modbender NotebookLM Ops
Automate operations for NotebookLM MCP in environments where Google session cookies become invalid quickly.
This skill solves repeated manual auth refresh by automating:
- GUI stack startup,
- navigation to NotebookLM,
- auth refresh via CDP,
- MCP sanity checks,
- full cleanup on shutdown.
Run commands from /home/moltuser/clawd.
Requirements / dependencies
- Linux host with Chromium and CDP (
--remote-debugging-port=9222). - Virtual display stack: Xvfb + openbox + x11vnc.
- Working scripts used by this skill:
/home/moltuser/clawd/scripts/notebooklm-remote-gui.sh/home/moltuser/clawd/scripts/refresh-google-mcp-cookies.sh/home/moltuser/clawd/scripts/notebooklm-on.sh/home/moltuser/clawd/scripts/notebooklm-off.sh
- NotebookLM MCP configured in
mcporter(notebooklm-mcp).
One-time login
A one-time manual login in Chromium to Google/NotebookLM is required. After that, this skill keeps refresh automated by reusing the same browser profile/session.
Turn NotebookLM ON
Execute:
/home/moltuser/clawd/skills/notebooklm-ops/scripts/notebooklm-on.sh
Required sequence:
- Start GUI/CDP stack (Xvfb + openbox + x11vnc + Chromium).
- Navigate the current tab to
https://notebooklm.google.com/. - Wait for load.
- Refresh NotebookLM auth via CDP.
- Reload NotebookLM MCP auth and run sanity check (
notebooklm-list).
Turn NotebookLM OFF
Execute:
/home/moltuser/clawd/skills/notebooklm-ops/scripts/notebooklm-off.sh
Stop Chromium and related GUI processes (x11vnc/Xvfb/openbox), then clean leftovers.
Check status
Execute:
/home/moltuser/clawd/skills/notebooklm-ops/scripts/notebooklm-status.sh
Smoke test
Execute:
/home/moltuser/clawd/skills/notebooklm-ops/scripts/notebooklm-smoke.sh
Expected result: notebook list returns "status": "success".
Failure handling
If auth refresh fails:
- Re-run NotebookLM ON once.
- If still failing, ask user to log in at
https://notebooklm.google.com/in the same Chromium profile via VNC. - Re-run NotebookLM ON and smoke test.