Search NotebookLM notebooks, sources, and generated study artifacts from agents

Use notebooklm-mcp-cli when an agent needs to search NotebookLM notebooks, add sources, run notebook queries, and retrieve generated study artifacts without leaving an MCP workflow.

Prerequisites

A NotebookLM account, browser-based authentication or cookie import, Python tooling via uv, pip, or pipx, and an MCP-compatible client if you want agent-side access.

Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:

• uv tool install notebooklm-mcp-cli
• pip install notebooklm-mcp-cli
• pipx install notebooklm-mcp-cli
• git clone https://github.com/jacob-bd/notebooklm-mcp-cli.git

Requirements and caveats from upstream:

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• Require cookie extraction from your browser (I have a tool for that!)

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

• Run nlm --ai for comprehensive AI-assistant documentation.

• | Pipelines (multi-step workflows) | nlm pipeline run/list | pipeline |

• 🆕 Claude Desktop users: Download the extension (.mcpb file) → double-click → done! One-click install, no config needed.

• Source: https://github.com/jacob-bd/notebooklm-mcp-cli

• Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jacob-bd/notebooklm-mcp-cli/HEAD/README.md

Documentation

• https://github.com/jacob-bd/notebooklm-mcp-cli/blob/main/docs/MCP_GUIDE.md

Source

• Agent Skill Exchange