Block Update

Notion

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

Capability: Workspace content management
Current price: $0.0025/request
Availability: Requires connected account

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 $0.0025.

Agents select this operation with tool ID notion.block-update, then check its current inputs and price before a run.

Inputs and outputs

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

Inspect returns this reviewed example, its estimated cost and the current input schema. Run calculates the estimate for your actual input.

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
}

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.

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