using with AI tools

sidenotions makes your Notion docs available to AI tools.

Claude Work (Cowork)#

give Claude access to your sidenotions folder:

1. open Claude desktop app
2. start a Cowork session
3. grant access to ~/Library/CloudStorage/sidenotions

Claude can now read and work with your Notion docs. ask things like:

• "summarize the product roadmap"
• "create a report from the meeting notes"
• "find all pages about API design and compile them"

Claude Code#

drag your sidenotions folder into terminal, or run:

claude ~/Library/CloudStorage/sidenotions

Claude can now read any file with the Read tool. ask things like:

• "read the product roadmap and summarize it"
• "find all pages mentioning API design"
• "what does the onboarding doc say about user flows?"

Cursor#

add your sidenotions folder to Cursor's workspace:

1. File > Add Folder to Workspace
2. select ~/Library/CloudStorage/sidenotions
3. Cursor indexes your Notion docs

now @ mention files in chat or let Cursor search them.

tips#

• keep sidenotions running for fresh data
• use descriptive page titles in Notion (AI searches by filename)
• organize Notion with folders for better navigation

block IDs#

sidenotions embeds Notion block IDs in markdown comments:

<!-- block:abc123 -->
This paragraph has a block ID.

future: AI tools can use these IDs to update specific blocks via API.