Click on "Deploy Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Notebooklm-Unofficial-API-MCP show me my recent notebooks"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
A thin wrapper around notebooklm-py
(MIT licensed, by Teng Lin) — the unofficial Python client/MCP server for Google
NotebookLM. This project depends on notebooklm-py rather than vendoring it, and
adds project-specific MCP tools on top of its stock tool set (notebooks, sources,
chat, studio artifact generation, deep research, sharing).
notebooklm-py already ships a complete MCP server (notebooklm-mcp). This
wrapper exists so custom tools can be layered on without forking upstream —
notebooklm.mcp.server.create_server() is called and its returned FastMCP
instance is extended in src/notebooklm_wrapper/server.py.
Related MCP server: NotebookLM MCP Server
Each person who runs this needs their own authenticated session — there is
no shared credential in this repo, and none is possible: notebooklm-py is
unofficial and works by driving your own Google account, not a documented API.
Python 3.10+
uv (recommended) or pip
git clone https://github.com/DevstackK/Notebooklm-Unoffical-API-MCP.git
cd Notebooklm-Unoffical-API-MCP
uv sync
# or: pip install -e .Pick one:
A — Browser login (Playwright), simplest first run:
uv run playwright install chromium # one-time browser download
uv run notebooklm loginThis opens a Chromium window; sign in to the Google account whose NotebookLM
notebooks you want the server to access, then close it. The session is saved
to a local profile (storage_state.json) — nothing is uploaded anywhere.
B — Import cookies from a browser you're already logged into:
uv pip install "notebooklm-py[cookies]"
uv run notebooklm login --browser-cookies # reads from Chrome by default
uv run notebooklm login --browser-cookies=firefox # or another supported browserSkips the Playwright/Chromium download entirely — useful if you're already signed into NotebookLM in your regular browser.
Verify it worked:
uv run notebooklm statusIf you ever need to switch Google accounts: uv run notebooklm login --fresh.
uv run notebooklm-unofficial-mcpclaude mcp add notebooklm-unofficial -- uv run --directory /path/to/Notebooklm-Unoffical-API-MCP notebooklm-unofficial-mcpSwap /path/to/Notebooklm-Unoffical-API-MCP for wherever you cloned it. Any
MCP-compatible client (Claude Desktop, etc.) can point at the same
notebooklm-unofficial-mcp command over stdio.
Add @mcp.tool()-decorated functions inside _register_custom_tools in
src/notebooklm_wrapper/server.py.
MIT — see LICENSE. Not affiliated with Google or the notebooklm-py
project; "unofficial" in the name reflects that both this wrapper and its
upstream dependency use NotebookLM's undocumented web API.
This server cannot be deployed
MCP-native notes and memory for ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI tools.
System-of-record notebook for AI coding agents: pages, datastores, tasks, skills over MCP.
Agent-native notes, tasks, dev-docs, vaults, sync & handoffs. MCP + OpenAPI dual surface.
Persistent memory layer for AI tools. Save and recall notes across Claude and other MCP clients.
