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Okay, before we get into this email, I do need to give a shoutout to Wispr Flow, it was probably the most useful app I started using last year, and I literally use it all day. Check it out if you haven’t started using voice dictation yet!

Last week, I wrote about why custom agents are such a big deal for Notion. If you missed it — go read that one first.

This week, I want to talk about something different. Something that leaked from inside Notion that could be even more transformative than custom agents themselves.

A screenshot posted by TestingCatalog on X was quote-tweeted by Max Schoenig, who works at Notion, so there is probably some truth to it. The screenshots reveal experimental features labeled "Agents 2.0" and "Agents 2.0 Advanced" — along with something called scripting configuration and Workers.

Let me break down what this means and why I think it changes the game.

We already know custom agents are rolling out more broadly soon (maybe this month!). They're a huge step forward — autonomous AI teammates that watch for triggers and execute workflows without you lifting a finger.

But here's the limitation: custom agents are still confined to what Notion can do natively. They read pages, write to databases, search your workspace. Powerful, but bounded.

Scripting and Workers would be an entirely different kind of update.

The leak shows a new scripting configuration in the agent settings — fields for a script name, a key, and actual script code. The intent is to let agents call into "Workers" as a capability, moving beyond chat-style actions into programmable automation.

Think about what that unlocks:

This isn't just Notion doing more things inside Notion. This is Notion becoming the orchestration layer for your entire tool stack.

Here's something I've been thinking about a lot lately.

We're seeing a rise in open-source agent frameworks — OpenClaw being a great example — where teams are building their own AI agents from scratch. Custom logic, custom integrations, full control over the stack.

So what happens to Notion if technical teams start rolling their own agents outside the platform?

I think scripting and Workers is Notion's answer to that question. Instead of losing power users to external frameworks, Notion is saying: build it here. Write your scripts, connect your services, and let your agents run it — all from inside the workspace your team already lives in.

The difference? You don't need to maintain infrastructure. You don't need to manage deployments. You don't need a developer on staff to keep it running. Notion handles the runtime. You just define the logic.

I’ve been loving experimenting with OpenClaw, but to be honest, it also brings more overhead – more infrastructure to maintain.

Here's where I think it gets really interesting — and where most people might miss the bigger picture.

Scripting on its own? Cool, but adoption probably wouldn't be that high. Most teams don't have developers writing custom scripts inside their project management tool. It would be a power-user feature that 90% of Notion users never touch.

But scripting plus Notion AI? That’s a lot more accessible.

Imagine this: you open a chat with your Notion agent and say, "I want a workflow where every time a task is marked overdue, it posts a summary to our #ops channel in Slack and tags the project owner."

The agent doesn't just acknowledge the request. It writes the script for you. It configures the Worker. It sets up the trigger. You review it, hit publish, and it's live.

No coding expertise required. No switching to a terminal. No Stack Overflow rabbit holes.

That is the unlock. Not scripting alone — but the combination of scripting and conversational AI that can build those scripts for you. It makes programmable automation accessible to every team, not just the ones with engineers on staff.

This is what turns Notion from a workspace into an operational nervous system.

If these features ship (and given they're already showing up in experimental settings, I'd bet on it), here's what changes:

For non-technical teams: You'll be able to describe the workflow you want in plain language, and your agent will wire it up. Cross-platform automation without writing a line of code yourself.

For technical teams: You get a native extensibility layer. Write custom integrations, connect APIs, build sophisticated event-driven workflows — all orchestrated by AI agents with full context of your workspace.

For everyone: The gap between "what Notion can do" and "what I wish Notion could do" gets dramatically smaller. Instead of reaching for Zapier or Make every time you need to connect two tools, you stay in Notion.

A few open questions I'll be tracking:

Custom agents will make Notion workspaces smarter. Scripting and Workers would make them capable in a fundamentally different way.

The combination of programmable automation and conversational AI that helps you build it is what makes this so promising. It's not about whether you can code — it's about whether you can describe what you want.

And if you can describe it, your agent can build it.

That's the future of work in Notion. And it's closer than you think.

On February 26th, I'm hosting a live session called "Getting Started with Custom Agents" where we'll build one from scratch together. You'll see exactly how I set up triggers, write instructions, and test workflows in real time.

And if you want to go further—connecting to MCPs, setting up complex triggers, taking actions outside Notion like sending Slack messages or emails—I'm launching a Custom Agent Bootcamp. It's a self-paced mini course designed to help you fully leverage custom agents for your business.

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Will share more updates as they come in. See you again on Saturday in our Weekly Recap! 🙏🏼

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Dave de Céspedes
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