Agent Skill

Notebooklm skill

notebooklmteng-lin/notebooklm-pySKILL.md

Install, authenticate, troubleshoot, and operate Gemini Notebook through the notebooklm-py CLI or typed async Python API. Use for notebook and source management, grounded chat and research, and artifact generation or download when the user mentions Gemini Notebook, notebooklm-py, the notebooklm CLI, or its Python API. Do not use for the generic Gemini API or unrelated content creation.

20kMIT

always on

79 tokname + description

once used

3,746 tokSKILL.md body

bundled files

6564 scripts

repo stars

20kGitHub

Install the Notebooklm skill

Skills CLI (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others)

npx skills add https://github.com/teng-lin/notebooklm-py --skill notebooklm

Claude Code, by hand (all projects)

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/teng-lin/notebooklm-py.git /tmp/notebooklm-py
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R /tmp/notebooklm-py ~/.claude/skills/notebooklm

For one project only, copy the folder into .claude/skills/ in that project instead. The agent picks it up when a task matches its description.

What it costs your context

Agent Skills load in three steps. Tokens counted with the o200k tokenizer; your model's count will differ a little.

When	What loads	Cost
Every session	Name and description	79 tok
When the agent uses it	The SKILL.md instructions	3,746 tok
Only if opened	65 bundled files (1.0 MB)	varies

Until it is used, notebooklm costs about 17× less than the median MCP server we measured (1,362 tokens on every turn). Skills vs MCP study

Checks

Ships scripts the agent can run. Read them before installing.

Checked 2026-10-22 · method

What's inside

The headings of its SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub.

Gemini Notebook Automation
Setup and Authentication
Operating Invariants
Authorization Boundaries
Command Discovery
Canonical Source-to-Artifact Workflow
Deep Research
Python API Baseline
Generation Notes
Output and Citations
Failure Handling
Skill Installation