Notion agents post progress in comment replies
TL;DR
On November 6, 2026, Notion quote-posted product designer Andrew Shen, who said agents now post progress in comment replies and appear alongside page viewers. The video shows a Custom Agent replying in a comment thread. Notion's Help Center does not document plans or general availability, and the Notion Agent help page still says the personal agent cannot create or edit comments.
- Status
- Beta
- Released
- Plans
- Not specified
- Source
- Notion / @NotionHQ
What changed
On November 6, 2026, Notion quote-posted Andrew Shen with the line "Follow along as your agents work, right in the comments." Shen is a product designer at Notion, according to his X profile. His post says agents now post progress in the replies and appear alongside page viewers, so you can follow along as they work.
The video on his post is a short demo on a bug page. He leaves a comment that @-mentions a Coding Wizard agent and asks it to fix the bug. The agent replies in that thread, first with "Working", and the page header shows the agent's face next to another viewer. A presence card in the video labels Coding Wizard as a Custom Agent.
Notion has not published a Help Center page that describes this progress-in-replies behavior, names the plans that include it, or says it is generally available. Checked on November 9, 2026:
- Comments, mentions, and reactions explains page comments, replies, mentions, and reactions. It does not mention agents posting progress or appearing with page viewers.
- Custom Agents says you can @-mention an agent in a comment, and that a new comment can trigger an agent. It does not describe progress replies in that thread or a spot in the page-viewer list.
- Notion Agent still says the personal Notion Agent cannot create or edit comments, inline or at the top of a page.
Treat the November 6 posts as a product-team demo. They are not a help article, and they do not say this is live for every agent or every plan.
Why it matters
If the demo holds, someone watching a page can read the agent's progress in the comment thread and see the agent next to the people already on the page. That is different from opening a separate agent chat.
It is also different from other Custom Agent work already on the feed, such as delegating part of a job to sub-agents. Those entries do not describe comment-thread progress or the viewer list.
Do not assume the personal Notion Agent can do this. Its help page still lists creating or editing comments as something it cannot do. The video shows one Custom Agent in a demo. Notion has not said whether every Custom Agent posts this way, or whether an agent you @-mention from outside Notion does.
Frequently asked questions
Do Notion agents post progress in comment replies?
Andrew Shen said they do, and Notion's official account quote-posted him on November 6, 2026. The Help Center page for comments does not describe it, so plans and general availability are not confirmed.
Does this include the personal Notion Agent?
The demo shows a Custom Agent. The Notion Agent help page, checked November 9, 2026, still says the personal agent cannot create or edit comments. Notion has not said which agents the new behavior covers.
Which Notion plans include agent progress in comments?
Notion has not said. The comments help page and the Custom Agents help page do not list this behavior or a plan requirement.
Is a progress reply the same as a suggested edit?
No. A progress reply is a comment in the thread. A suggested edit is a separate proposal that waits for someone to accept it, as described for Notion MCP suggested edits.
Sources
- NotionHQ on X, quoting Andrew Shen: follow along in the comments (Nov 6, 2026)
- Andrew Shen on X: agents post progress in comment replies (Nov 6, 2026)
- Notion Help: Comments, mentions, and reactions (checked Nov 9, 2026; does not document this)
- Notion Help: Custom Agents (checked Nov 9, 2026)
- Notion Help: Notion Agent (checked Nov 9, 2026; personal agent cannot create or edit comments)