Search for pages and databases in Notion
AI agents call search_notion 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 or queries data from Notion workspaces without creating, modifying, or deleting anything. Search operations are inherently read-only and carry minimal risk—they expose existing content the user already has access to, but do not alter state or trigger external operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_notion' and description 'Search for pages and databases in Notion' indicate a query operation with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search for pages and databases 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 search_notion: 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.
search_notion 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 search_notion 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 search_notion. 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.
search_notion is provided by the Notion MCP Server MCP server (yihaowang/notion-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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