Notion 3.0 (www.notion.com)

Notion 3.0 launches Notion AI Agents — a step beyond a chat assistant to an action-taking, workspace-native automation layer. Agents can perform anything a human can in Notion: create finished pages, build and populate databases, synthesize information across hundreds of pages and external tools (Slack, email, etc.), and execute multi-step workflows autonomously for up to ~20 minutes at a time. They can compile feedback, turn notes into proposals, update trackers, notify collaborators, and produce structured outputs like reports or databases without manual handoffs. Today’s release also adds highly requested admin features like database row permissions, new AI connectors, and additional MCP integrations. The significance for AI/ML teams and knowledge workers is practical: Notion moves from “assistive” AI to a coordinated agent platform that understands context, collaborates, and takes action in your workspace. Agents are customizable via a dedicated instruction page that serves as editable memory and behavior policy; templates and soon “Custom Agents” let teams deploy specialist agents on schedules or triggers (e.g., daily feedback compilers, IT triage bots). Key implications include large productivity gains through automation of repetitive knowledge work, tighter integration demands (connectors and permissions become central), and new operational considerations around access control, auditability, and governance as agents act across data sources.