OpenClaw NotebookLM Integration

One-command installer for integrating Google NotebookLM with OpenClaw via MCP.

What This Does

This package automatically sets up a NotebookLM skill in OpenClaw, allowing your AI agents to:

• 📚 List all your NotebookLM notebooks
• 📝 Create new notebooks with sources
• 🔍 Query notebooks with natural language
• 📊 Generate study guides
• 🔗 Add sources (URLs, text, files) to notebooks

Quick Start

Installation

pip install openclaw-notebooklm

Setup

Run the installer:

openclaw-notebooklm-install

The installer will:

1. ✅ Check prerequisites (OpenClaw, Node.js)
2. 📦 Install dependencies (mcporter, notebooklm-mcp)
3. 🔐 Authenticate with NotebookLM (opens Chrome)
4. 📂 Create the skill in ~/.openclaw/skills/notebooklm/
5. ⚙️ Configure OpenClaw to use the skill
6. 🔄 Restart the OpenClaw daemon

That’s it! 🎉

Usage

From OpenClaw Agents

Start a new OpenClaw session and ask:

List my NotebookLM notebooks

Create a NotebookLM notebook called "AI Research" with this URL: https://example.com

Ask my "Project Notes" notebook: What are the key takeaways?

Generate a study guide for my "Machine Learning" notebook

From Command Line

# List notebooks
~/.openclaw/skills/notebooklm/notebooklm.sh list

# Create a notebook
~/.openclaw/skills/notebooklm/notebooklm.sh create "My Notebook" source_url=https://example.com

# Query a notebook
~/.openclaw/skills/notebooklm/notebooklm.sh ask  "Summarize this"

# Generate study guide
~/.openclaw/skills/notebooklm/notebooklm.sh study_guide 

Requirements

• OpenClaw: Must be installed and configured
• Node.js: Required for npm packages (mcporter, notebooklm-mcp)
• Google Account: For NotebookLM authentication

How It Works

graph LR
    A[OpenClaw Agent] --> B[notebooklm skill]
    B --> C[notebooklm.sh wrapper]
    C --> D[mcporter]
    D --> E[notebooklm-mcp server]
    E --> F[NotebookLM API]

1. OpenClaw loads the notebooklm skill
2. The skill uses a wrapper script to route commands
3. mcporter manages the MCP server lifecycle
4. notebooklm-mcp communicates with NotebookLM
5. Responses flow back to the agent

Troubleshooting

Skill not visible to agent

Problem: Agent says “I don’t have the notebooklm skill”

Solution:

• Exit your current OpenClaw session
• Start a new session (skills are snapshot at session start)

Authentication expired

Problem: “Error: Not authenticated to NotebookLM”

Solution:

notebooklm-mcp-auth

mcporter not found

Problem: “mcporter: command not found”

Solution:

npm install -g mcporter

Permission denied

Problem: Can’t access mcporter config

Solution: The installer places config at ~/.openclaw/mcporter.json which is accessible. If you move it, update the path in ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json:

{
  "skills": {
    "entries": {
      "notebooklm": {
        "env": {
          "MCPORTER_CONFIG": "/path/to/your/mcporter.json"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

File Locations

After installation:

~/.openclaw/
├── skills/
│   └── notebooklm/
│       ├── SKILL.md              # Skill metadata
│       └── notebooklm.sh         # Wrapper script
├── mcporter.json                  # mcporter config
└── openclaw.json                  # Updated with skill entry

~/.notebooklm-mcp/
└── auth.json                      # NotebookLM auth tokens

Development

Local Installation

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/openclaw-notebooklm.git
cd openclaw-notebooklm
pip install -e .

Run Installer

openclaw-notebooklm-install

Uninstall

# Remove the skill
rm -rf ~/.openclaw/skills/notebooklm

# Remove config entries (manual edit)
# Edit ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json and remove the "notebooklm" entry

# Restart daemon
openclaw daemon restart

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Submit a pull request

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Credits

• OpenClaw: https://docs.openclaw.ai
• mcporter: https://github.com/steipete/mcporter
• notebooklm-mcp: https://github.com/jacob-bd/notebooklm-mcp-cli
• Model Context Protocol: https://modelcontextprotocol.io

Support

• 🐛 Report Issues
• 💬 Discussions
• 📖 Documentation

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