ask_question
Ask a question against a notebook. Supports session reuse, citation extraction (sourceformat), and per-call browser overrides. Returns answer + provenance envelope.
How to use it
Project documentation lists ask_question for the Notebooklm MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), then check which tools your installed version makes available. Tool availability can depend on configuration and credentials. A server handshake does not verify this tool’s behavior. See the full listing for setup details.
Install Notebooklm MCP
npx notebooklm-mcp@latestOther tools in Notebooklm MCP (20)
Add a NotebookLM share-URL to the local library with metadata. Requires explicit user confirmation.
Add a source to a notebook. v2 supports type=url (web crawl) and type=text (paste). Returns source counts before/after.
Categorised preview + delete of all stored data. preservelibrary=true keeps library.json.
Close one session by sessionid.
Save the most recent Audio Overview to destinationdir. Run generateaudio first if none exists.
Generate an Audio Overview. Optional customprompt, timeoutms (default 600 000 ms).
Auth state, session count, configuration snapshot, troubleshooting hint.
Counts and usage stats.
Fetch one notebook by id.
List every notebook in the library with metadata.
List active browser sessions with age + message count.
askquestion, gethealth, listnotebooks, selectnotebook, getnotebook
Wipe auth + log in again.
Remove from the local library (does not delete the NotebookLM notebook itself).
Reset chat history while keeping the same sessionid.
Search by name, description, topics, tags.
Set a notebook as the active default for askquestion.
First-time interactive Google login.
minimal + setupauth, listsessions, addnotebook, updatenotebook, searchnotebooks
Update name, description, topics, contenttypes, usecases, tags, or url.