Descriptions:
Riley Brown walks through eight steps for connecting Notion to AI agent platforms, focusing on OpenAI’s Codex and Anthropic’s Claude Code — which he frames as the two leading “AI-powered super apps” that combine chat, coding, and a full integrated browser in a single interface. The Codex browser is highlighted as a key differentiator: users stay signed in to all their web apps, including Notion, without context switching, enabling agents to create and edit Notion documents directly inside the Codex workspace.
The tutorial covers the full setup sequence: installing the Notion plugin inside Codex, configuring agent instructions that account for Notion’s database structure, and creating reusable custom slash-command skills. Brown’s skill creation philosophy is iterative — get the agent to do the task correctly through conversation, refine the output until it’s consistently good, then ask the agent to encode that successful workflow as a permanent skill. He demonstrates a “QuickNote” skill that adds concisely formatted, source-linked notes to a specific Notion database with a single command.
More advanced steps cover using Notion’s new slash-tabs feature to structure multi-part research output without cluttering a document, and designing database hierarchies that keep agent-generated content organized across teams or multiple agents. The video applies to any major agent platform and, for most concepts, to note-taking tools beyond Notion including Obsidian.
📺 Source: Riley Brown · Published June 01, 2026
🏷️ Format: Tutorial Demo
