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Your notes live in a Notion database. Notion AI fills source and quote-status properties; you tag, search and approve.
Put notes into a database
Propose the columns
Tag and link
Search, test lookups
Approve or hold
Use: You
Put your notes into a database.
Use: Notion AI
Have Notion AI propose source and quote/paraphrase properties, with not stated where unclear.
What to paste into the tool
For each note, fill Source from the reference I gave, or Not stated if none, and Status as Quote, Paraphrase or Unclear. Do not infer sources.
Use: You
Tag each note with the topics you will search by and link overlapping notes.
Check attribution and exact quotation boundaries; grouping keeps context and adds no new facts. A source is never invented.
Use: Notion AI
Search topics in Notion and test sample lookups against the original notes.
What to paste into the tool
Find my notes on [topic] and list each with its source and quote status.
Use: You
Read the topic guide against your original notes and test a few lookups, then approve the index or hold it for fixes.
Approve only when lookups find the right notes and every source matches. Retrieval only, not a study plan. Anything wrong is held and fixed first. Check copyright before any sharing.
You add notes as sources and ask for each topic. Answers cite passages; you check context and write the guide.
Make the table
Cited topic answers
Write guide, test
Use: You
Make a note/source/quote-status table by hand; label sources with no given source as not stated.
Check attribution and exact quotation boundaries.
Use: Gemini Notebook
Add the notes as sources and ask for each preferred topic, with citations.
What to paste into the tool
For each preferred topic I supplied, list the notes that mention it. Quote the relevant passage and give its source citation. Group the results under that topic; mark missing topics as no matching source found.
Use: You
Write the topic guide by hand with links to the original notes and run sample lookups.
Open each citation to check context; test lookups against the originals. Not source verification or a curriculum. Check copyright before sharing.
Only a labels-only table goes to ChatGPT, which groups rows by topic; the full notes stay with you.
Make the table
Group by topic
Write guide, test
Use: You
Make one spreadsheet row per note: short label, source or not stated, quote or paraphrase.
Check attribution and exact quotation boundaries.
Use: ChatGPT
Upload the table (labels only, not full notes) and ask for topic groups and overlapping rows, citing row numbers.
What to paste into the tool
Group these rows by my topics and list overlapping rows by row number. Do not add facts.
Use: You
Write the guide linking each topic to the original notes and test sample lookups.
Check grouping keeps context and adds no facts.
Best when: Your notes are already in Notion
What it does: Notion AI fills properties; you tag and approve
Strong at: Properties live next to each note in the workspace
Limit: Search may miss notes (completeness not stated); full AI needs Business
Free plan: Paid plan needed
Best when: You want each excerpt checked in context as indexed
What it does: Gemini Notebook cites passages; you make the table and guide
Strong at: Citations open at the quote location in your source
Limit: Table and guide are manual
Free plan: Yes, limited (notebook and source caps per tier)
Best when: You want full notes kept off the tool
What it does: ChatGPT groups rows; you label and write the guide
Strong at: Only labels are shared; excerpts stay local
Limit: Grouping needs your check; no full-note context
Free plan: Yes, limited (free tier limits images, voice, deep research, Codex)
Before you paste into any AI tool, remove any confidential information. Put it back at the end.
Reader checks each returned excerpt in its original source and records unresolved gaps.
Missing sources stay labelled not stated; no invented citations.
Retrieval only, not source verification or a learning plan; no public republication.
Do not upload documents you do not have rights to.
Check the result against your original inputs. Approve it before sharing or acting.