Search pages or databases by title in Notion
AI agents call notion_search to retrieve information from Notion MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries data (searching by title) without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It has no side effects beyond returning search results. Blast radius is minimal as misuse would only expose information the user/agent already has access to within their Notion workspace.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'notion_search' and description 'Search pages or databases by title in Notion' indicate a search/query operation with no modification capability.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search pages or databases by title in Notion. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Notion MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Notion MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for notion_search: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Notion MCP Server. Nothing to install.
notion_search is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the notion_search rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for notion_search. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
notion_search is provided by the Notion MCP Server MCP server (kimjungyeol/mcp-notion-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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