Block Update

Notion

Update supported content or archive state for a block in a connected Notion workspace.

Current price
$0.0050/call
Availability
Connected app
Last accepted verification

What this API does

Updates one allowlisted block-type payload. It cannot trash, archive, delete, erase, retype, or directly replace block children. Always one upstream request at $0.0050.

Agents select this operation with tool ID notion.block-update, then inspect its current executable contract before a run.

Public input and output shape

Input

bodyobject · required

Bounded request body sent to the connected application.

pathobject · required

Identifier path for the authorised connected-app record.

Output

has_childrenboolean

Returned has children value.

idstring

Returned id value.

objectstring

Returned object value.

paragraphobject

Returned paragraph value.

typestring

Returned type value.

Example request and output

This reviewed worked example is shared with inspect. Inspect also returns the current executable schema and price estimate before a paid run.

Request

{
  "tool_id": "notion.block-update",
  "input": {
    "body": {
      "paragraph": {
        "rich_text": [
          {
            "text": {
              "content": "Summarise launch risks, owners and rollback criteria."
            },
            "type": "text"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "path": {
      "block_id": "YOUR-NOTION-BLOCK-ID"
    }
  }
}

Output

{
  "id": "1b2c3d4e-0000-4000-8000-000000000003",
  "type": "paragraph",
  "object": "block",
  "paragraph": {
    "rich_text": [
      {
        "type": "text",
        "plain_text": "Summarise launch risks, owners and rollback criteria."
      }
    ]
  },
  "has_children": false
}
Teaching errors and limitations
  • invalid_input: The block type or mutable field is not exposed by this tool.Retrieve the block first, then send one supported block-type object. Use the append tool for children.
Updated
18 August 2026

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