Notion integration for Founder OS: what it reads and how to connect

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The Notion connector reads the titles of the pages you share with it and when each was last edited. It does not read what is on a page. Founder OS uses the edit dates to show how much is being written.

Connected tools are part of Founder OS, which is on Pro Plus. Idea validation is on every plan, including Free. See every tool Founder OS reads.

What Founder OS reads from Notion

• The title of each page you share
• When each was created and last edited
• The link to each page

What it leaves alone:

• The contents of any page: the blocks that hold them are never requested
• Pages you have not shared with the integration
• Comments and workspace members

How much each sync reads

• Up to 25 pages and databases per sync. A larger workspace shows as Partly synced

A sync runs when you connect, once a day after that, and whenever you press Sync.

Where the records are used

• Ask and the decision log: documents edited in the last 7 days

How to connect Notion

Press Continue with Notion and approve read access in Notion’s own screen. No key changes hands, and disconnecting later also ends the access in Notion.

Or connect with a key you create:

1. Create an internal integration in Notion.
2. Under capabilities, allow "Read content" only.
3. Copy the secret, then share the pages you want read with the integration.

With an integration secret, share each page you want read with the integration from that page’s menu.

Notion documents this kind of key in its own guide, and you connect your account under Notion’s terms.

Access and security

• Approval happens in Notion, where you choose the pages to share. Notion does not report what was granted, so the grant cannot be checked: the safeguard is that our server refuses anything that is not a read.
• A key is an internal integration secret with the Read content capability only.

Every request to a connected tool is checked on our server, and anything that is not a read is refused before it leaves. It cannot move money, send a message or change a record. Keys and tokens are encrypted with AES 256 in GCM mode before they are stored, are never shown again, and are kept out of our logs. Disconnecting deletes the key and every record imported from the tool, in one step. For a tool you approved, we also ask the tool to end our access. The security page sets out the rest.

Questions

Can it read what is written in my Notion pages?

No. It asks Notion for the list of pages shared with it and keeps each one’s title, link and dates. The blocks that hold a page’s contents are never requested.

Which pages does it see?

Only the ones you share. With approval you pick them in Notion’s own screen; with an integration secret you share pages with the integration one by one.

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Connect Notion to Founder OS

Founder OS reads the tools your company runs on and keeps your figures, notes and decisions in one place. It is part of Pro Plus.

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