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CLI Anything Notebooklm by hkuds — Agent Skill

Name: CLI Anything Notebooklm
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: HKUDS

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cli-anything-notebooklm

Experimental NotebookLM harness for CLI-Anything.

Installation

This package is intended to be installed from the harness directory:

cd notebooklm/agent-harness
python3 -m pip install -e .

Install the upstream NotebookLM CLI if needed:

python3 -m pip install --user 'notebooklm-py[browser]'
python3 -m playwright install chromium

Requirements

notebooklm command installed locally
Valid local NotebookLM login session

Usage

Basic Commands

# Show help
cli-anything-notebooklm --help

# Start with a notebook context
cli-anything-notebooklm --notebook nb_123 source list

# Prefer JSON for agent use
cli-anything-notebooklm --json notebook list

Command Groups

Group	Purpose
`auth`	login and auth validation
`notebook`	notebook list, create, summary
`source`	source listing and URL add
`chat`	ask questions and inspect history
`artifact`	list and generate artifacts
`download`	fetch generated outputs
`share`	inspect sharing state

Agent Workflow

Check auth with cli-anything-notebooklm auth status
Discover notebook IDs with cli-anything-notebooklm --json notebook list
Use explicit --notebook for follow-up commands
Prefer --json only where the upstream notebooklm command supports it

Agent Guidance

Prefer explicit notebook IDs with --notebook.
Use --json for machine-readable output only on commands that support it upstream.
Treat this harness as experimental and unofficial.
Do not expose auth files or cookies in logs.
NotebookLM is a Google product; this harness is unofficial and not affiliated with Google.

References

CLI-Anything: https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything
CLI-Anything HARNESS.md: https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything/blob/main/cli-anything-plugin/HARNESS.md
notebooklm-py: https://github.com/teng-lin/notebooklm-py
Google NotebookLM help: https://support.google.com/notebooklm/answer/16206563

--- name: "cli-anything-notebooklm" description: Experimental NotebookLM harness for listing notebooks, managing sources, asking questions, generating artifacts, and downloading outputs through an installed notebooklm CLI. --- # cli-anything-notebooklm Experimental NotebookLM harness for CLI-Anything. ## Installation This package is intended to be installed from the harness directory: ```bash cd notebooklm/agent-harness python3 -m pip install -e . ``` Install the upstream NotebookLM CLI if needed: ```bash python3 -m pip install --user 'notebooklm-py[browser]' python3 -m playwright install chromium ``` ## Requirements - `notebooklm` command installed locally - Valid local NotebookLM login session ## Usage ### Basic Commands ```bash # Show help cli-anything-notebooklm --help # Start with a notebook context cli-anything-notebooklm --notebook nb_123 source list # Prefer JSON for agent use cli-anything-notebooklm --json notebook list ``` ## Command Groups | Group | Purpose | | --- | --- | | `auth` | login and auth validation | | `notebook` | notebook list, create, summary | | `source` | source listing and URL add | | `chat` | ask questions and inspect history | | `artifact` | list and generate artifacts | | `download` | fetch generated outputs | | `share` | inspect sharing state | ## Agent Workflow 1. Check auth with `cli-anything-notebooklm auth status` 2. Discover notebook IDs with `cli-anything-notebooklm --json notebook list` 3. Use explicit `--notebook` for follow-up commands 4. Prefer `--json` only where the upstream `notebooklm` command supports it ## Agent Guidance - Prefer explicit notebook IDs with `--notebook`. - Use `--json` for machine-readable output only on commands that support it upstream. - Treat this harness as experimental and unofficial. - Do not expose auth files or cookies in logs. - NotebookLM is a Google product; this harness is unofficial and not affiliated with Google. ## References - CLI-Anything: https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything - CLI-Anything HARNESS.md: https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything/blob/main/cli-anything-plugin/HARNESS.md - notebooklm-py: https://github.com/teng-lin/notebooklm-py - Google NotebookLM help: https://support.google.com/notebooklm/answer/16206563

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