{
  "id": 17986397,
  "title": "I cancelled Notion and moved all my notes, docs, and projects into Claude",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/i-cancelled-notion-and-moved-all-my-notes-docs-and-projects-into",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-03T15:30:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "XDA Developers",
    "slug": "xda-developers",
    "url": "https://www.xda-developers.com/cancelled-notion-and-moved-all-notes-docs-projects-into-claude/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Notion has long required an internet connection, with pages loading from its servers and offline access dependent on pre-downloaded pages. One day, I opened the desktop app only to find none of my pages or even settings clickable; the app was outdated and needed upgrading. While most of my documents had already been migrated to Obsidian, I still missed Notion's flexibility and customizations. Notion's Projects feature and Claude's Claude Docs, introduced in September, seemed like a potential solution. Although both platforms are online-based, having all my notes locally accessible was appealing. Thus, I decided to migrate my entire workspace to Claude. Unlike Notion's workspaces, Claude's Projects function as separate spaces with their own chat histories, files, and instructions. Each new chat within a Project begins with these files and instructions loaded, creating a contained memory for each session. I created a Project for each area of my life, such as design, health, and article tracking. Uploading my existing notes to the project knowledge base was straightforward, and project instructions acted as templates for creating new pages with consistent headings. Claude Docs, Anthropic's rich-text editor, replaced Notion's document editor, saving to my Claude account under the Artifacts tab. While Claude Docs lacks some features like databases, it integrates seamlessly with my Obsidian workflow, offering formatting options and the ability to export files locally or as Markdown. Tables, which were a significant part of my Notion usage, were easily replicated in Claude Docs through plain language prompts and AI-generated formulas. The nesting function in Claude Docs mimicked Notion's page-within-pages feature, with Projects as the top level and Docs nested within them. Linking between tabs and Docs was achieved using the @ command, creating a backlinking system similar to Notion. The AI used in Claude Docs is the same Claude I interact with, and it has access to my entire project, system prompts, project instructions, and project memory. I simply provide Claude with my notes or instructions, and it generates the document, as well as inserting charts, diagrams, and graphs as needed. This combination of Claude Docs and Projects offers a comprehensive productivity workflow, making it unnecessary to maintain separate note-taking and personal management apps. I export my Claude Docs in open formats such as PDF and Markdown, ensuring they remain locally accessible in my Obsidian vault.",
  "summary": "I'm not starting from a blank page anymore",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}