📰 AI News: Notion Quietly Tests Custom MCPs, Workers, And A Computer Use Agent
📝 TL;DR Notion is quietly testing a big upgrade to its AI Agents platform, including custom MCP tools, background Workers, and a Computer Use style agent that can control other apps. In plain terms, Notion is trying to turn your workspace into an automation hub, not just a note app. 🧠 Overview New leaks from Notion’s internal builds show the company expanding its agent platform well beyond simple chat inside a page. The experiments include support for custom MCPs, worker style automations, new external connectors, and an agent that can operate your computer or browser for you. If these features ship, Notion shifts from “AI that writes text” to “AI that runs workflows,” which is a big deal for solo operators and teams already living in Notion every day. 📜 The Announcement TestingCatalog spotted an unreleased Notion build labeled “Notion testing custom MCPs, Workers, and Computer Use agents,” along with copy that spells out the strategy, Notion is expanding its custom agent platform with new connectors, custom MCPs, and new AI tools, positioning itself as an automation hub. None of this is officially announced yet, so it is still experimental and may change, but it lines up with Notion’s recent push into AI first workspaces and custom agents that can work across your docs, tasks, and databases. ⚙️ How It Works • Custom MCPs - Notion appears to be adding support for custom Model Context Protocol tools so teams can expose internal APIs, databases, and services directly to their Notion agents. • Workers for background jobs - A new Workers concept suggests longer running or scheduled automations that can be triggered from Notion pages, databases, or events without you clicking a button each time. • Computer Use agent - The Computer Use style agent is designed to control apps that do not have clean APIs, for example by driving a browser or desktop UI so agents can complete tasks end to end.