diff --git a/api/_.mjs b/api/_.mjs
index 334d08c..8c879ca 100644
--- a/api/_.mjs
+++ b/api/_.mjs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ export * as fs from './fs.mjs';
 /** environment-specific data persistence */
 export * as storage from './storage.mjs';
 
+/** a basic wrapper around notion's unofficial api */
+export * as notion from './notion.mjs';
 /** helpers for formatting, validating and parsing values */
 export * as fmt from './fmt.mjs';
 /** interactions with the enhancer's repository of mods */
diff --git a/api/components/_.mjs b/api/components/_.mjs
index e1d98e6..a12c864 100644
--- a/api/components/_.mjs
+++ b/api/components/_.mjs
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ export { feather } from './feather.mjs';
 
 /**
  * adds a view to the enhancer's side panel
- * @param {string} param0.id - a uuid, used to restore it on reload if it was last open
- * @param {string} param0.icon - an svg string
- * @param {string} param0.title - the name of the view
- * @param {Element} param0.$content - an element containing the content of the view
+ * @param {object} panel- information used to construct and render the panel
+ * @param {string} panel.id - a uuid, used to restore the last open view on reload
+ * @param {string} panel.icon - an svg string
+ * @param {string} panel.title - the name of the view
+ * @param {Element} panel.$content - an element containing the content of the view
  */
 export { addPanelView } from './panel.mjs';
diff --git a/api/components/panel.mjs b/api/components/panel.mjs
index f4c743b..6b9b745 100644
--- a/api/components/panel.mjs
+++ b/api/components/panel.mjs
@@ -222,10 +222,11 @@ web.loadStylesheet('api/components/panel.css');
 
 /**
  * adds a view to the enhancer's side panel
- * @param {string} param0.id - a uuid, used to restore the last open view on reload
- * @param {string} param0.icon - an svg string
- * @param {string} param0.title - the name of the view
- * @param {Element} param0.$content - an element containing the content of the view
+ * @param {object} panel- information used to construct and render the panel
+ * @param {string} panel.id - a uuid, used to restore the last open view on reload
+ * @param {string} panel.icon - an svg string
+ * @param {string} panel.title - the name of the view
+ * @param {Element} panel.$content - an element containing the content of the view
  */
 export const addPanelView = async ({ id, icon, title, $content }) => {
   const view = {
diff --git a/api/fmt.mjs b/api/fmt.mjs
index f905c01..1d6204a 100644
--- a/api/fmt.mjs
+++ b/api/fmt.mjs
@@ -81,6 +81,18 @@ export const slugger = (heading, slugs = new Set()) => {
   return slug;
 };
 
+/**
+ * generate a reasonably random uuidv4 string. uses crypto implementation if available
+ * (from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/105034/how-to-create-a-guid-uuid)
+ * @returns {string} a uuidv4
+ */
+export const uuidv4 = () =>
+  crypto?.randomUUID
+    ? crypto.randomUUID()
+    : ([1e7] + -1e3 + -4e3 + -8e3 + -1e11).replace(/[018]/g, (c) =>
+        (c ^ (crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(1))[0] & (15 >> (c / 4)))).toString(16)
+      );
+
 const patterns = {
   alphanumeric: /^[\w\.-]+$/,
   uuid: /^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/i,
diff --git a/api/web.mjs b/api/web.mjs
index d7ae5d1..656c447 100644
--- a/api/web.mjs
+++ b/api/web.mjs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const jscolor = JSColor;
 
 /**
  * wait until a page is loaded and ready for modification
- * @param {array} [selectors=[]] - wait for the existence of elements that match these css selectors
+ * @param {array} [selectors] - wait for the existence of elements that match these css selectors
  * @returns {Promise} a promise that will resolve when the page is ready
  */
 export const whenReady = (selectors = []) => {