How to connect NotebookLM to Claude Cowork

Connect Claude Cowork to NotebookLM MCP. Summarize sources in your research notebook, create notebook from product launch docs, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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NotebookLM is Google's source-grounded AI notebook service for organizing sources and notes. It helps teams work from trusted material, keeping research clear, structured, and easy to use.

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Introduction

Cowork is Anthropic's AI agent for knowledge work. Think of it as Claude Code for everything else. It works autonomously with your computer, local files, and applications to accomplish complex tasks.

This guide walks you through the easiest and most secure way to connect your NotebookLM account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to summarize sources in your research notebook, create notebook from product launch docs, list sources in policy analysis notebook, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting NotebookLM to Claude Cowork

1. Open Customize

In Claude Desktop, click Customize in the left sidebar, then select Connectors and click the + icon at the top.

Claude Desktop connectors screen with Add custom connector selected

2. Add the Composio MCP server

Click Add custom connector and paste in the Composio MCP server URL:

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https://connect.composio.dev/mcp
Add custom connector dialog with Composio MCP server URL

3. Authorize in your browser

Click Connect. You'll be redirected to a browser window where you can authorize Composio to continue.

Composio authorization screen for Claude Cowork

4. Connect your NotebookLM account

Back in Cowork, ask the agent to connect to NotebookLM or give it any NotebookLM-related task.

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "Summarize sources in your research notebook"
  • "Create notebook from product launch docs"
  • "List sources in policy analysis notebook"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

That's it. Composio's tools are now available in Cowork, and your NotebookLM account is ready to use.

What is Claude Cowork?

Claude Cowork is Anthropic's agent for general knowledge work. It can use your computer, files, and connected applications to complete longer-running tasks across your work tools.

With Composio Connect, Cowork can securely access apps like NotebookLM through MCP without you sharing account credentials directly with the agent.

What is the NotebookLM MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The NotebookLM MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your NotebookLM account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform NotebookLM operations on your behalf.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every NotebookLM action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Add Text Sources

Add one or more named raw-text sources to a NotebookLM Enterprise notebook.

Create Audio Overview

Start asynchronous generation of a NotebookLM Enterprise audio overview from selected notebook sources.

Create Notebook

Create a NotebookLM Enterprise notebook in a licensed Google Cloud project and location.

Delete Audio Overview

Permanently delete an audio overview from a NotebookLM Enterprise notebook.

Delete Notebooks

Permanently delete one or more NotebookLM Enterprise notebooks by notebook ID.

Delete Sources

Permanently remove one or more sources from a NotebookLM Enterprise notebook.

Get Notebook

Retrieve a NotebookLM Enterprise notebook and its current source metadata.

Get Source

Retrieve a notebook source's ingestion status, metadata, and failure reason.

List Recent Notebooks

List up to 500 NotebookLM Enterprise notebooks ordered by when the connected user last viewed them.

Share Notebook

Grant, change, or remove account access to a NotebookLM Enterprise notebook.

Upload Source File

Upload a plain-text file as a source in a NotebookLM Enterprise notebook.

FRAMEWORKS

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone NotebookLM MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of NotebookLM tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from NotebookLM and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Claude Cowork fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right NotebookLM tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which NotebookLM scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your NotebookLM data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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