🚀 Tutorial: Build a 1-Click AI Idea Generator with Notion + ChatGPT

🧠 What’s the goal?

Imagine a little “magic button” inside your Notion workspace. Every time you click it, it gives you fresh content ideas using the power of ChatGPT. It could be:

• YouTube video ideas

• Instagram captions

• Blog titles

• Newsletter hooks
  ...and more.

Let’s build that today! 💡

🔧 What You’ll Need

Before we begin, here’s what we need:

1. A Notion account (free is fine!)

2. A free OpenAI (ChatGPT) account

3. Make.com account (this is where we connect everything together – like Zapier but more visual and flexible)

4. About 30–60 minutes, depending on how cozy your snack situation is 😄

🛠️ Step 1: Set Up Your Notion Idea Database

🎯 This will be where your AI-generated ideas get stored.

1. Log in to Notion.

2. Click “+ New Page” on the sidebar.

3. Name it: “AI Idea Generator”.

4. Select “Database” → “Table – Full Page”.

Now customize your columns:

• Title: Leave it as is. This will hold the actual idea.

• Type: Change to a “Select” property and add options like “YouTube,” “Instagram,” “Tweet,” “Blog,” etc.

• Status (optional): Add “New”, “In Progress”, “Published”

• Prompt Source (optional): Add this if you want to track which prompt gave you the idea.

🎉 Done! You’ve got your workspace ready.

🔌 Step 2: Get Your Notion API Token

We need to give Make.com permission to talk to your Notion.

1. Go to https://www.notion.so/my-integrations

2. Click “+ New Integration”

3. Name it: AI Generator Bot

4. Select the workspace where your table lives

5. Click “Submit” — then copy the Internal Integration Token

🧠 Keep this token somewhere safe (but don’t share it).

🔗 Step 3: Share Your Database with the Bot

1. Go back to your “AI Idea Generator” page in Notion

2. Click “Share” (top right)

3. Choose “Invite”

4. Search for the bot name (AI Generator Bot)

5. Click Invite

Now the bot can write ideas into your table!

🤖 Step 4: Set Up Your Make.com Scenario (aka Workflow)

Think of Make.com like a recipe builder for automation.

✨ Here’s how to build your “1-click idea generator.”

1. Go to Make.com and sign in

2. Click Create a New Scenario

3. Click the big + and search for “Notion”

4. Choose “Watch Database Items” → this watches for new rows you add

5. Connect your Notion account using your token from earlier

👇 Now build the steps:

🔹 1. Watch for a new empty row in your table

🔹 2. Add a ChatGPT module

• Choose “OpenAI” → “Create a Completion” or “Chat Message” (use GPT-4 or GPT-3.5)

• In the Prompt, paste something like:

💡 Make this dynamic! Use the "Type" column from your Notion database in the prompt so it changes depending on what you choose (YouTube, Tweet, etc.).

🔹 3. Write the AI-generated idea back into Notion

• Add a “Create Database Item” or “Update Database Item” action

• Use the AI response to fill in the Title column

✅ Step 5: Test It!

1. Go to Notion and add a new row.

2. Choose the content type (e.g., “YouTube”) in the Type column

3. Leave the Title blank

4. Make.com will notice this new row, run the prompt, and boom — ChatGPT fills in the idea!

🎉 Magic. You're now a creative wizard.

💎 Optional Add-Ons

Want to take it even further?

• 🔁 Loop it so it gives you 3–5 ideas per click

• 🧾 Add prompt variations depending on the “Type”

• 📬 Send yourself an email or Telegram message when a new idea gets generated

🧠 Why This Is a Game-Changer

• You never run out of content ideas

• It saves time you used to spend brainstorming

• It lives inside Notion, where your actual content lives

• You can click once and get a spark of genius

• It works with zero writing, zero thinking, zero blocks

📥 Want This Pre-Built?

If you want a plug-and-play Make.com template + the exact prompts, I can whip that up as a bonus download (HERE👇)