notebooklm-skill MCP — Cas d'usage, Installer & Démo en direct

Pourquoi l'utiliser

Fonctionnalités clés

Four-phase pipeline: Collect → Research → Generate → Publish
NotebookLM produces citation-backed research answers
Also pulls NotebookLM artifacts: audio overviews, slides, quizzes, flashcards
Dual deployment: Claude Code skill or MCP server (works with Cursor, Gemini CLI)
Browser-based Google OAuth — no API keys to manage
Python 3.10+ required; wraps the notebooklm-py library

Démo en direct

Aperçu en pratique

notebooklm-skill.replay ▶ prêt

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Installer

Choisissez votre client

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notebooklm-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/claude-world/notebooklm-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/notebooklm-skill"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Ouvrez Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Redémarrez après avoir enregistré.

~/.cursor/mcp.json · .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notebooklm-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/claude-world/notebooklm-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/notebooklm-skill"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Cursor utilise le même schéma mcpServers que Claude Desktop. La config projet l'emporte sur la globale.

VS Code → Cline → MCP Servers → Edit

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notebooklm-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/claude-world/notebooklm-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/notebooklm-skill"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Cliquez sur l'icône MCP Servers dans la barre latérale Cline, puis "Edit Configuration".

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notebooklm-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/claude-world/notebooklm-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/notebooklm-skill"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Même format que Claude Desktop. Redémarrez Windsurf pour appliquer.

~/.continue/config.json

{
  "mcpServers": [
    {
      "name": "notebooklm-skill",
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/claude-world/notebooklm-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/notebooklm-skill"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Continue utilise un tableau d'objets serveur plutôt qu'une map.

~/.config/zed/settings.json

{
  "context_servers": {
    "notebooklm-skill": {
      "command": {
        "path": "git",
        "args": [
          "clone",
          "https://github.com/claude-world/notebooklm-skill",
          "~/.claude/skills/notebooklm-skill"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Ajoutez dans context_servers. Zed recharge à chaud à la sauvegarde.

claude mcp add notebooklm-skill -- git clone https://github.com/claude-world/notebooklm-skill ~/.claude/skills/notebooklm-skill

Une seule ligne. Vérifiez avec claude mcp list. Supprimez avec claude mcp remove.

Cas d'usage

Usages concrets : notebooklm-skill

How to turn a stack of sources into a researched, cited article

👤 Content marketers and technical writers publishing researched longform ⏱ ~45 min intermediate

Quand l'utiliser : You have 5-20 URLs and PDFs on a topic and need a polished article with citations in under an hour.

Prérequis

Python 3.10+ — pyenv install 3.10 or system python3
Google account with NotebookLM access — Sign in at notebooklm.google.com once; browser session is reused
notebooklm-py library — pip install notebooklm-py

Déroulement

Collect sources into a notebook

Create a notebook titled 'CRDT-landscape-2026' and add these 8 URLs and this PDF.✓ Copié

→ Notebook ID returned; source count confirmed
Run research queries

Ask the notebook: 'What are the main CRDT types and their tradeoffs? Cite each claim.'✓ Copié

→ Structured answer with inline citations to specific sources
Generate an article

Using those findings, draft a 1500-word article for a backend audience. Keep citations as footnotes.✓ Copié

→ Draft with [n] citation markers keyed to source URLs
Publish

Save to drafts/crdt-landscape.md with frontmatter (title, date, tags).✓ Copié

→ Markdown file on disk

Résultat : A cited, publishable draft grounded in specific sources — not hallucinated.

Pièges

Browser auth expires silently — Re-open notebooklm.google.com and refresh; skill reuses the cookie jar
Claude paraphrases a claim without its citation — Explicitly instruct: 'Every factual sentence must end with its [n] citation.'

Combiner avec : smart-illustrator-skill

Turn research sources into a podcast-style audio overview

👤 Podcasters and educators who want an audio summary from reading material ⏱ ~15 min beginner

Quand l'utiliser : You want NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature triggered from your agent instead of the web UI.

Déroulement

Add sources and request audio

Create notebook from these 6 papers, then trigger audio overview.✓ Copié

→ Audio generation kicked off; status returned
Poll and download

Wait for audio, then save as overview.mp3 in my downloads.✓ Copié

→ Local MP3 file

Résultat : A downloaded audio overview without opening the NotebookLM web UI.

Pièges

Audio takes 2-5 minutes to render — Use the polling flow; don't expect sync completion

Combinaisons

Associez-le à d'autres MCPs pour un effet X10

notebooklm-skill + smart-illustrator-skill

NotebookLM research → Claude drafts → Smart Illustrator adds diagrams

Research 'vector DB landscape' with notebooklm, draft a 2000-word article, illustrate with smart-illustrator.✓ Copié

notebooklm-skill + ai-marketing-claude-code-skill

Turn researched content into marketing campaigns with real citations

Take findings from notebook XYZ and run the go-to-market skill to produce a launch plan with cited claims.✓ Copié

notebooklm-skill + claude-skills-journalism-skill

Journalism workflows that demand source verification

Use notebooklm to verify each claim in this draft against the uploaded primary sources before publishing.✓ Copié

Outils

Ce que ce MCP expose

Outil	Entrées	Quand appeler	Coût
create_notebook	title: str, sources: list[url\|pdf\|youtube]	First step of any research task	NotebookLM free quota
add_sources	notebook_id, sources	Extend existing notebook	free
ask	notebook_id, question	Primary research interaction	NotebookLM free quota
generate_audio_overview	notebook_id, style?	When you want the podcast-style overview	free, async
export_artifacts	notebook_id, type: 'slides'\|'report'\|'quiz'\|'flashcards'	Repurposing research into other formats	free

Coût et limites

Coût d'exécution

Quota d'API: NotebookLM free tier is generous but unpublished. Heavy use may trigger rate limiting.
Tokens par appel: Research answers use Google's quota; Claude token use depends on drafting length
Monétaire: Free with a Google account
Astuce: Batch multiple questions per notebook session — avoid re-uploading sources across notebooks.

Sécurité

Permissions, secrets, portée

Stockage des identifiants : Browser cookie session for Google. No API keys. Session stored in notebooklm-py's local cache.

Sortie de données : All source content is uploaded to NotebookLM (Google). Don't feed confidential material.

Sources are processed by Google's servers — review Google's NotebookLM terms before feeding proprietary content.
Session cookie grants broad Google account read where NotebookLM has access. Use a dedicated Google account for automation if possible.

Dépannage

Erreurs courantes et correctifs

Auth failed / 'please sign in'

Open notebooklm.google.com in your default browser, sign in, then retry. Skill reuses the browser cookie jar.

Vérifier : python -c 'import notebooklm_py; print(notebooklm_py.whoami())'

Source rejected as unsupported

NotebookLM accepts specific formats. Convert PDFs to text or host as public URL if needed.

Audio overview stuck in 'pending'

Normal — takes 2-5 min. Poll with export status.

Alternatives

notebooklm-skill vs autres

Alternative	Quand l'utiliser	Compromis
Manual web-search + summarize	You don't have a Google account or need air-gapped workflow	No citation grounding; higher hallucination risk
Perplexity API	You want a paid API with SLAs	Costs money, but more reliable than browser automation

Plus

Ressources

📖 Lire le README officiel sur GitHub

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