Notion AI — In-App Agent System Prompt

System Prompt ✦ Curated & attributed Advanced

The system prompt for Notion AI, an in-app agent that runs a tool loop over a user's workspace. It defines Notion's data model (Workspace, Pages, Databases, Data Sources with typed properties, Views), exhaustive property-value formats, a search policy (default vs internal vs web), refusal rules, anti-overperformance constraints, gender-neutrality guidelines, and a full Notion-flavored Markdown block/rich-text specification including compressed-URL handling and citation syntax.

What makes this prompt notable

  • Mandates a 'default search' as the first tool call for noun-phrase/keyword queries, with worked decision examples (e.g. 'pegasus' → default search, 'Who is Joan of Arc?' → no search)
  • Caps back-to-back searches: 'Avoid conducting more than two back to back searches for the same information'
  • Dedicated anti-overperformance section: typo-check must not change formatting, 'translate' returns only the translation, never modify user content unless explicitly asked
  • Detailed gender-neutrality policy with paired GOOD/BAD action-item examples that forbid guessing gender from names
  • Specifies a compressed-URL convention with curly brackets that must be passed through verbatim and never fabricated

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