notebooklm-py: let Claude turn your files into podcasts

The free tool from the reel is teng-lin/notebooklm-py, an unofficial Python library, command line tool and Claude Code skill for Google's Gemini Notebook (Google renamed NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook in July 2026; it's the same product). Claude adds your sources, asks questions, makes Audio Overviews (podcasts) and more, and downloads the results to your computer.

CostFree and open source (MIT). Gemini Notebook has a free tier; limits depend on your Google account. Claude Code needs a paid Claude plan.

DoesCreates notebooks, adds sources (PDFs, links, YouTube, Google Drive, text), chats with them, and generates Audio Overviews (podcasts), videos, slide decks, infographics, quizzes, flashcards, reports, data tables and mind maps. Downloads them as MP3, MP4, PDF/PPTX, PNG, JSON, Markdown or CSV, also in bulk.

NeedsPython 3.10 or newer, uv or pipx, a Google account, and Claude Code (or another coding agent) if you want Claude to drive it.

ProofAbout 19,800 stars and 2,600 forks on GitHub (checked 20 Oct 2026). Updated almost daily.

Checked on 20 Oct 2026. Tools change fast, so the official page always wins if it says something different.

What you need first

1Python 3.10+ and uv (or pipx)uv is the recommended installer. No uv yet? On a Mac: brew install uv.

2A Google accountYou sign in once in a browser window. Use your own computer: the login is saved on it.

3Claude CodePaid Claude plan. Codex and other coding agents work too.

Step by step

Install it

In Terminal: uv tool install "notebooklm-py[browser]" (or pipx install "notebooklm-py[browser]").

Sign in with Google

Run notebooklm login. The first time it downloads a browser (about 170 MB), then you sign in to Google. Check it worked with notebooklm auth check --test --json (look for "status": "ok").

Give Claude the skill

Run notebooklm skill install. It adds the skill to Claude Code. Open a new Claude Code session after that.

Ask for a podcast

Tell Claude something like: "Make a new notebook, add these three PDFs, and make an Audio Overview podcast. Download it to this folder." Generating can take several minutes.

Make more from the same sources

Ask for a video overview, a slide deck, a quiz or flashcards from the same notebook. Say "download all of them" to get every file at once.

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The catch

It's unofficial. It uses Google's undocumented APIs and isn't affiliated with Google, so a change on Google's side can break it until the maintainers update it.
Rate limits. Heavy use can get throttled. Source limits per notebook depend on your Google account tier.
Your Google login lives on your computer. Keep it on your own machine and don't share the saved login files.
Check the output. The podcast is AI-generated from your sources. Listen before you share it, especially numbers and names.

Official links

The repo on GitHub ↗Google: NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook ↗

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