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March 28, 2026
Notion's API Now Reads and Writes Pure Markdown
Published: March 28, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Updated: March 28, 2026 at 12:39 AM
100-word summary
Notion just opened three new API endpoints that let you create, read, and update pages in markdown instead of its proprietary block format. Teams using markdown-based tools can now push content directly into Notion without translation layers. The same update includes a Views API that lets you build dashboards programmatically, dropping widgets from multiple databases onto a single page. Meeting notes also got richer, with full transcript support baked into the API. Custom Agents are free to trial through May 3 for Business and Enterprise users. The markdown shift is the real story: Notion spent years pulling teams away from plain text, and now it's letting them bring their markdown...
What happened
Notion just opened three new API endpoints that let you create, read, and update pages in markdown instead of its proprietary block format. Teams using markdown-based tools can now push content directly into Notion without translation layers. The same update includes a Views API that lets you build dashboards programmatically, dropping widgets from multiple databases onto a single page. Meeting notes also got richer, with full transcript support baked into the API. Custom Agents are free to trial through May 3 for Business and Enterprise users.
Why it matters
The markdown shift is the real story: Notion spent years pulling teams away from plain text, and now it's letting them bring their markdown workflows back in.