🎙️ NotebookLM Video Research Skill

A Claude skill that automates NotebookLM notebook creation from YouTube videos — research featured people, add sources, and generate Audio Overviews automatically.

🎯 What It Does

Give Claude a YouTube link, and it will:

1. Extract people mentioned in the video
2. Research their backgrounds via web search
3. Create a NotebookLM notebook with:
   • YouTube video as a source (transcript auto-extracted)
   • Research document as additional context
4. Generate an Audio Overview podcast

Perfect for turning interviews, talks, and documentaries into listen-on-the-go podcasts.

📺 Example

Input:

Use the notebooklm video research skill to prepare audio overview of this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nlNX94FcUE

Output:

• NotebookLM notebook with full video transcript
• Research on Sergey Brin's background and recent work
• Audio Overview podcast ready to listen

🚀 Installation

Prerequisites

• Claude Desktop app
• Google account logged into NotebookLM
• Chrome browser

Step 1: Enable Chrome Control

1. In Claude Desktop, go to Settings → Connectors
2. Enable "Control Chrome" connector

Step 2: Enable JavaScript for Apple Events (Mac only)

1. Open Chrome
2. Go to View → Developer menu
3. Enable "Allow JavaScript from Apple Events"

Step 3: Install the Skill

Option A: Download and install manually

1. Download this repository as ZIP
2. Extract to your Claude skills folder
3. Follow Anthropic's skill installation guide

Option B: Clone with git

cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/skills  # Mac
# or
cd %APPDATA%\Claude\skills  # Windows

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/notebooklm-video-research.git

💬 Usage

Just tell Claude:

Use the notebooklm video research skill to prepare audio overview of this video: [YouTube URL]

Or more casually:

Create a NotebookLM notebook for this video: [YouTube URL]

Tips

• Works with Haiku model for faster/cheaper runs
• Let it run in the background — takes a few minutes
• Make sure you're logged into NotebookLM in Chrome before starting

📁 Files

notebooklm-video-research/
├── SKILL.md                    # Main skill instructions for Claude
├── README.md                   # This file
└── references/
    └── notebooklm_ui_guide.md  # UI element reference for automation

🔧 How It Works

The skill uses a screenshot-first automation approach:

📸 Screenshot → 👀 Analyze → 🎯 Target → 🖱️ Execute → 📸 Verify

This is crucial because NotebookLM has multiple similar-looking input fields. Without visual verification, automation often targets the wrong element.

Key Technical Detail

NotebookLM uses Angular, so simple .value = 'text' doesn't work. The skill uses proper event dispatching:

var setter = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(
    HTMLTextAreaElement.prototype, 'value'
).set;
setter.call(textarea, 'content');
textarea.dispatchEvent(new Event('input', {bubbles: true}));

⏱️ Expected Wait Times

🤝 Contributing

Found a bug? Have an improvement? PRs welcome!

Ideas for extensions:

• Generate slide decks from video content
• Add multiple videos to one notebook
• Include additional web sources automatically
• Create structured notes instead of/alongside audio

📝 License

MIT — use freely, modify as needed, share with others.

🙏 Credits

• Built with Claude by Anthropic
• Uses NotebookLM by Google

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