Smarter AI Analysis with Notion as Context
Connect your Notion pages and databases to Chartcastr so AI analysis understands the why behind your numbers — not just the what.
Smarter AI Analysis with Notion as Context
A chart shows you what happened. A good analyst tells you why. The gap between the two is usually context — the strategy doc, the campaign brief, the quarterly goals that explain why a number matters.
Chartcastr's AI analysis can now pull that context directly from Notion.
What This Means in Practice
When you connect a Notion page or database to a source (or a Source Group), the AI references it during analysis. Instead of a generic "revenue is up 8%," the analysis can say "revenue is up 8%, tracking ahead of the Q1 target outlined in your planning doc."
The AI doesn't just read the chart. It reads the chart in the context of your team's actual plans, goals, and notes.
What You Can Connect
Notion is flexible, and so is the integration. You can link:
- Pages — Strategy documents, campaign briefs, project plans, meeting notes.
- Databases — OKR trackers, sprint boards, content calendars — anything stored in a Notion database.
The AI uses this as background when generating summaries and follow-up suggestions. It won't dump your Notion content into Slack — it synthesizes it to make the analysis more specific and actionable.
Setting It Up
- Navigate to your source or Source Group settings.
- Under External Context, select Notion as a context source. See the Notion context guide for the full walkthrough.
- Authorize Chartcastr to access the specific Notion pages or databases you want to use.
- That's it — the next pulse analysis will incorporate the connected Notion content.
Privacy and access control
Chartcastr only accesses the specific Notion pages you explicitly authorize. The connection is scoped — we don't get blanket access to your workspace. You can revoke or change connected pages at any time.
Why Notion (and Not Just Notes)?
You might be wondering: "Can't I just type context into a text field?" You can — Chartcastr supports user notes too. But Notion context has a few advantages:
- It stays current. When someone updates the strategy doc in Notion, the AI picks up the changes automatically. No need to remember to update a separate field in Chartcastr.
- It's richer. A Notion page can hold structured data, tables, linked databases, and narrative text. That gives the AI more to work with than a few sentences in a text box.
- It's already where your team works. If your planning and documentation lives in Notion, connecting it to Chartcastr means zero duplication.
Notion Isn't the Only Option
Chartcastr supports external context from multiple sources: Google Docs, Google Sheets, Confluence, and OneDrive. Notion is just the latest addition. Use whichever tools your team already relies on — or combine them.
The Result
The difference is subtle but meaningful. Without context, AI analysis is observational: "this went up, that went down." With context, it's interpretive: "this went up, and here's why that matters given your goals."
If your team uses Notion for planning or documentation, connecting it is one of the highest-leverage things you can do to make your pulse analysis more useful.
Read the full setup guide in the Notion context documentation.