Notebooklm Mcp

MCP server for NotebookLM - Let your AI agents (Claude Code, Codex) research documentation directly with grounded, citation-backed answers from Gemini. Persistent auth, library management, cross-client sharing. Zero hallucinations, just your knowledge base.

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Should you use this server?

✓

Is it safe?

No known CVEs for notebooklm-mcp.

No authentication — any process on your machine can connect to this server.

MIT. View license →

Last scanned 0 days ago.

Is it maintained?

Last commit 97 days ago. 1,749 GitHub stars. 3,789 weekly downloads.

Will it work with my client?

Transport: stdio, sse, http. Works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code, and most MCP clients.

How much context will it use?

4 tools. Estimated ~300 tokens of your context window (0.2% of 200K).

What if it doesn't work?

Common issues: JSON syntax errors in config, wrong Node.js version, npx cache, network or firewall blocking. Setup guide covers troubleshooting. Or check GitHub issues for known problems.

Quick Install

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notebooklm": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "notebooklm-mcp@latest"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

Setup guide

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Run this in your terminal to verify the server starts. Then let us know if it worked — your result helps other developers.

npx -y notebooklm-mcp 2>&1 | head -1 && echo "✓ Server started successfully"

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Tools (4)

authenticate

Authenticate with NotebookLM using Google credentials via browser automation

ask_notebook

Ask a question to a NotebookLM notebook and get synthesized answers with citations

add_to_library

Save a NotebookLM link to local library with tags and description

deep_cleanup

Scan entire system for NotebookLM data with categorized preview and clean up

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Security

30/30

Last scanned 7h ago

No known vulnerabilities.

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CVEs — No known CVEs for this packagecheck OSV.dev \u2192

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Authentication — None required — easy to connect

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License — MITview license \u2192

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Repository — Activeview repo \u2192

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