Transfer Notion entries into a shared Sheet

Devin was tested on routine data work, including copying a Notion table into Google Sheets.

Done with Devin· Intermediate· Jan 2025

What they did
Three Answer.AI data scientists—Hamel Husain, Isaac Flath, and Johno Whitaker—gave Devin 20 assignments to see what it could finish. Devin is controlled through Slack and works inside a Docker environment with tools for command-line work, web access, editing, and planning. One of the first jobs asked it to move records out of Notion and into Google Sheets; another had it build a tool for checking past Jupiter and Saturn locations.
How it went
It wrapped up 3 of the 20 tasks: the Notion-to-Sheets transfer, the planet tool, and a Discord bot research job. Three more never reached a clear finish, while 14 failed. The testers said tasks that looked straightforward could still run for days, and it was not obvious in advance which ones would succeed.
Tips
Put a deadline on the job so it does not keep working through a dead end. For anything that could replace or remove existing data, have it stop and ask before acting.

Try it yourself with Devin

Take the data in [Notion database] and build a fresh Google Sheet from it. Make one column for each property and one row for each record, then place the file where I can access it. When the row total matches the source, send me the link. If you would need to overwrite, erase, or submit anything, pause and ask for approval first.

Fill in the [brackets]. Agents can make mistakes, so review anything before it is sent, paid or deleted.

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