Pickaxe not picking up new info from Notion

[netmstr]

I am trying out the latest Notion integration

I have integrate the Notion database ‘Pet’ into my pickaxe chatbot using the knowledge base

I have added new records in my Pet database such as Mama and Gani

However the chatbot is unable to retrieve the new record

When I ask about old record, it’s able to answer me

Does anyone encounter this problem ? How to fix this

Thank you

[danny_support]

@netmstr

I am trying out the latest Notion integration

I have integrate the Notion database ‘Pet’ into my pickaxe chatbot using the knowledge base

I have added new records in my Pet database such as Mama and Gani

However the chatbot is unable to retrieve the new record

When I ask about old record, it’s able to answer me

Does anyone encounter this problem ? How to fix this

Thank you

Hi @netmstr ,
Thank you for reaching out!

I just tested your tool, and it appears to be working as expected now.

Please note that changes made in your Notion database may not appear in your tool immediately, as it can take some time for updates to sync. If you want the changes to show right away, you can press the three dots next to your knowledge base file and select “Refresh page.”

[netmstr]

Thanks @danny_support

Yes that works but is there a way it will update automatically to pickaxe ?

[netmstr]

I also created a mcp connection to Notion so that I can retrieve the latest info

I have switched off my knowledge base

Yet it’s still not accessing the notion database even though I have prompt it

when i ask the question, it did not trigger the action but instead hallucinate ie tom is a crocodile in notion Pet database

Here is answered as Rabbit which is wrong

When I click on the explorer I can see it did not trigger the action

How do I get it to trigger notionApi action ?

[danny_support]

Hi @netmstr,

It looks like your MCP may not be triggering due to an incomplete connection or because the role prompt may need additional detail or clarity.

I was able to successfully connect and trigger the Notion MCP on my end by following the setup instructions in the README:

GitHub - makenotion/notion-mcp-server: Official Notion MCP Server

Here is my result and the prompt I used:

This is how your MCP configuration should look:

{
  "command": "npx",
  "args": [
    "-y",
    "@notionhq/notion-mcp-server"
  ],
  "env": {
    "NOTION_TOKEN": "ntn_xxxxx"
  }
}

[lucasreid]

Thanks for the detailed example! That setup and prompt info really help.

[netmstr]

Thanks for the detailed explanation

Hmm however I found out that it takes about 1 day for the system to switch over from using knowledge based to using API on notion ( I have disabled knowlege base one day earlier but it takes 1 day to switch over to Notion API ) . Is there a way to “reset” the system immediately ?

[danny_support]

When I was testing this on my end using the Notion API, the switch happened immediately and did not take a full day. Could you confirm that you are using the same GitHub repo for your MCP server? Additionally, please ensure that all of your Knowledge Base files have been fully disabled, remove any mentions of the Knowledge Base from your instructional prompts, and set the relevance cutoff to never use Knowledge Base.

If you are using the Notion MCP integration, try disconnecting it, then click the three dots in the top right and select Refresh, and then reconnect it.

Be sure your instructional prompt clearly tells the model to use the Notion API instead of the Knowledge Base.

If you are using the Knowledge Base Notion integration, as mentioned before, you can refresh the page to reload the connected data and ensure the changes take effect.