> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.notis.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Brain Dumps (via Notion)

> Route every brain dump into your Notion Second Brain, so loose tasks land in your Tasks database and ideas, open loops, and notes to self land in your Notes database.

Use the Tasks and Notes databases of your Notion Second Brain as the trusted system behind your brain dumps, so everything you say out loud ends up somewhere you can review it.

## What this setup does

Notis reads and writes your Notion databases. When you finish a brain dump, Notis can:

* Create one task per loose task in your Notion Tasks database

* Save ideas, open loops, and notes to self as pages in your Notion Notes database

* Give you one place to run your weekly reset

## Step 1: Set up your Second Brain

The [Notis Second Brain](/notion/second-brain) already contains a Tasks database and a Notes database set up for you. If you haven't installed the template yet, start with [Connect Notion](/notion/connect-notion).

## Step 2: Run your brain dump

1. Open Notis

2. Say: “Hey Notis, start a brain dump”

3. Speak freely for 60–120 seconds. Don’t self-edit.

4. End with: “Done. Create all the tasks and notes in Notion.”

Notis files the tasks in your Tasks database and the rest in your Notes database.

> “Hey Notis, capture tasks in Notion: renew passport, schedule demo with Notis team, outline Q4 post ideas”

> “Hey Notis, save a note in Notion titled ‘Trip prep’ with: buy adapter type L, download offline maps, share itinerary with family”

## Step 3: Weekly reset in Notion

Open your Notes database once a week and:

* Review this week’s dumps and star the most valuable insights

* Merge duplicates, archive stale items

* Promote 1–3 ideas into small experiments for next week

* Check that every open loop has a next step in your Tasks database or is explicitly parked