vary by workspace. Notion
Does the Agent respect permissions
Agents operate with content that the user initiating them can access. Employ least-privilege principles and test thoroughly, as extended multi-step runs can affect many objects. Notion+1
How is this different from Q&A
Q&A provides answers with references from your workspace. Agents perform actions to achieve a result. Use both for optimal effectiveness. Notion+1
