# NotebookLM MCP

An MCP server that puts Google NotebookLM in your agent's hands: grounded Q&A with citations, audio and video generation, and more.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 207
- Author: roomi-fields
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/roomi-fields/notebooklm-mcp
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/notebooklm-mcp

## What it does

The server connects an MCP client to NotebookLM over two paths. The main one is the internal `batchexecute` RPC call; a Playwright browser sits behind it as a fallback for when the RPC breaks. Answers come back with source names and the excerpts they rest on, so a claim can be checked against the text.

Studio generation is covered too: audio overview, video, infographic, report, presentation and data table, as well as flashcards, quizzes and mind maps. For long runs there is account rotation with automatic re-authentication, which matters when daily quotas run out mid-batch.

This is an unofficial project with no ties to Google. It drives undocumented endpoints, and those can shift at any time; fixes ship when they do. The author recommends a separate Google account for automation and notes that NotebookLM's own quotas apply at volume. Node 22 or newer is required. Remote HTTP access and Docker need `NOTEBOOKLM_API_KEY`.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add notebooklm-mcp -- npx -y @roomi-fields/notebooklm-mcp
```

### Codex

**Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add notebooklm-mcp -- npx -y @roomi-fields/notebooklm-mcp
```

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "notebooklm-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@roomi-fields/notebooklm-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "notebooklm-mcp": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@roomi-fields/notebooklm-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add notebooklm-mcp npx -y @roomi-fields/notebooklm-mcp
```

## When to use it
- ask questions across a pile of documents and get cited answers
- turn a notebook's sources into an audio overview or video
- run hundreds of questions over several notebooks overnight
- dump answers to disk as JSON for later search
- drop NotebookLM into an n8n or Zapier workflow

## Example prompts
- Add these PDFs to a notebook and tell me which conclusions contradict each other
- Generate an audio overview for the latest notebook and download it
- Run every question in `questions.txt` against all notebooks and save the output to `answers/`

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