notebooklm-cli

cli-web-notebooklm

CLI for Google NotebookLM. Installed at: cli-web-notebooklm.

Quick Start

# Auth (required — Google account)
cli-web-notebooklm auth login

# List notebooks
cli-web-notebooklm notebooks list --json

# Set context (no need to pass --notebook after this)
cli-web-notebooklm use <notebook-id>

# Ask a question
cli-web-notebooklm chat ask --query "What are the main topics?" --json

# Generate artifact
cli-web-notebooklm artifacts generate --type mindmap --json

Always use --json when parsing output programmatically.

Commands

Context (persistent across sessions)

cli-web-notebooklm use <notebook-id>        # Set current notebook
cli-web-notebooklm status --json            # Show context + auth

Once set, --notebook is optional on all notebook-scoped commands.

Notebooks

cli-web-notebooklm notebooks list --json
cli-web-notebooklm notebooks create --title "My Research" --json
cli-web-notebooklm notebooks get <notebook-id> --json       # partial ID OK
cli-web-notebooklm notebooks rename <notebook-id> --title "New Title" --json
cli-web-notebooklm notebooks delete <notebook-id> --confirm --json

Output fields: id, title, emoji, source_count, is_pinned, created_at, updated_at

Sources

cli-web-notebooklm sources list --json                        # uses context
cli-web-notebooklm sources add-url --url https://example.com --json
cli-web-notebooklm sources add-text --title "Notes" --text "..." --json
cli-web-notebooklm sources get <source-id> --json             # partial ID OK
cli-web-notebooklm sources delete <source-id> --confirm --json

Output fields: id, name, type (url/text), url, char_count, created_at

Chat

cli-web-notebooklm chat ask --query "Summarize the key findings" --json

Output fields: notebook_id, query, answer

Artifacts

# Generate any artifact type
cli-web-notebooklm artifacts generate --type <type> --json
cli-web-notebooklm artifacts generate --type briefing --wait --output briefing.md --json
cli-web-notebooklm artifacts generate --type audio --wait --json

# List all artifacts with status
cli-web-notebooklm artifacts list --json

# Download a completed artifact
cli-web-notebooklm artifacts download <artifact-id> -o output_file --json

# Other
cli-web-notebooklm artifacts generate-notes --json
cli-web-notebooklm artifacts list-audio-types --json

Types: audio, video, mindmap, study-guide, briefing, faq, quiz, infographic, slide-deck, data-table

Flags: --wait (poll until complete), --retry N (rate limit retries), --output file

Download formats by type: | Type | Download | Format | |------|----------|--------| | briefing / study-guide | markdown | .md | | audio | audio file | .mp4 | | video | video file | .mp4 | | slide-deck | PDF or PPTX | .pdf / .pptx | | data-table | CSV | .csv | | quiz / faq | JSON with questions | .json | | mindmap | inline JSON (no download needed) | — |

Auth

cli-web-notebooklm auth login                  # Browser login (Python playwright)
cli-web-notebooklm auth login --cookies-json cookies.json  # Import from file
cli-web-notebooklm auth status --json           # Check validity
cli-web-notebooklm auth refresh                 # Re-extract tokens

User

cli-web-notebooklm whoami --json

Agent Patterns

# Create notebook, add sources, generate presentation
cli-web-notebooklm notebooks create --title "Research" --json
cli-web-notebooklm use <id-from-above>
cli-web-notebooklm sources add-url --url https://example.com --json
cli-web-notebooklm sources add-url --url https://docs.example.com --json
sleep 10  # Wait for source processing

# Ask questions
cli-web-notebooklm chat ask --query "What methodology was used?" --json

# Generate all study materials
cli-web-notebooklm artifacts generate --type briefing --wait --output briefing.md --json
cli-web-notebooklm artifacts generate --type study-guide --wait --output guide.md --json
cli-web-notebooklm artifacts generate --type slide-deck --wait --json
cli-web-notebooklm artifacts generate --type audio --wait --json

# Download completed artifacts
cli-web-notebooklm artifacts list --json  # Get IDs
cli-web-notebooklm artifacts download <slide-id> -o slides.pdf --json
cli-web-notebooklm artifacts download <audio-id> -o podcast.mp4 --json

Notes

• Auth: Required (Google account). Run cli-web-notebooklm auth login first.
• CI/CD: Set CLI_WEB_NOTEBOOKLM_AUTH_JSON env var with cookies JSON.
• Errors: --json mode returns {"error": true, "code": "AUTH_EXPIRED", "message": "..."}.
• Rate limiting: Google batchexecute API. Use --retry N on generation commands.
• Protocol: Google batchexecute RPC (not REST).
• Audio/video generation takes 5-10 minutes. Use --wait to poll automatically.
• Sources need processing time after adding (5-10 seconds for URLs).