Retrieves a Notion page by ID. Returns page properties, not page content.
AI agents call notion_retrieve_page 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 queries and retrieves existing data from Notion without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. The retrieval of page properties has no side effects and poses minimal security risk if misused by an AI agent—the worst case is unauthorized information disclosure of existing Notion content the agent can access.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'notion_retrieve_page' and description states it 'Retrieves a Notion page by ID' with 'Returns page properties, not page content.' The verb 'retrieves' and explicit statement that it returns data without modification confirm read-only behavior.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Retrieves a Notion page by ID. Returns page properties, not page content. 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_retrieve_page: 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_retrieve_page 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_retrieve_page 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_retrieve_page. 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_retrieve_page is provided by the Notion MCP Server MCP server (michaelwaves/notion-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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