Notebooklm YouTube Skill — Communication skill for Claude Code

🎙️ 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.

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🎯 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**