NotebookLM Skill for Claude Code

A Claude Code skill that gives Claude full programmatic access to Google NotebookLM — including features not available in the web UI.

What it does

• Create and manage notebooks
• Add sources (URLs, YouTube, PDFs, audio, video, images, Google Docs)
• Chat with notebook content
• Generate all artifact types: podcast, video, slide deck, infographic, quiz, flashcards, mind map, report
• Download artifacts in multiple formats
• Web research mode (fast + deep)
• Parallel agent support with explicit notebook IDs

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• A Google account with NotebookLM access

Install

Step 1 — Install the Python CLI:

pip install 'notebooklm-py[browser]'
playwright install chromium

Step 2 — Authenticate:

notebooklm login

Step 3 — Install the Claude Code skill:

notebooklm skill install

Or manually copy SKILL.md to ~/.claude/skills/notebooklm/SKILL.md

Usage

In Claude Code, just ask naturally:

• "Create a podcast about the sources in my research notebook"
• "Add this URL to NotebookLM and generate a study guide"
• "List my notebooks"
• "Generate a quiz from notebook abc123"

Or use the slash command: /notebooklm

Key commands

notebooklm login                          # Authenticate
notebooklm list                           # List notebooks
notebooklm create "My Research"           # Create notebook
notebooklm source add "https://..."       # Add URL source
notebooklm ask "Summarize this"           # Chat with content
notebooklm generate audio "Focus on X"   # Generate podcast
notebooklm generate quiz                  # Generate quiz
notebooklm download audio ./output.mp3   # Download artifact

Based on

• notebooklm-py by teng-lin
• CLI-Anything harness pattern

Demo

Watch the full tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtuoMH1HuH8