Designs Notion databases with proper property types, views, and relation structures.
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name: Notion Database Designer
description: Design Notion databases with the right property types, views, and relations.
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# Notion Database Designer
A well-modeled Notion database scales; a sloppy one becomes a junk drawer. This
skill walks through designing one properly.
## Step 1: Define the entity
State, in one sentence, what a single row represents (a task, a contact, a project).
If a row could mean two different things, you need two databases.
## Step 2: Choose property types deliberately
Map each attribute to the right type:
- **Select / Multi-select** — fixed small sets (status, priority, tags). Prefer over
free text so views and filters work.
- **Status** — for workflow stages (To do / In progress / Done) with grouping built in.
- **Relation** — link to rows in another database (Task -> Project). The backbone of
a real system. Add a two-way relation so both sides see the link.
- **Rollup** — aggregate from a relation (count of tasks, sum of hours, latest date).… install to load the full skillSign in to rate and review this skill.
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