Affine FAQs

Question 1

What kind of functionalities does Affine offer?

Accepted Answer

Affine provides comprehensive tools to programmatically list/get workspaces and documents, search content, manage comments (create, update, delete, resolve), retrieve document histories, recover documents, and manage user access tokens. It aims for Notion-like coverage for AFFiNE's core features.

Question 2

What is Affine?

Accepted Answer

Affine is an MCP (Managed Content Platform) server that provides programmatic access to AFFiNE's GraphQL API, allowing you to manage workspaces, documents, comments, search, and historical data within your AFFiNE instance.

Question 3

How is Affine deployed and authenticated?

Accepted Answer

Affine is Dockerized for easy deployment using `docker compose`. For authentication, it supports AFFiNE session cookies (recommended), Personal Access Tokens (PATs), or email/password sign-in for self-hosted AFFiNE instances.

Question 4

What are the primary use cases for Affine?

Accepted Answer

Affine is ideal for developers and system administrators who need to automate tasks, integrate AFFiNE data with other applications, or build custom workflows that interact directly with AFFiNE's content and user management capabilities via its GraphQL API.

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Use Cases