IVGraphJournal
News, articles, and insights about Notion graph view and knowledge graphs
October 2026
Obsidian Graph View: A Practical Guide to Reading Your Notes as a Network
A practical guide to Obsidian’s global and local graphs: filters, color groups, display settings, forces and useful ways to read your notes as a network.
What Is a Knowledge Graph? A Plain-English Guide with Examples
A plain-English explanation of knowledge graphs, with examples of nodes, relationships and triples. Learn how they compare with databases, mind maps and vector search—and how to build one from your notes.
GraphRAG, Explained: When a Knowledge Graph Beats Vector Search
How GraphRAG works, where it helps beyond vector search, and what extra indexing and maintenance to budget for. Plus a practical starting point for linked Notion workspaces.
Notion vs Obsidian: Which One Fits the Way You Think?
An honest Notion vs Obsidian comparison covering local files, databases, linking, collaboration, AI and pricing—and whether a graph view is a good reason to switch.
July 2026
How to Make a Graph in Notion — Both Kinds
"Graph" means two things in Notion: data charts (native — /chart, five types, one free) and the graph of connections (not native at all). Step-by-step for both, plus limits nobody mentions.
Notion Mind Map: Five Real Ways to Create One
No native mind maps in Notion — but five approaches genuinely work: Mermaid code blocks, embeds, toggle templates, self-related databases, and a map generated from your workspace's real connections. Honest comparison inside.
Claude Code + Notion: Five Workflows for a Second Brain That Maintains Itself
Copy-paste prompts for the boring half of knowledge management: ingest sources, crosslink pages, weekly reviews, gap analysis — plus the guardrails that keep an agent honest.
Notion Backlinks, Explained: How to Create, See, and Actually Use Them
Three ways to create backlinks, where the "N backlinks" list lives, why some links stay hidden, what backlinks can't do — and how to see the whole link structure as one map.
How to Connect Notion Databases with Relations and Rollups
Relation vs rollup, one-way vs two-way, every rollup calculation, six recipes (Percent checked progress bar, counts, sums, dates, linked views) and the limits Notion's help is quiet about.
Notion MCP: Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or Cursor to Your Workspace
The official server URL, setup for Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, what you get on which Notion plan, MCP vs the API, limits and permissions.
How to Build a Second Brain in Notion (That You'll Actually Keep Using)
Why most second brains die by February — and the 4-database blueprint that doesn't: relations as the skeleton, a 15-minute setup, an optional LLM maintenance layer, and the graph as your health metric.
What Is an LLM Wiki? Karpathy's Pattern, Explained
A knowledge base your AI builds and maintains for you: where Karpathy's April 2026 idea came from, how an LLM wiki differs from RAG and a second brain, and three practical ways to build one — from markdown files to Notion.
April 2026
January 2026
December 2025
Visualizing Your Mental Models: Seeing the Connections in Notion
Your Notion databases contain more than just data—they represent your mental models, your understanding of how concepts relate to each other. Traditional database views show rows and columns, but what if you could see the abstract ideas behind your data?
Does Notion Have a Graph View?
No, Notion does not have a built-in graph view feature. This is one of the most common questions we receive. If you want to visualize your Notion workspace as an interactive knowledge graph, you'll need a third-party solution like IVGraph.
Advanced Camera Controls & Auto-Rotation
Major navigation upgrade with full keyboard controls (WASD movement, IJKL rotation), quick projection views, and smooth auto-rotation for presentations. Navigate your knowledge graph like a 3D game.
November 2025
AI-Powered Search & User Accounts
Major intelligence upgrade with semantic search using E5-base-v2 embedding model, full-text content search, similar nodes discovery, and complete user authentication system.
Production-Ready with 86% Performance Boost
Massive optimization achieving 86% faster initialization, photo nodes visualization, mobile UI redesign, and advanced keyboard navigation. Now rendering 1,653 nodes & 5,919 links smoothly.
Visualizing Your Notion Knowledge Graph
Introducing IVGraph: 3D visualization of Notion workspaces with Django + Airbyte integration. We're transforming your notes, databases, and their connections into an interactive 3D graph.