Notion is good when I don’t have to maintain It

I have a complicated relationship with Notion. I started using it a long time ago, when you had to pay to increase the number of blocks you could use. And it’s been an on-and-off experience ever since.

I admired the aesthetics but disliked the slowness.

I used the sharing features but hated managing them.

I enjoyed the idea of databases but couldn’t figure out how to keep them from becoming bloated.

Finally, I found a way to use it that works for me: through my AI agent. I have a few bots that I use with Hermes, and Notion has become the central home for my information.

When I start a project, I ask my agent to create a new page and organize it so I can find it easily. Once it gets bloated (it always does) I ask the agent to clean it up.

And that’s it.

The agent hasn’t made Notion faster, but it has taken over some of the maintenance that used to put me off. For me, that’s the appeal of agent-first tools: I can use the system without spending so much time tending to it.