Create a new NotebookLM notebook with sources programmatically. ## What This Tool Does - Creates a NEW notebook in your NotebookLM account - Uploads sources (URLs, text, files) to the notebook - Returns the notebook URL for immediate use - Optionally adds to your local library ## Supported Sour...
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Part of the Notebooklm MCP server. Enforce policies on this tool with Intercept, the open-source MCP proxy.
AI agents use create_notebook to create or modify resources in Notebooklm. Write operations carry medium risk because an autonomous agent could trigger bulk unintended modifications. Rate limits prevent a single agent session from making hundreds of changes in rapid succession. Argument validation ensures the agent passes expected values.
Without a policy, an AI agent could call create_notebook repeatedly, creating or modifying resources faster than any human could review. Intercept's rate limiting ensures write operations happen at a controlled pace, and argument validation catches malformed or unexpected inputs before they reach Notebooklm.
Write tools can modify data. A rate limit prevents runaway bulk operations from AI agents.
tools:
create_notebook:
rules:
- action: allow
rate_limit:
max: 30
window: 60See the full Notebooklm policy for all 31 tools.
Agents calling write-class tools like create_notebook have been implicated in these attack patterns. Read the full case and prevention policy for each:
Other tools in the Write risk category across the catalogue. The same policy patterns (rate-limit, validate) apply to each.
Create a new NotebookLM notebook with sources programmatically. ## What This Tool Does - Creates a NEW notebook in your NotebookLM account - Uploads sources (URLs, text, files) to the notebook - Returns the notebook URL for immediate use - Optionally adds to your local library ## Supported Source Types - **url**: Web page URL (documentation, articles, etc.) - **text**: Raw text content (code, notes, etc.) - **file**: Local file path (PDF, DOCX, TXT) ## Example Usage Create a notebook from API documentation: ```json { "name": "React Docs", "sources": [ { "type": "url", "value": "https://react.dev/reference/react" } ] } ``` Create a notebook with multiple sources: ```json { "name": "Security Research", "sources": [ { "type": "url", "value": "https://owasp.org/Top10" }, { "type": "file", "value": "/path/to/security-report.pdf" }, { "type": "text", "value": "Custom notes...", "title": "My Notes" } ], "description": "Security best practices and research", "topics": ["security", "owasp", "best-practices"] } ``` ## NotebookLM Limits (Free Tier) - 100 notebooks maximum - 50 sources per notebook - 500k words per source - 50 queries per day ## Notes - Requires authentication (run setup_auth first) - Creates notebook with sharing set to private by default - Large files may take longer to process. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Notebooklm MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Add a rule in your Intercept YAML policy under the tools section for create_notebook. You can allow, deny, rate-limit, or validate arguments. Then run Intercept as a proxy in front of the Notebooklm MCP server.
create_notebook is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the create_notebook rule in your Intercept policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the Intercept policy for create_notebook. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
create_notebook is provided by the Notebooklm MCP server (@pan-sec/notebooklm-mcp). Intercept sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Open source. One binary. Zero dependencies.
npx -y @policylayer/intercept