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Hello All, 

I’m trying to build a hands-free workflow in which I enter a single keyword in an Inbox database in Notion, Zapier passes that keyword to OpenAI (ChatGPT) with a prompt that generates a fully formatted Markdown document, and Zapier then adds that document as a new page in my main A-to-Z database—complete with up-to-date reference links and actionable recommendations. I’ve duplicated the two Notion databases (Inbox and A-to-Z) and set up the three-step Zap (Notion trigger → OpenAI action → Notion create), but I keep running into mapping issues: Zapier often fails to pull the plain-text value of the Name field, instead passing an object or an empty placeholder like {{…__properties__Name}}, which triggers “placeholder not populated” errors in the OpenAI step. I’d really appreciate step-by-step advice—or a working shared Zap—that shows exactly which sub-field of the Notion Title to map, how to confirm the integration permissions, and any tricks for getting template links to import reliably.

 

Thanks for any help 

Hi ​@Philipeflop 

Most Zap requirements are unique to the user, so there won’t be available existing documentation to reference.

Have you tried asking ChatGPT for help with how an outline of the Zap steps and how to configure the Zap steps?

 

For us to have more info, post these screenshots:

  • how your Zap steps are outlined
  • how your Zap steps are configured in EDIT mode with the field mappings visible
  • any encountered errors

 

Help links for using Notion: https://zapier.com/apps/notion/integrations#help

Hey ​@Philipeflop, just checking in—were you able to get this sorted? 

If not, can you share some screenshots as Troy mentioned? In particular, it would be helpful to see the setup of the ChatGPT (OpenAI) action. Since we can’t access your Zaps, screenshots give us more context into what’s going on. Be sure to blur/remove any personal info (names, emails etc.) before sharing—you can use a tool like Zappy for that.

That said, sometimes if the prompt/instructions aren’t specific enough, or if the Temperature field’s value is too high, ChatGPT actions won’t behave as expected.

In the meantime, here are a few guides that you might find useful:

Looking forward to hearing from you! 🙂

Hi both,
I hadn’t managed to get it working and had actually given up—until I saw these messages!

What I’m trying to do is set it up so that when I create something in Notion, it triggers a search or prompt in ChatGPT, and then feeds the response back into Notion.

The part I’m struggling with is the ChatGPT step. I’ve tried using a prompt and also tried the “create conversation” action, but I can’t get it to send the information back into Notion.

 

 

Thanks so much for letting us know, ​@Philipeflop.

Is the ChatGPT step outputting anything currently, or is there no response being generated at all?

Can you please share a screenshot of the prompt and what it’s outputting when you test it? With that we should be better able to see what might be causing the issue. 🤞

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