Work
Tip only: let bots pick Notion DB vs Obsidian markdown
Forcing every note into one tool fights how the work actually wants to be stored.
What hurt
Mike P (@mikepat711) uses Notion alongside Obsidian with Grok Bot: Obsidian organizes markdown files; Notion handles anything that works better as a database. He lets Grok Bots pick the best format for the job — and having bots write into Notion taught him the platform faster than staring at an empty UI. Tip-only — steal the split + bot-chooses-sink pattern.
What to install or create
Two sinks. Bot chooses DB vs markdown per task. Learn Notion by letting bots write first.
Bots
Format picker desk
Chooses Notion DB vs Obsidian markdown per task and writes there.
Plugins
Notion
Required
Files
Rule of thumb: markdown files → Obsidian; tabular/queryable → Notion DB.
Routines
When starting a new routine, ask the bot which sink fits before it invents a third store.
The prompt
This is a tip, not a pasteable system prompt. The author did not publish one. Follow the first-run steps.
First run
- 1Read https://x.com/mikepat711/status/2100005473290223967.
- 2Connect Notion (and point Obsidian at a vault the bot can write).
- 3Tell your bots: Obsidian for markdown files; Notion for database-shaped work — you pick.
- 4Start one new routine by asking the bot which sink fits; let it create the first rows/files.
- 5Review the structure once; reuse that pattern instead of opening empty Notion from scratch.
Approval fence
Bots may write notes/DB rows you asked for. No publish or spend from the knowledge sink.
What to tweak
Steal Obsidian=files, Notion=DB, bot picks. Empty Notion is a trap — write with a bot.
Source
Mike P @mikepat711 · Original post
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