Blog Notebooklm

What it does

When your agent uses it

• User says notebooklm
• Notebook research
• Source grounded research
• Notebook library

Example prompts

• “notebooklm”
• “notebook”
• “query notebook”
• “/blog-notebooklm”

Requirements

• Python 3

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1Check Auth
2. 2Resolve Notebook
3. 3Ask the Question
4. 4Analyze and Follow Up

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2500d4c. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Ships 12 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • python3

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

  • notebooklm.google.com

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Blog Notebooklm loads about 2.5k tokens when it runs, and up to ~5.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 137 tokens; SKILL.md has 820 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~137

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~2.5k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~5.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

• WarningMentions a credentials file (SSH keys, cloud or package-manager tokens)SKILL.md:227

  - `data/browser_state/`: Chrome profile with cookies

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from AgriciDaniel/claude-blog at commit 2500d4c, republished under its MIT licence (© AgriciDaniel). 820 words, ~2,459 tokens.

name

blog-notebooklm

description

Query Google NotebookLM notebooks for source-grounded, citation-backed answers from user-uploaded documents. Manages notebook library, handles Google authentication, and supports smart discovery. Works standalone via /blog notebooklm or internally from blog-write and blog-researcher for source-grounded research context. Falls back gracefully when not configured. Use when user says "notebooklm", "notebook", "query notebook", "ask notebook", "notebook research", "source grounded research", "document query", "notebook library".

user-invokable

true

argument-hint

[ask|discover|library|setup|status|cleanup] [question-or-url]

license

MIT

metadata.author

AgriciDaniel

metadata.version

2.2.0

metadata.source

https://github.com/PleasePrompto/notebooklm-skill

# CORRECT:
python3 scripts/run.py auth_manager.py status
python3 scripts/run.py ask_question.py --question "..."

# Do not call files under scripts/ directly. The wrapper owns venv setup.

python3 scripts/run.py auth_manager.py status

# Opens a visible browser for manual Google login (one-time)
python3 scripts/run.py auth_manager.py setup

python3 scripts/run.py auth_manager.py status   # Check auth
python3 scripts/run.py auth_manager.py reauth   # Re-authenticate
python3 scripts/run.py auth_manager.py clear     # Clear all auth data

# Basic query (uses active notebook)
python3 scripts/run.py ask_question.py --question "Your question here"

# Query specific notebook by ID
python3 scripts/run.py ask_question.py --question "..." --notebook-id notebook-id

# Query by URL directly
python3 scripts/run.py ask_question.py --question "..." --notebook-url "https://..."

# JSON output (for internal/programmatic use)
python3 scripts/run.py ask_question.py --question "..." --json

# Show browser for debugging
python3 scripts/run.py ask_question.py --question "..." --show-browser

# Step 1: Discover content
python3 scripts/run.py ask_question.py \
  --question "What is the content of this notebook? What topics are covered? Provide a complete overview briefly and concisely" \
  --notebook-url "<URL>"

# Step 2: Add with discovered metadata
python3 scripts/run.py notebook_manager.py add \
  --url "<URL>" \
  --name "<Based on content>" \
  --description "<Based on content>" \
  --topics "<Extracted topics>"

# List all notebooks
python3 scripts/run.py notebook_manager.py list

# Add notebook (all params required -- discover or ask user!)
python3 scripts/run.py notebook_manager.py add \
  --url "https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/..." \
  --name "Descriptive Name" \
  --description "What this notebook contains" \
  --topics "topic1,topic2,topic3"

# Search by keyword
python3 scripts/run.py notebook_manager.py search --query "keyword"

# Set active notebook
python3 scripts/run.py notebook_manager.py activate --id notebook-id

# Remove notebook
python3 scripts/run.py notebook_manager.py remove --id notebook-id

# Library statistics
python3 scripts/run.py notebook_manager.py stats

### NotebookLM Research
- **Source:** [Notebook name]
- **Question:** [What was asked]
- **Answer:** [Source-grounded response from user's documents]
- **Underlying Source:** [Public source URL or document identifier]
- **Underlying Source Date:** [Publication date or retrieval date]
- **Source Quality:** [Tier 1-3 after classifying the underlying document]

© AgriciDaniel, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 14 other files (scripts, references) in skills/blog-notebooklm of AgriciDaniel/claude-blog.

• SKILL.md
• references/commands.md
• references/troubleshooting.md
• scripts/__init__.py
• scripts/ask_question.py
• scripts/auth_manager.py
• scripts/browser_session.py
• scripts/browser_utils.py
• scripts/cleanup_manager.py
• scripts/config.py
• scripts/notebook_manager.py
• scripts/requirements.lock
• scripts/requirements.txt
• scripts/run.py
• scripts/setup_environment.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2500d4c

Used in 1 other repository

We found 4 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in AgriciDaniel/claude-blog, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• Infrasity-Labs/dev-gtm-claude-skills.claude/skills/blog-notebooklmwriting-skills/blog-notebooklm+1 more