I Built an AI Morning Dashboard That Auto-Updates Notion Every Day 🚀

Monica Zvovumba — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:25:01 +0000

What I Built

I built an AI-powered Morning Dashboard that automatically updates my Notion workspace every single day with:

🌅 Good morning greeting with today's date
🌤️ Live local weather (Pretoria, South Africa)
📰 Latest tech news pulled automatically
✅ Daily tasks checklist

No manual work needed — just run the script and your whole day is organized in Notion!

Why I Built This

I wanted a tool that saves time every morning. Instead of checking 5 different apps, everything you need is in ONE place — your Notion dashboard.

How It Works

The app uses:

Notion MCP API to write content directly into Notion
Python to connect everything together
BBC Tech News RSS Feed for live news
wttr.in API for live weather

Every morning you run the script and Notion is automatically filled with fresh content!

The Code

import os
import requests
from datetime import datetime
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from notion_client import Client
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

load_dotenv()

NOTION_TOKEN = os.getenv("NOTION_TOKEN")
PAGE_ID = os.getenv("NOTION_PAGE_ID")

notion = Client(auth=NOTION_TOKEN)

def get_weather():
    url = "https://wttr.in/Pretoria?format=3"
    response = requests.get(url)
    return response.text

def get_news():
    url = "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml"
    response = requests.get(url)
    root = ET.fromstring(response.content)
    items = root.findall('.//item')[:5]
    news = []
    for item in items:
        title = item.find('title').text
        news.append(title)
    return news

def update_notion_dashboard():
    today = datetime.now().strftime("%A, %B %d %Y")
    weather = get_weather()
    news = get_news()

    notion.blocks.children.append(
        block_id=PAGE_ID,
        children=[...] # Full code on GitHub
    )
    print("✅ Dashboard updated successfully!")

update_notion_dashboard()

What I Learned

How to use the Notion API to write content programmatically
How to connect multiple APIs together in Python
How to build practical AI-powered workflows

What's Next

I plan to add:

AI motivational quotes using Claude API
Weekly goal tracking
Calendar integration

This was built for the Notion MCP Challenge on DEV.to!