notebooklm-mcp CLAUDE.md

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A repository instruction document for an MCP server, a program that lets AI assistants query Google NotebookLM notebooks. It covers the project's purpose, commands, authentication, testing, and development workflow.

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What is it for?
Use it when installing, running, testing, linting, authenticating, or diagnosing this NotebookLM integration.
Why use it?
It gives coding agents the project context and commands they need before changing or checking the code.

Instructions file

Install

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CLAUDE.md · 108 lines

How it starts

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CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

What This Project Is

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets AI assistants query Google NotebookLM notebooks. Authenticates via Chrome CDP cookie extraction, communicates with Google's internal batchexecute RPC API, and exposes 9 tools over stdio JSON-RPC. Built with FastMCP, httpx, and Rich.

Commands

# Install
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Lint
ruff check src/ tests/

# Test
pytest -v --tb=short
pytest -k "not chrome"              # skip Chrome-dependent tests
pytest tests/test_protocol.py -v    # run one test file
pytest -k "test_build_rpc_body"     # run one test by name

# Run
notebooklm-mcp-2026 serve           # start MCP server (stdio)
notebooklm-mcp-2026 login           # interactive Chrome login
notebooklm-mcp-2026 logout          # remove stored credentials
notebooklm-mcp-2026 setup           # interactive setup wizard
notebooklm-mcp-2026 doctor          # diagnose common issues
notebooklm-mcp-2026 status          # show auth + config status
notebooklm-mcp-2026 version         # print version
notebooklm-mcp-2026 help            # show help message

All CLI subcommands support --debug for verbose logging. The setup command also supports --dry-run.

Architecture

5-layer stack, each layer only calls the one below it:

MCP Clients (Claude Desktop, etc.)
  └─ server.py        — FastMCP instance + global client singleton (get_client())
       └─ tools/      — 9 tool functions: validate input → call client → return dict
            └─ client.py   — NotebookLMClient: HTTP requests, auth retry, backoff
                 └─ protocol.py  — Pure functions: build RPC bodies, parse responses (zero I/O)
                    auth.py      — Chrome CDP cookie extraction + secure disk storage

Data flow: MCP JSON-RPC → server.py dispatches → tool function → get_client() returns singleton → NotebookLMClient method → protocol.build_*() encodes request → httpx POST → protocol.parse_*() decodes → dict response back up the stack.

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