Bring latest thinking back to Notion

Notion pages drift out of date. When a Notion source feeds a place, Cranes can tell you: if a page in Cranes is redrafted because the thinking moved, and a Notion page it learned from still says the earlier view, Cranes leaves a comment there.

It’s off until you turn it on, for each Notion source on its own.

Turn it on

Open Settings › Connected Services and choose the Notion source.
Under Comments in Notion, choose Bring latest thinking back to Notion.

In a team workspace, only owners and admins can turn it on or off.

What a comment says

Each comment sits on the paragraph that still says the earlier view, or on the page when no single paragraph does. It says what changed and where the thinking stands now, and links to the page in Cranes. Anyone who opens that link still needs to be able to read that place in Cranes.

Cranes never edits the Notion page or suggests new wording. It comments only when it’s fairly sure a page relies on the earlier view, at most once a day on any page and ten times a day for one source. If its earlier comment on the same subject is still open, it replies there. Resolve a comment in Notion when you’ve dealt with it.

Who sees the comments

Anyone who can see the page in Notion. Notion doesn’t tell Cranes who that is, so think about it before you turn this on:

The source feeds	Who else might read a comment
Everyone	Guests on the Notion page, and anyone with a public link
A group	People outside the group who can open the Notion page
Just me	Anyone you’ve shared the Notion page with

A comment only ever carries thinking from the place the source feeds.

If Notion won’t let Cranes comment

If you see “Notion didn’t let Cranes comment,” choose Choose pages on the same source and allow comments when Notion asks.

Turn it off

Choose Stop commenting in Notion. Comments already left stay in Notion until someone resolves or deletes them.