Notion AI for databases

You can create a database in just seconds using Notion AI. Creating a database with Notion AI is free; you're not required to have Notion AI for your workspace, nor will creating a database with Notion AI count toward your complimentary Notion AI responses.

To create a database with Notion AI in an existing page:

1. Create a new page and under Get started with, select Table. You can also open an existing page and use the slash command /database.

2. Select Build with AI in the menu that appears.

3. Give Notion AI details about the database you want. For example, you could ask it to make you a customer feedback tracker with priority levels, a status, and an assignee.

4. You’ll get a preview of your database as well as some options for features to add or remove. You can also prompt Notion AI to make specific changes.

5. Once your database looks good, select Continue.

6. Choose how you prefer to visualize your database items and select Done.

To create a database with Notion AI from Home:

1. In Home, toggle to Build mode in the Notion AI widget.

2. Give Notion AI details about the database you want. For example, you could ask it to make you a customer feedback tracker with priority levels, a status, and an assignee.

3. You’ll get a preview of your database as well as some options for features to add or remove. You can also prompt Notion AI to make specific changes.

4. Once your database looks good, select Continue.

5. Choose how you prefer to visualize your database items and select Done.

Using a database to store a large collection of meeting notes, tasks, or projects? Try using Notion AI on a database property to generate summaries, extract action items, and more.

To use AI Autofill with a text property:

1. Select + at the top right side of a database to add a new property.

2. Select Text → AI Autofill.

3. Open the menu next to Fill with and select an option:

   • Summary: AI summarizes the content of the page.

   • Translate: AI translates desired content into different languages.

   • Key info: AI extracts important information based on the content of the page.

   • Custom autofill: AI generates content based on your custom prompt.

You can let AI Autofill assign certain categories or keywords to items in your database. For example, you could have a shopping list where AI marks items as groceries, home goods, or something else.

1. Select + at the top right side of a database to add a new property.

2. Add a Select or Multi-select property, then toggle on AI Autofill.

3. You can also edit your select or multi-select property in a few ways:

   • Toggle on Generate new options. When this is turned on, AI will generate new options to apply to any new database entries.

   • Select More → Auto-update on page edits to set the property to update five minutes after changes are made to the page. You can also manually trigger AI to fill or update by hovering over a value and clicking the wand button that appears.

   • Select More → Autofill all pages.