⚠️ Experimental — Important notice. This project is an unofficial,
community-maintained integration for Google NotebookLM. It is not
affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google. It automates a
logged-in browser session, which may be considered automated access /
scraping / technical misuse under NotebookLM's Terms of Service: your Google
account could be rate-limited, suspended, or terminated. Google may change
or block this behavior at any time. You are solely responsible for ensuring
your use complies with NotebookLM's terms, policies, and applicable law.
Provided "as is", without any warranty. Do not use it for anything where
reliability, correctness, or policy compliance are critical. Subject to usage
limits (~50 questions/day on the free plan).
Packages the Google NotebookLM MCP server and makes it available inside your
editor: it registers the server in VS Code and auto-configures other MCP
clients (Claude Code, Cursor) in the open workspace. Answers are grounded in your
own sources (Gemini), via browser automation (Patchright). No official API.
What it does
Registers the notebooklm MCP server in VS Code (mcpServerDefinitionProviders).
Auto-config on activation: writes .mcp.json (Claude Code) and
.cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) in the workspace — the server shows up with no
manual setup. Can be turned off via notebooklm.autoConfigureOnActivate.
Open the Command Palette with Ctrl+Shift+P (on macOS, Cmd+Shift+P),
type NotebookLM: Login and press Enter. Complete the Google login in the
browser window that opens.
Done — the notebooklm server is now available in your MCP client
(Claude Code / Cursor), with no manual configuration.
To test it, ask your client's agent: "List all my NotebookLM notebooks".
If it replies with the list, everything is working.
Every command is run the same way: open the Command Palette
(Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P) and type its name (e.g. NotebookLM: Status).
Browser
The server uses the system Google Chrome by default. If Chrome is not
installed, run NotebookLM: Install browser (Chromium) from the Command
Palette (it downloads Patchright's Chromium on demand — it is not bundled in
the .vsix).
Settings
Setting
Default
Description
notebooklm.autoConfigureOnActivate
true
Writes the Claude Code/Cursor MCP config on activation.
License & disclaimer
MIT. Unofficial project, not affiliated with Google. Use at your own risk — see
the notice at the top.
