Notumation
Basics

Getting Started

Install Notumation and create your first automation in under 5 minutes.

What is Notumation?

Notumation lets you build automations that run entirely inside Notion. You connect triggers (something happens) to actions (something else happens automatically), all from an embedded dashboard in your workspace.

Prerequisites

You need a Notion account (free or paid). That is all. No coding, no external tools, no terminal commands.

Step 1: Connect your Notion workspace

Visit app.notumation.com and click Connect with Notion. You will be redirected to Notion’s authorization page.

When Notion asks “Which pages should Notumation access?”, select “All pages” or at least one top-level page where you want the dashboard to live. Notumation needs this access to read data, create pages, and modify properties on your behalf.

Step 2: Choose where to put the dashboard

After authorizing, you will see a page picker. Browse your workspace and select the page where you want Notumation to live. This can be any top-level page in your sidebar.

Notumation will create the following inside your chosen page:

  • ⚡ Notumation — the main page with an embedded automation dashboard
  • _Notumation_Flows — stores your automation configurations
  • _Notumation_Logs — records every execution with per-step traces
  • _Notumation_Polling — tracks change detection state
  • _Notumation_Secrets — stores encrypted variables (API keys, webhook URLs)

All of this data lives in your workspace. We never store your Notion content on our servers.

Step 3: Open the Dashboard

Navigate to the ⚡ Notumation page in your Notion sidebar. You will see an embedded dashboard with three sections:

  • Flows — a list of all your automations
  • Logs — a history of every execution
  • Metrics — counts of runs, successes, and failures

Step 3: Create Your First Flow

Click New Flow in the top-right corner. Give it a name — for example, “Welcome new tasks”. Next, pick a trigger. Select Row Added and choose your Tasks database as the target. This means the flow will run every time a new row appears in that database.

Step 4: Add an Action

Click + Add Step below your trigger. Choose Update Row from the action list. In the configuration panel, set the Status property to “In Progress”. This tells Notumation to automatically change the status of every new task.

Step 5: Activate the Flow

At the top of the flow editor, you will see a toggle switch. Click it to change the flow from Inactive to Active. The toggle turns blue to confirm activation.

Step 6: Test It

Go to your Tasks database in Notion and add a new row. Within 30 seconds (or instantly if you are using webhooks), the Status column should update to “In Progress” automatically. If it does not, check the Logs tab in the dashboard for error details.

What’s Next

Now that your first flow is running, explore these guides to build more powerful automations: