Buttons & Automations

Database automations, recurring templates and button chains.

components

widgets

recipes

Why Notion falls short here

Buttons and database automations are Notion's answer to workflow, and neither can be created through the API. There is no button block type in the public reference, and no automation endpoint at all.

How we handle it

The recipe installs every database, property and view the automations depend on, then gives you the exact click path for each button and each rule, with the reason it has to be manual, quoted from the API reference.

Native recipes 1

⚡Automation Starter Packboard

Each automation lists the exact property IDs to pick, matched to the schema this recipe createsCovers the API gap honestly: what is scriptable and what is notIncludes confetti on completion, added to Notion automations in 2026Slack notification actions where the Slack connection is available

POST /v1/databasesPOST /v1/views

New

Automation Starter Pack

Twelve database automations and button chains, documented and copy-pasteable.

ButtonsFreeNativev1.1.0

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