NotebookLM

Mode: 🔐 Browser Bridge · Domain: notebooklm.google.com

Commands

Command	Description
opencli notebooklm status	Check whether NotebookLM is reachable in the current Chrome session
opencli notebooklm list	List notebooks visible from the NotebookLM home page
opencli notebooklm open <notebook>	Open one notebook in the NotebookLM adapter session by id or URL
opencli notebooklm current	Show metadata for the currently opened notebook in the adapter session
opencli notebooklm get	Get richer metadata for the current notebook
opencli notebooklm source-list	List sources in the current notebook
opencli notebooklm source-get <source>	Resolve one source in the current notebook by id or title
opencli notebooklm source-fulltext <source>	Fetch extracted source fulltext through NotebookLM RPC
opencli notebooklm source-guide <source>	Fetch guide summary and keywords for one source
opencli notebooklm history	List conversation history threads for the current notebook
opencli notebooklm note-list	List Studio notes visible in the current notebook
opencli notebooklm notes-get <note>	Read the currently visible Studio note by title
opencli notebooklm summary	Read the current notebook summary
opencli notebooklm create <title> --execute	Create a new NotebookLM notebook
opencli notebooklm add-source <notebook> (--url <url> | --content <text> | --file <path>) --execute	Add one source to an existing notebook
opencli notebooklm write-note <notebook> --title <title> --content <markdown> --execute	Create a Studio note in a notebook
opencli notebooklm generate-audio <notebook> --execute	Trigger Audio Overview generation for a notebook
opencli notebooklm generate-slides <notebook> --execute	Trigger slide deck generation for a notebook

Compatibility Aliases

Alias	Canonical command
opencli notebooklm select <notebook>	opencli notebooklm open <notebook>
opencli notebooklm metadata	opencli notebooklm get
opencli notebooklm notes-list	opencli notebooklm note-list

Positioning

This adapter reuses the existing OpenCLI Browser Bridge runtime:

• no custom NotebookLM extension
• no exported cookie replay
• requests and page state stay in the real Chrome session

Read commands expose NotebookLM metadata, sources, notes, summaries, and history from desktop Chrome with an already logged-in Google account. Write commands call NotebookLM's in-page RPC endpoints from that same logged-in browser session and require an explicit --execute flag before any remote mutation is attempted.

Usage Examples

opencli notebooklm status
opencli notebooklm list -f json
opencli notebooklm open nb-demo -f json
opencli notebooklm current -f json
opencli notebooklm get -f json
opencli notebooklm source-list -f json
opencli notebooklm source-get "Quarterly report" -f json
opencli notebooklm source-guide "Quarterly report" -f json
opencli notebooklm source-fulltext "Quarterly report" -f json
opencli notebooklm history -f json
opencli notebooklm note-list -f json
opencli notebooklm notes-get "Draft note" -f json
opencli notebooklm summary -f json

# Write commands refuse to mutate unless --execute is present.
opencli notebooklm create "Research Brief" --emoji "📒" --execute
opencli notebooklm add-source 17e2b882-6a01-4c6c-9262-0738dfa2abee --url https://example.com/report --execute
opencli notebooklm add-source 17e2b882-6a01-4c6c-9262-0738dfa2abee --content "Source text" --title "Pasted source" --execute
opencli notebooklm add-source 17e2b882-6a01-4c6c-9262-0738dfa2abee --file ./paper.pdf --execute
opencli notebooklm write-note 17e2b882-6a01-4c6c-9262-0738dfa2abee --title "Open questions" --content "## Next steps" --execute
opencli notebooklm generate-audio 17e2b882-6a01-4c6c-9262-0738dfa2abee --execute
opencli notebooklm generate-slides 17e2b882-6a01-4c6c-9262-0738dfa2abee --length 3 --language en --execute

Prerequisites

• Chrome running and logged into Google / NotebookLM
• Browser Bridge extension installed
• NotebookLM accessible in the current browser session

Notes

• Notebook-oriented commands run in OpenCLI's owned NotebookLM adapter session/window. Use opencli notebooklm open <notebook> first to choose the current notebook for follow-up commands.
• list, get, source-list, history, source-fulltext, and source-guide prefer NotebookLM RPC paths and fall back only when the richer path is unavailable.
• notes-get currently reads note content only from the visible Studio note editor; if the note is listed but not open, open it in NotebookLM first and then retry.
• All NotebookLM write commands require --execute and fail before opening a browser/RPC write path when it is absent.
• Write commands accept a bare notebook UUID or a canonical https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/<uuid> URL. Off-domain, non-HTTPS, credentialed, or custom-port notebook URLs are rejected.
• add-source accepts exactly one source input: --url, --content, or --file.