Notion MCP splits keyword search and AI search
notion-search is now keyword-only. It matches short, specific terms in Notion and no longer searches connected apps like Slack, Google Drive, and Jira.
Notion MCP's search tool is splitting in two. In Notion's MCP server, notion-search now only matches keywords in Notion pages, and no longer searches connected apps like Slack, Google Drive, and Jira. A new notion-ai-search tool takes over semantic search: it takes one natural-language query and can search connected sources such as Slack, Mail, and Calendar when they're available to the caller, including queries that include specific terms.
Clients pick a tool by checking current_tool_access.ai_search.status from notion-fetch: use notion-ai-search when it's available, and notion-search when it isn't. notion-ai-search requires Notion AI; without it, calls return a prompt with a recovery link rather than results. notion-search stays the tool for looking up a user by name or email, and notion-ai-search doesn't support the exact filters, sort options, or user lookup that notion-search does.
Clients still sending the old content_search_mode parameter keep working, per the changelog: workspace_search behaves like notion-search and ai_search behaves like notion-ai-search, though the parameter itself is no longer advertised.
