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Dylan Ashford
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Integrating Notion, Search, and Code Docs: Building a Unified Knowledge Hub with Vezlo

In a world where teams juggle scattered documentation, siloed codebases, and dispersed project notes, a unified knowledge system is not just nice-to-have — it’s essential. For developers, engineers, and small teams building complex applications, having one place to search both code and documentation transforms productivity, accelerates onboarding, and reduces cognitive load.

That’s where Vezlo enters the conversation — an open-source AI Assistant SDK and server platform that lets you combine your Notion docs and source code into a semantic, searchable knowledge hub. In this article, we’ll dive deep into how to integrate Notion content with code documentation using Vezlo, why this matters, and how it empowers developers with context-aware AI search and assistance.

Why Unified Knowledge Matters for Developers

Every engineering team faces the same challenge:

  • Dev docs live in Notion
  • Code lives in repositories like GitHub
  • Search is split across multiple tools
  • Team knowledge is siloed

When onboarding a new engineer, diagnosing bugs, or reviewing features, team members must stitch together information from multiple sources manually — costing time and increasing error risk.

Modern knowledge systems aim to solve meaningful access, not just simple keyword search.

So the real question becomes:

How do you search across your internal documentation and your codebase with true contextual understanding?

Enter Vezlo’s Unified Knowledge Hub

A single source of truth that connects your docs, code, and search into one intelligent, developer-first knowledge system.

What Vezlo Brings to the Table

Vezlo is an open-source platform designed to turn both source code and document content into a semantic, AI-ready knowledge base. Here’s what it offers:

Semantic Search Across Content

Instead of simple text matching, Vezlo uses vector embeddings and semantic search, so queries like:

“How does user authentication work?”

return context-aware answers from both code and docs — not just exact keyword hits.

This means whether the explanation lives in Notion or inside function definitions, your team gets meaningful, unified results.

AST-Based Code Analysis

Vezlo parses source code into an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST), giving the assistant structure and intent — not just raw text.

This significantly improves search relevance, especially for large or complex codebases.

Notion Ingestion

Vezlo’s Notion integration can import individual pages or entire databases directly — transforming your Notion wiki, SOPs, and internal documentation into searchable, AI-ready knowledge.

Unified API & Assistant Server

Once ingested, both Notion content and code documentation are served through a single API and assistant server, enabling:

  • AI-powered chat
  • REST-based semantic search
  • Real-time interaction across all knowledge sources

How to Build Your Unified Hub (Step-by-Step)

Below is a high-level workflow for integrating Notion content with your code documentation via Vezlo:

Import Notion Content

If your team uses Notion for specs, onboarding docs, or technical guides, start here.

Example: Importing a Notion page into your local knowledge base

src-to-kb --source=notion --notion-url=https://notion.so/Your-Page-abc123
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Vezlo’s CLI handles Notion API authentication and can ingest entire databases if needed.

Step-by-step developer workflow

Convert Code Into a Searchable KB

Next, convert your application repository into a structured knowledge base:

# Generate code KB
src-to-kb ./my-app --output ./my-code-kb
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Vezlo parses your JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go, and more — turning them into semantic data points ready for vector search.

Merge & Serve With Vezlo Assistant Server

Once both sources are ingested, launch Vezlo’s AI Assistant Server:

# Start the unified knowledge API
src-to-kb-api
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This runs a REST + WebSocket server that delivers unified search and AI chat across both text (Notion) and code.

What You Gain from Unified Knowledge

1. Instant Developer Onboarding

A new engineer can ask natural language questions about your code or processes and get coherent responses — no context chasing.

2. Reduced Knowledge Fragmentation

All internal documentation and source code live under one semantic roof — searchable by meaning, not just keywords.

3. Smarter AI Assistants

Integrations like REST-based search and real-time chat enable teams to embed unified knowledge directly into product features or internal tools.

mockup of a developer typing natural language query

Conclusion

Building a unified knowledge hub by integrating Notion documentation, semantic search, and code insights positions your team for greater efficiency, better onboarding, and faster problem solving. Vezlo provides a powerful open-source platform that removes the guesswork from navigating disparate sources of truth — helping teams bridge the gap between what developers write and what teams need to know.

Whether you're aiming to reduce context switching, empower AI-driven search experiences, or build stronger internal tooling, unified knowledge is no longer just a vision — it’s achievable today.

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