What this agent helps you do
An Exa and Notion research brief agent combines external source discovery with internal team memory. Exa finds relevant web sources, papers, articles, and competitor pages, while Notion gives the agent the specs, notes, research pages, and decisions that shape the final brief.
When to use this workflow
Use it for product discovery, competitive research, technical planning, strategy reviews, or any research task that needs sources and a place to live.
How Exa and Notion give the agent context
Connect both plugins and choose the Notion page, database, or workspace area where the work should land. Exa should broaden the source set; Notion should ground the research in existing assumptions, decisions, and project context. Keep page edits approval-based.
Example starter prompt
Research this question with Exa, compare the findings against our existing Notion notes, and draft a sourced Notion-ready brief with evidence, contradictions, confidence levels, and next steps. Do not update Notion without approval.Suggested workflow steps
Start with the research question and target Notion area. Have the agent collect external sources with Exa, inspect relevant Notion pages, separate new facts from existing assumptions, and propose the structure for the final brief.
Expected handoff
Ask for source links, extracted evidence, contradictions, internal context references, open questions, confidence levels, and a Notion-ready outline.