Notion ↔ Tools — source-of-truth split

Last update 2026-05-11 · short reference · canonical sits here

Where every kind of content/system knowledge lives, and how Claude reads it.

A. content-system (this site) — strict minimum. Visible reference, week-by-week sequence, training surface for AL. AL-facing first. English only.

B. Notion — full source of truth. Raw prompts (titles, thumbnails à la noname0905), process pages, planners, banks. Everything Claude consumes at execution time lives here.

C. Audience tags inside Notion — every page, every toggle, every block must carry one of three tags so Claude knows what to read and what to skip:

[for AL] — Claude ignores at execution. AL-only context, drafts, raw dictation, personal notes.
[for Claude] — Claude reads and acts. Machine-targeted instructions, prompts, rules.
[for AL & Claude] — shared context. Read by both, acted on by Claude with AL oversight.

D. Navigation — AL navigates Notion via ⌘P + keyword. So page titles must be searchable: descriptive, English, no emoji-only titles, no acronyms unless explicit.

E. Hard rule — no Notion edit without explicit AL go. Especially no deletion. Claude always warns first. Triple-confirm before any merge or archive.

Per-topic source of truth

Topic Canonical location Audience Status

Scripts (long-form) Notion · 2026_May_Script_Template + AC YB LF Planner [DB] both Pending split into for Claude / for AL

Titles + Thumbnails grammar Notion · noname0905 claude Canonical

YouTube SEO tags pool Notion · YouTube SEO Technical Appendix claude Canonical · freshness TBD

Long-form descriptions Notion · Description Prompt claude NON-UP-TO-DATE · v2 pending

Shorts ranking T1/T2/T2B Notion · Short-Form Content — Rules & Strategy claude Canonical

Shorts overlays E1–E5 Notion · Overlays — EO CTA Strategy claude Canonical

Shorts weekly planner Notion · Shorts EO — Weekly Posting Planning both Canonical

Shorts backup base Notion · Shorts EO — Backup Base [DB] + iCloud #stock both Canonical

Carousels specs + DB Notion · Carousels — Platform specs + Carousels Pipeline [DB] both Canonical

Multi-platform captions Notion · Multi-Platform Text Content Agent claude Canonical · in validation

Bank — raw + cartesian material Notion · Bank both Canonical

Filming guidelines Notion · Guidelines Tournage EO al Canonical

Hooks grammar — claude MISSING — to create

Quotes format + weekly extraction — both MISSING — to create

Lifestyle captions + cycle — both MISSING — to create

Newsletter doctrine v1 — both MISSING — to create

TikTok Trauma Map repetition — both MISSING — to create

Content inventory · source map — both MISSING — to create (permanent index)

Visual system spec tools · /backdata/content-system both Canonical here (mirror minimum on Notion)

Weekly schedule + content rules tools · /backdata/content-system#content-rules both Canonical here

Process gantts (Shorts / Long) tools · /backdata/content-system#process-content both Canonical here

Crons / routines / events (content) tools · /crons (with CONTENT tag) both Canonical here · mirror in Notion if relevant

Topic	Canonical location	Audience	Status
Scripts (long-form)	Notion · 2026_May_Script_Template + AC YB LF Planner [DB]	both	Pending split into `for Claude` / `for AL`
Titles + Thumbnails grammar	Notion · noname0905	claude	Canonical
YouTube SEO tags pool	Notion · YouTube SEO Technical Appendix	claude	Canonical · freshness TBD
Long-form descriptions	Notion · Description Prompt	claude	NON-UP-TO-DATE · v2 pending
Shorts ranking T1/T2/T2B	Notion · Short-Form Content — Rules & Strategy	claude	Canonical
Shorts overlays E1–E5	Notion · Overlays — EO CTA Strategy	claude	Canonical
Shorts weekly planner	Notion · Shorts EO — Weekly Posting Planning	both	Canonical
Shorts backup base	Notion · Shorts EO — Backup Base [DB] + iCloud `#stock`	both	Canonical
Carousels specs + DB	Notion · Carousels — Platform specs + Carousels Pipeline [DB]	both	Canonical
Multi-platform captions	Notion · Multi-Platform Text Content Agent	claude	Canonical · in validation
Bank — raw + cartesian material	Notion · Bank	both	Canonical
Filming guidelines	Notion · Guidelines Tournage EO	al	Canonical
Hooks grammar	—	claude	MISSING — to create
Quotes format + weekly extraction	—	both	MISSING — to create
Lifestyle captions + cycle	—	both	MISSING — to create
Newsletter doctrine v1	—	both	MISSING — to create
TikTok Trauma Map repetition	—	both	MISSING — to create
Content inventory · source map	—	both	MISSING — to create (permanent index)
Visual system spec	tools · /backdata/content-system	both	Canonical here (mirror minimum on Notion)
Weekly schedule + content rules	tools · /backdata/content-system#content-rules	both	Canonical here
Process gantts (Shorts / Long)	tools · /backdata/content-system#process-content	both	Canonical here
Crons / routines / events (content)	tools · /crons (with CONTENT tag)	both	Canonical here · mirror in Notion if relevant

Naming conventions

F. English only for any page/title/toggle/block tagged [for Claude] or [for AL & Claude]. Pages tagged [for AL] can stay in any language — AL's choice.

G. Page titles — descriptive, searchable in ⌘P. No emoji-only titles. Acronyms only with full form on the page.

H. Block-level tags — every meaningful block in a process page carries its audience tag. Saves Claude a full re-read and saves AL the burden of segregation by colour.

Where things must mirror

Any routine/event/cron that touches the content pipeline → tracked on /crons with the CONTENT tag (yellow). Mirror summary in Notion if the process page exists.
Every Notion canonical page → listed in the master tracker on content-system / Content Rules / Notion source pages. When a page changes status, update both.
This page (notion-vs-tools) is the short reference. The long form lives in content-system.

n8n VPS — REST + MCP wiring

I. VPS endpoint — http://72.62.187.71:5678. Token persisted in ~/.config/eo/secrets.env as N8N_VPS_API_TOKEN. Test connectivity: curl -H "X-N8N-API-KEY: $N8N_VPS_API_TOKEN" http://72.62.187.71:5678/api/v1/workflows.

J. Trigger a workflow from Claude Code (REST) — curl -X POST -H "X-N8N-API-KEY: $N8N_VPS_API_TOKEN" http://72.62.187.71:5678/api/v1/workflows/<workflowId>/execute. Returns execution id. Use for manual-trigger workflows like EO Shorts Auto-Publisher (id NgJNAYfiTgxqehu2).

K. Trigger via instance-MCP (natural-language from Claude Code) — n8n exposes an MCP server at http://72.62.187.71:5678/mcp-server/http with Bearer auth (the same token). To wire it into Claude Code:

Open ~/.claude.json (or per-project .mcp.json).

Under mcpServers, add an entry:

"n8n-eo": {
  "command": "npx",
  "args": [
    "-y",
    "supergateway",
    "--streamableHttp",
    "http://72.62.187.71:5678/mcp-server/http",
    "--header",
    "authorization:Bearer ${N8N_VPS_API_TOKEN}"
  ]
}

Reload Claude Code. From any session: "run the EO Shorts Auto-Publisher" → Claude calls the MCP tool directly.
Per-workflow visibility on which ones are MCP-exposed: Settings > Instance-level MCP > Workflows in n8n UI. Manual-only workflows show up there once enabled.

L. Workflows live on the VPS (snapshot 2026-05-11) — 5 total. Active: bridge (25 nodes, 3 schedules — legacy, do not extend), EO Carousels Auto-Publisher (8 nodes, manual+webhook), nwslt-welcome (3 nodes, webhook). Inactive: EO Shorts Auto-Publisher (7 nodes, manual-only — by design, AL fires it), My workflow (junk, can archive).

Page seeded 2026-05-11 · iterate as the pipeline crystallizes.