> ## 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. # Turn any database into an AI agent > Combine a Notion database, custom instructions, and Notis automations to spin up purpose-built AI agents that read and write to your workspace. Notis is built around a simple idea: any software has three parts — a database, business logic, and a user interface. Notion gives you the database and the logic; Notis gives you the interface and the AI runtime. Together, any Notion database becomes its own AI agent. ## 1. Design your database Create a Notion database with the properties your workflow needs. Think about what data each entry must capture for the agent to do its job — title, status, dates, files, relations to other databases. A "Blog Posts" database might have: * **Title** — the post title * **Status** — Draft / Researching / Ready / Published * **Hero image** — file/media property * **Sources** — rich text or relation to a Bookmarks database * **Outline** — rich text A "Bug Reports" database might have: * **Title** — short summary * **Severity** — Low / Medium / High / Critical * **Steps to reproduce** — rich text * **Screenshot** — file/media * **Linked feature** — relation to Features database ## 2. Add your business logic Add custom logic directly inside Notion by writing instructions in: * **The database description** — overall behavior. *"This is the blog content database. When a new entry is created, perform a deep search on the topic, fill the Sources field, and generate a hero image."* * **The description of each property** — per-field rules. On the Hero Image property: *"Always generate a 1536x1024 landscape image with our brand color #24D366."* On the Outline property: *"Use H2 sections only — no H3 or deeper."* This turns each database into a self-documenting AI agent. Notis re-reads the descriptions on every interaction, so changes take effect immediately. See [Database and property instructions](/notion/database-instructions) for the full reference and examples. A Blog Posts database with custom instructions stored in its description and on each property ## 3. Choose your interface Trigger the agent from any [channel](/channels/channels-compared) — WhatsApp, Telegram, email, Slack, voice — or run it on autopilot with [Automations](/get-started/automate). Examples that combine all three layers: > *"Create a new blog post about how Notis differs from custom GPTs, with research and a hero image."* — Triggered by chat. The Blog Posts database description tells Notis to deep-search, source, and illustrate before saving. > *"Every Monday at 9 AM, generate a weekly digest from this week's Tasks and post it to my Notes database."* — Triggered by a [scheduled automation](/get-started/automate). > *"When a new row is added to the Bug Reports database, run a triage prompt and assign a severity."* — Triggered by a [Notion webhook](#trigger-notis-from-notion-via-webhook). Start small. Build one database with one rule in its description, see how Notis handles it, then layer in property-level instructions. The instructions you write today become the spec the AI follows tomorrow. ## Trigger Notis from Notion via webhook Notion's built-in automations can call any HTTPS URL when a database row changes — that's exactly what a Notis [webhook automation](/get-started/automate#webhook) is. Pair them and you get a Notion database that runs Notis on every status change, new row, or property edit. Create a webhook automation in Notis first (chat or portal — see [Automations](/get-started/automate)) and copy its webhook URL. Then, on the Notion side: 1. Open the database that should trigger Notis and click the automations icon in the top bar: Automations icon in the Notion database toolbar 2. Configure your trigger in the **When** section — for example "Status set to Complete": Notion trigger configuration panel 3. In the **Do** section, choose **Send webhook**, paste your Notis automation's webhook URL, and select the properties you want to pass along with your instructions: Notion 'Send webhook' action with the Notis URL and property checkboxes The selected properties are forwarded to Notis as the request body, so your automation prompt can reference them ("write a recap based on the page's title and caption", "use the published date to schedule the post", and so on). For the full list of trigger options, see the [Notion webhook docs](https://www.notion.com/help/webhook-actions). The same webhook URL works with [Zapier](https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/8496083355661-How-to-get-started-with-Webhooks-by-Zapier#h_01HQ87H8BT49GC1PFJ910GZV8S), [Make](https://help.make.com/webhooks), [Pipedream](https://pipedream.com/docs/workflows/building-workflows/triggers#http), and any other automation platform. Keep your webhook URLs strictly private — they have full editing access to your workspace. Webhooks don't return any information, so they can't be used to read your Notion workspace. For that, use the [Notis API](https://www.notion.so/1ed6f212c58c804188b9ea2da2508aac). ## What's next * [Database and property instructions](/notion/database-instructions) — exact syntax and examples * [Automations](/get-started/automate) — wire your database agent to a schedule or webhook * [Media Buyer guide](/guides/media-buyer) and [Brain Dumps guide](/guides/brain-dumps) — end-to-end examples of this pattern in action