Agent skill

Notebooklm CLI

by ItamarZand88 in ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB

Drives Google NotebookLM via the cli-web-notebooklm command-line tool — create and manage notebooks, add URL/text sources, ask questions grounded in the sources, and generate/download artifacts…

MITAuto-check passedKnowledge Management

Install Notebooklm CLI

skills CLI
$ npx skills add ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB --skill notebooklm-cli -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB notebooklm-cli --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/notebooklm-cli .claude/skills/notebooklm-cli && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
notebooklm-cli
GitHub stars
231
Token cost
~997 tokens
SKILL.md length
267 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
42
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Drives Google NotebookLM via the cli-web-notebooklm command-line tool — create and manage notebooks, add URL/text sources, ask questions grounded in the sources, and generate/download artifacts…

  • The user asks about NotebookLM
  • SKILL.md covers Commands, Examples, JSON output and Auth, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls pip and playwright
  • Wants to build notebooks

What it does

Notebooklm CLI is an agent skill from ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB. Drives Google NotebookLM via the cli-web-notebooklm command-line tool — create and manage notebooks, add URL/text sources, ask questions grounded in the sources, and generate/download artifacts (audio overview, video, slide deck, mindmap, study guide, quiz, FAQ, briefing, infographic, data table). Use when the user asks about NotebookLM or wants to build notebooks, query sources, or produce study materials, podcasts, or presentations programmatically. Prefer this CLI over browsing NotebookLM. Requires Google login.

Its SKILL.md is about 1000 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Knowledge Management, covering Source-grounded notebooks, Slides and decks and Study guides and flashcards. It works with NotebookLM. The repository describes itself as: Claude Code plugin that generates production-grade Python CLIs for any web app. 20 CLIs and counting. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks about NotebookLM
  • Wants to build notebooks
  • Produce study materials
  • Presentations programmatically

Example prompts

  • “Use the notebooklm-cli skill to drive Google NotebookLM via the cli-web-notebooklm command-line tool — create and manage notebooks, add URL/text…”
  • “/notebooklm-cli”

Requirements

  • Python 3

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 931e201. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • pip
    • playwright

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Notebooklm CLI loads about 997 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 134 tokens; SKILL.md has 267 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~134
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~997

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

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB at commit 931e201, republished under its MIT licence (© ItamarZand88). 267 words, ~997 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/notebooklm-cli/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
notebooklm-cli
description
Drives Google NotebookLM via the cli-web-notebooklm command-line tool — create and manage notebooks, add URL/text sources, ask questions grounded in the sources, and generate/download artifacts (audio overview, video, slide deck, mindmap, study guide, quiz, FAQ, briefing, infographic, data table). Use when the user asks about NotebookLM or wants to build notebooks, query sources, or produce study materials, podcasts, or presentations programmatically. Prefer this CLI over browsing NotebookLM. Requires Google login.

cli-web-notebooklm

Manage NotebookLM notebooks, sources, chat, and artifact generation. Requires Google auth (auth login). Install: pip install "cli-web-notebooklm[auth]", then playwright install chromium.

Commands

CommandPurposeKey options
notebooks list|create|get|rename|deleteManage notebooks--title, --emoji; delete needs --confirm; IDs may be partial
use NOTEBOOK_ID / statusSet/show persistent notebook contextonce set, --notebook is optional everywhere
sources list|get|deleteManage sources--notebook ID, delete needs --confirm
sources add-url --url URLAdd a web page as source
sources add-text --title T --text "..."Add pasted text as source
chat ask --query "..."Ask the notebook a question--notebook ID
artifacts generate --type TYPEGenerate an artifacttypes: audio, video, mindmap, study-guide, briefing, faq, quiz, infographic, slide-deck, data-table; --wait (poll until done), --retry N, -o FILE
artifacts listAll artifacts with status
artifacts download ARTIFACT_ID -o FILEDownload a completed artifactbriefing/study-guide → .md, audio/video → .mp4, slide-deck → .pdf/.pptx, data-table → .csv, quiz/faq → .json; mindmap content is inline
artifacts generate-notes / artifacts list-audio-typesStudy notes; audio overview formats
whoamiCurrent Google account

Examples

bash
# Build a research notebook end to end
cli-web-notebooklm notebooks create --title "Research" --json
cli-web-notebooklm use <id-from-above>
cli-web-notebooklm sources add-url --url https://example.com/paper --json
sleep 10   # sources need a few seconds of processing

# Ask a grounded question
cli-web-notebooklm chat ask --query "What methodology was used?" --json

# Generate a briefing doc and save it
cli-web-notebooklm artifacts generate --type briefing --wait -o briefing.md --json

# Generate a podcast-style audio overview (5-10 min), then download
cli-web-notebooklm artifacts generate --type audio --wait --json
cli-web-notebooklm artifacts download <artifact-id> -o podcast.mp4 --json

JSON output

Commands accept --json and return the data directly (e.g. notebooks list: [{id, title, emoji, source_count, ...}]; chat ask: {notebook_id, query, answer}). Errors return {"error": true, "code": "AUTH_EXPIRED", "message": "..."}.

Auth

bash
cli-web-notebooklm auth login                    # browser login with Google account
cli-web-notebooklm auth login --cookies-json f   # import cookies from a file
cli-web-notebooklm auth status --json
cli-web-notebooklm auth refresh                  # re-extract tokens when rotated but cookies still valid

For CI, set CLI_WEB_NOTEBOOKLM_AUTH_JSON with the cookies JSON. Run doctor to diagnose auth setup.

Utilities

cli-web-notebooklm doctor [--json] self-diagnoses the local setup (install, auth, dependencies). cli-web-notebooklm mcp-serve serves the commands as MCP tools over stdio.

Agent tips

  • Use --wait on artifacts generate — audio/video take 5-10 minutes and the CLI polls with backoff. --retry N handles rate limits.
  • Wait ~10 seconds after adding sources before asking questions or generating artifacts.
  • Notebook/source/artifact IDs accept unique prefixes (partial IDs).

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Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/notebooklm-cli of ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 931e201

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Works with

Questions about Notebooklm CLI

What does Notebooklm CLI do?

Drives Google NotebookLM via the cli-web-notebooklm command-line tool — create and manage notebooks, add URL/text sources, ask questions grounded in the sources, and generate/download artifacts…. Notebooklm CLI is an agent skill from ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB. Drives Google NotebookLM via the cli-web-notebooklm command-line tool — create and manage notebooks, add URL/text sources, ask questions grounded in the sources, and generate/download artifacts (audio overview, video, slide deck, mindmap, study guide, quiz, FAQ, briefing, infographic, data table).

When should I use Notebooklm CLI?

Notebooklm CLI fits situations like: the user asks about NotebookLM; wants to build notebooks; produce study materials; presentations programmatically.

How do I install Notebooklm CLI in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB --skill notebooklm-cli -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/notebooklm-cli in ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB) into .claude/skills/notebooklm-cli in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Notebooklm CLI in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB --skill notebooklm-cli -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/notebooklm-cli in ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB) into .agents/skills/notebooklm-cli in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Notebooklm CLI in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB --skill notebooklm-cli -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/notebooklm-cli, .gemini/skills/notebooklm-cli, .github/skills/notebooklm-cli and .opencode/skills/notebooklm-cli in your project.

What does Notebooklm CLI need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Notebooklm CLI needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pip and playwright). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Notebooklm CLI access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Notebooklm CLI safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Notebooklm CLI use?

Notebooklm CLI is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Notebooklm CLI use?

About 997 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Notebooklm CLI?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Notebooklm CLI: Notebooklm (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars), Nlm Skill (iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop, 179 stars), Notebooklm (Mathews-Tom/armory, 328 stars) and NotebookLM Research Workflow (claude-world/notebooklm-skill, 465 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Notebooklm CLI?

ItamarZand88 (a GitHub user) maintains it in ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB, which has 231 GitHub stars. The repository holds 42 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 1, 2026.

Source: ItamarZand88/CLI-Anything-WEB on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.