by PleasePrompto · PleasePrompto/notebooklm-mcp
Bridge Claude to Google's NotebookLM — query your source-grounded notebooks and get citations back.
NotebookLM MCP exposes a NotebookLM notebook as MCP tools: list sources, query with citations, generate or fetch audio overviews. Useful when you've curated a corpus in NotebookLM and want Claude to reason over it without re-ingesting.
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json{
"mcpServers": {
"notebooklm-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"notebooklm-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_NOTEBOOK_TOKEN": "${GOOGLE_NOTEBOOK_TOKEN}"
}
}
}
}Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Restart after saving.
{
"mcpServers": {
"notebooklm-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"notebooklm-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_NOTEBOOK_TOKEN": "${GOOGLE_NOTEBOOK_TOKEN}"
}
}
}
}Cursor uses the same mcpServers schema as Claude Desktop. Project config wins over global.
{
"mcpServers": {
"notebooklm-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"notebooklm-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_NOTEBOOK_TOKEN": "${GOOGLE_NOTEBOOK_TOKEN}"
}
}
}
}Click the MCP Servers icon in the Cline sidebar, then "Edit Configuration".
{
"mcpServers": {
"notebooklm-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"notebooklm-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_NOTEBOOK_TOKEN": "${GOOGLE_NOTEBOOK_TOKEN}"
}
}
}
}Same shape as Claude Desktop. Restart Windsurf to pick up changes.
{
"mcpServers": [
{
"name": "notebooklm-mcp",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"notebooklm-mcp"
]
}
]
}Continue uses an array of server objects rather than a map.
{
"context_servers": {
"notebooklm-mcp": {
"command": {
"path": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"notebooklm-mcp"
]
}
}
}
}Add to context_servers. Zed hot-reloads on save.
claude mcp add notebooklm-mcp -- npx -y notebooklm-mcpOne-liner. Verify with claude mcp list. Remove with claude mcp remove.
When to use: You've built a NotebookLM with your domain papers; you want Claude to cite from it.
Outcome: Claude answers come with NotebookLM-grade citations.
Save cited extracts as your reading notes
| Tool | Inputs | When to call | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| list_notebooks | (see docs) | List your notebooks | 1 call |
| query | (see docs) | Ask a question; get cited answer | 1 call |
| get_audio_overview | (see docs) | Fetch the audio overview | 1 call |
notebooklm:readshare notebook tokens401Token expired; re-auth via Google
Empty resultsNotebook may have failed indexing; check in the NotebookLM UI
| Alternative | When to use it instead | Tradeoff |
|---|---|---|
| context7 | Public library docs | Not your private corpus |