Complete Guide to Notion AI 2026: Templates, Automations, and Tips

What Is Notion AI?

Notion AI integrates artificial intelligence directly into Notion’s all-in-one workspace, transforming how teams manage documents, projects, and knowledge bases. Rather than switching between a writing tool and an AI assistant, Notion AI works within your existing workspace: summarizing meeting notes, drafting content, answering questions about your workspace data, and automating repetitive tasks.

In 2026, Notion AI has evolved beyond simple text generation into a contextual workspace assistant. It understands your databases, documents, and project structures, providing intelligent responses grounded in your team’s actual data and knowledge.

Notion AI Key Features

AI Writing Assistant

Highlight any text in Notion and access AI writing features: summarize, explain, translate, improve writing, fix grammar, change tone, make shorter, or make longer. Create new content by typing /ai and describing what you need. Notion AI generates drafts, outlines, brainstorms, and structured content that you can edit and refine directly in your workspace.

The writing assistant adapts to the context of your page. In a project brief, it generates professional, structured content. In meeting notes, it creates action items and summaries. In a knowledge base, it produces clear, informative documentation.

Q&A About Your Workspace

Ask Notion AI questions about your workspace content and it searches across all your pages, databases, and documents to find answers. “What was decided in last week’s product meeting?” “What is the status of the marketing campaign?” “Who is responsible for the API migration?” Notion AI retrieves relevant information from your workspace and presents concise, accurate answers with source references.

AI Autofill in Databases

Add AI-powered properties to your Notion databases that automatically generate content based on other fields. Create auto-summaries of page content, extract key topics, classify items by category, generate tags, or translate entries. AI Autofill runs automatically when new entries are added or existing entries are updated.

Example: A content calendar database can auto-generate social media post drafts from blog post summaries, classify content by topic, and suggest optimal posting times based on historical engagement data.

AI Blocks

Insert AI blocks into any page to create dynamic, AI-powered content sections. AI blocks can summarize linked databases, generate reports from project data, create visualizations from workspace data, and update automatically as underlying data changes. These blocks transform static pages into dynamic dashboards powered by your workspace data.

Connected Workspace Intelligence

Notion AI connects to external tools (Slack, Google Drive, GitHub, Linear, Figma) and includes their content in its knowledge base. Ask questions that span your Notion workspace and connected tools, getting comprehensive answers that draw from all your team’s information sources.

Setting Up Notion AI

Step 1: Enable Notion AI

Notion AI is available as an add-on to any Notion plan. Navigate to Settings and Members, then Plans, and enable the Notion AI add-on. It adds $10/member/month to your existing plan (or $8/member/month with annual billing).

Step 2: Configure Workspace Connections

Connect external tools to expand Notion AI’s knowledge base. Go to Settings, Connections, and add integrations for Slack, Google Drive, Confluence, GitHub, and other tools your team uses. Notion AI indexes connected content to provide more comprehensive workspace intelligence.

Step 3: Set Up AI Autofill Properties

In any database, click the + button to add a new property, and select “AI Autofill.” Choose the AI action (summarize, extract, classify, translate, custom prompt) and configure which fields to use as input. AI Autofill runs automatically on new and updated entries.

Notion AI Templates for Every Team

Project Management

Use AI-enhanced project templates with auto-generated status summaries, risk assessments from task data, and intelligent sprint retrospectives. AI Autofill properties can classify tasks by complexity, estimate effort based on historical data, and flag potential blockers before they become problems.

Meeting Notes

Notion AI transforms meeting notes into structured action items, decisions, and follow-ups. Use the meeting notes template with AI summarization: paste your raw notes and Notion AI organizes them into sections, identifies key decisions, and creates assignable action items with deadlines.

Knowledge Base

Create an AI-powered internal wiki where team members can ask questions in natural language and get answers sourced from your documentation. AI Autofill generates article summaries, extracts key terms for tagging, and suggests related articles. The Q&A feature turns your knowledge base into a searchable assistant.

Content Calendar

Manage your content pipeline with AI-generated briefs, auto-categorization, and draft generation. Add a blog post title and target keyword, and AI Autofill generates an outline, suggested word count, and draft introduction. Track content from ideation through publishing with AI-assisted each stage.

Notion AI Productivity Tips

Custom AI Prompts

Create reusable custom AI prompts for your team’s specific needs. In AI Autofill, write custom prompts that reference specific database fields: “Based on the {Customer Name} and {Issue Description}, draft a professional response acknowledging the issue and providing next steps.” Save these as templates for consistent, team-wide use.

Chain AI Actions

Create multi-step AI workflows by chaining actions. First, use AI to summarize a research document, then use another AI action to extract key findings, then generate a presentation outline from those findings. Each step builds on the previous, creating sophisticated automated workflows.

Use AI for Data Analysis

Add AI Autofill properties to analyze database entries: sentiment analysis for customer feedback, priority scoring for feature requests, complexity estimation for tasks, or trend identification across time-series data. Notion AI processes each entry and adds structured analysis that you can sort, filter, and report on.

Notion Pricing with AI

Plan	Base Price	AI Add-on	Total
Free	$0	$10/member/mo	$10/member/mo
Plus	$10/member/mo	$10/member/mo	$20/member/mo
Business	$18/member/mo	$10/member/mo	$28/member/mo
Enterprise	Custom	$10/member/mo	Custom

Notion AI vs Alternatives

Notion AI’s strength is its deep integration with your workspace data. ChatGPT offers more powerful general AI capabilities but lacks workspace context. Coda AI provides similar database AI features with stronger automation capabilities. For teams already using Notion as their primary workspace, adding Notion AI is the most seamless way to bring AI into their daily workflow.