NotebookLM Automation
teng-lin/notebooklm-py
Installs, authenticates and operates Gemini Notebook (NotebookLM) through the notebooklm-py CLI or its typed async Python API, for notebooks, sources, grounded chat and generated artifacts.
Query and manage Google NotebookLM notebooks with persistent profile auth, source sync, batch/multi queries, and structured exports.
Install Notebooklm
$ npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill notebooklm -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install sanjay3290/ai-skills notebooklm --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/notebooklm .claude/skills/notebooklm && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "notebooklm" agent skill from https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/notebooklm into .claude/skills/notebooklm/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "notebooklm", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/notebooklmType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill notebooklm -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install sanjay3290/ai-skills notebooklm --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/notebooklm .agents/skills/notebooklm && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "notebooklm" agent skill from https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/notebooklm into .agents/skills/notebooklm/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "notebooklm", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill notebooklm -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install sanjay3290/ai-skills notebooklm --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/notebooklm .cursor/skills/notebooklm && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "notebooklm" agent skill from https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/notebooklm into .cursor/skills/notebooklm/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "notebooklm", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills.git --path skills/notebooklm--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill notebooklm -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install sanjay3290/ai-skills notebooklm --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/notebooklm .gemini/skills/notebooklm && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "notebooklm" agent skill from https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/notebooklm into .gemini/skills/notebooklm/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "notebooklm", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install sanjay3290/ai-skills notebooklmInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill notebooklm -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/notebooklm .github/skills/notebooklm && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "notebooklm" agent skill from https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/notebooklm into .github/skills/notebooklm/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "notebooklm", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill notebooklm -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install sanjay3290/ai-skills notebooklm --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/notebooklm .opencode/skills/notebooklm && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "notebooklm" agent skill from https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/notebooklm into .opencode/skills/notebooklm/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "notebooklm", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
notebooklm- GitHub stars
- 431
- Token cost
- ~655 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 167 words
- Files
- 13 (incl. scripts, references)
- Skills in repo
- 24
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
At a glance
Query and manage Google NotebookLM notebooks with persistent profile auth, source sync, batch/multi queries, and structured exports.
- Works in 4 steps: Authenticate: python… → Register notebook: python… → Ask questions: python… → …
- User asks to query NotebookLM
- SKILL.md covers Workflow, Key Behaviors and Quick Reference
- Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python
What it does
Notebooklm is an agent skill from sanjay3290/ai-skills. Query and manage Google NotebookLM notebooks with persistent profile auth, source sync, batch/multi queries, and structured exports. Use when user asks to query NotebookLM, 'ask my notebook', shares NotebookLM notebook URLs, wants to list/create notebooks, manage sources, do bulk folder sync, dedupe, or audit exports.
Its SKILL.md is about 660 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 15 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/commands.md`, `scripts/ask_question.py` and `scripts/auth_manager.py`).
It sits in Knowledge Management, covering Source-grounded notebooks. It works with NotebookLM and Python. The repository describes itself as: 24 cross-platform agent skills for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex & Gemini CLI — databases, messaging, research, TTS, DevOps, and Google Workspace. The licence is Apache-2.0.
When your agent uses it
- User asks to query NotebookLM
- Ask my notebook
- Shares NotebookLM notebook URLs
- Wants to list/create notebooks
Example prompts
- “ask my notebook”
- “/notebooklm”
Requirements
- Python 3
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Authenticate: python scripts/auth_manager.py setup --profile
- Register notebook: python scripts/notebook_manager.py add --url --name --description --topics
- Ask questions: python scripts/ask_question.py --question "..." --notebook-id
- Manage sources: python scripts/remote_manager.py add-source|sync-sources ...
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 281d88d. 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 5 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
python
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
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 loads about 655 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 83 tokens; SKILL.md has 167 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from sanjay3290/ai-skills at commit 281d88d, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© sanjay3290). 167 words, ~655 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/notebooklm/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 12 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- notebooklm
- description
- Query and manage Google NotebookLM notebooks with persistent profile auth, source sync, batch/multi queries, and structured exports. Use when user asks to query NotebookLM, 'ask my notebook', shares NotebookLM notebook URLs, wants to list/create notebooks, manage sources, do bulk folder sync, dedupe, or audit exports.
- license
- Apache-2.0
- metadata.author
- sanjay3290
- metadata.version
- 1.0
NotebookLM Skill
Query NotebookLM notebooks and manage notebooks/sources via Playwright browser automation.
All commands run from the skill directory. All scripts output JSON to stdout and exit 1 on error. Use --help on any script for full flag reference.
Workflow
- Authenticate:
python scripts/auth_manager.py setup --profile <name> - Register notebook:
python scripts/notebook_manager.py add --url <url> --name <name> --description <desc> --topics <topics> - Ask questions:
python scripts/ask_question.py --question "..." --notebook-id <id> - Manage sources:
python scripts/remote_manager.py add-source|sync-sources ...
Key Behaviors
- Runs headless by default; use
--show-browserfor debugging only. - Persistent Chrome profiles stored at
~/.config/claude/notebooklm-skill/(override withNOTEBOOKLM_DATA_DIR). - Hash-based dedupe: file uploads skip unchanged sources automatically.
--dry-runavailable on all destructive/bulk operations (create, add-source, delete-source, sync-sources).--retries Nretries transient browser failures with screenshot/HTML artifact capture.- Batch mode (
--questions "q1||q2||q3") and multi-notebook comparison (--compare-notebook-ids) supported. - Exports to JSON or Markdown via
--export-format markdown --save-notes. - Answers include a follow-up reminder prompting Claude to ask clarifying questions before replying.
Quick Reference
# Auth
python scripts/auth_manager.py setup --profile work
python scripts/auth_manager.py status --profile work
# Library
python scripts/notebook_manager.py add --url "..." --name "..." --description "..." --topics "..."
python scripts/notebook_manager.py list
# Ask
python scripts/ask_question.py --question "..." --notebook-id <id>
python scripts/ask_question.py --questions "q1||q2" --notebook-id <id>
# Sources
python scripts/remote_manager.py add-source --notebook-id <id> --dir ./docs --recursive
python scripts/remote_manager.py sync-sources --notebook-id <id> --dir ./docs --recursive --delete-missing --dry-runFor full command reference with all flags and examples, see references/commands.md.
© sanjay3290, Apache-2.0. 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 12 other files (scripts, references) in skills/notebooklm of sanjay3290/ai-skills.
- SKILL.md
- .gitignore
- references/commands.md
- requirements.txt
- scripts/ask_question.py
- scripts/auth_manager.py
- scripts/common.py
- scripts/notebook_manager.py
- scripts/remote_manager.py
- tests/conftest.py
- tests/test_ask_question_modes.py
- tests/test_remote_manager_filters.py
- tests/test_smoke_playwright.py
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 281d88d
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| Notebooklm this skillsanjay3290/ai-skills | 431 | — | ~655 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| NotebookLM Automationteng-lin/notebooklm-py | 20k | — | ~4.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
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| NotebookLM Research AssistantPleasePrompto/notebooklm-skill | 7.8k | 14 repos | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Notebooklmroomi-fields/notebooklm-mcp | 189 | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Wechat To Notebooklmzstmfhy/wechat-to-notebooklm | 103 | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Notebooklm
What does Notebooklm do?
Query and manage Google NotebookLM notebooks with persistent profile auth, source sync, batch/multi queries, and structured exports. Notebooklm is an agent skill from sanjay3290/ai-skills. Query and manage Google NotebookLM notebooks with persistent profile auth, source sync, batch/multi queries, and structured exports.
When should I use Notebooklm?
Notebooklm fits situations like: user asks to query NotebookLM; ask my notebook; shares NotebookLM notebook URLs; wants to list/create notebooks.
How do I install Notebooklm in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill notebooklm -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/notebooklm in sanjay3290/ai-skills) into .claude/skills/notebooklm in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Notebooklm in Codex?
Run `npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill notebooklm -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/notebooklm in sanjay3290/ai-skills) into .agents/skills/notebooklm in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Notebooklm 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 sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill notebooklm -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, .gemini/skills/notebooklm, .github/skills/notebooklm and .opencode/skills/notebooklm in your project.
What does Notebooklm need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Notebooklm needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Notebooklm access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Notebooklm 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Notebooklm use?
Notebooklm is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Notebooklm use?
About 655 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Notebooklm?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Notebooklm: NotebookLM Automation (teng-lin/notebooklm-py, 20k stars), Cninfo To Notebooklm (jarodise/CNinfo2Notebookllm, 363 stars), NotebookLM Research Assistant (PleasePrompto/notebooklm-skill, 7.8k stars) and Notebooklm (roomi-fields/notebooklm-mcp, 189 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Notebooklm?
sanjay3290 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sanjay3290/ai-skills, which has 431 GitHub stars. The repository holds 24 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 10, 2026.
Source: sanjay3290/ai-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.