Turn Any Set of Documents into a Research Brain with NotebookLM
NotebookLM is different from ChatGPT or Perplexity. You give it your own documents — PDFs, research papers, transcripts — and it answers questions exclusively from that material, with citations to the exact source. Zero hallucination risk when your sources are right.
NotebookLM
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Try this starter prompt
Copy and paste this into ChatGPT or Claude with your details filled in. It's a simplified version — the full prompt chain is in the app.
Help me set up a NotebookLM research project effectively. Project: [WHAT YOU'RE RESEARCHING — e.g. "competitive analysis for our Q3 product launch"] Documents I have: [LIST THEM — e.g. "3 competitor whitepapers, our user interview transcripts, market reports"] Key question I need answered: [THE MAIN QUESTION you need the research to answer] Design a NotebookLM setup: 1. How to organize my sources for best query results 2. 3 starting questions to ask NotebookLM to get oriented in the material 3. How to use the AI overview vs. direct citations for different parts of my analysis → Get the full NotebookLM research workflow in AI School
How it works
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Upload 5-10 key documents to a new NotebookLM notebook
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Start with the 3 orienting questions from the prompt above
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Ask specific comparison questions across sources and check the citations
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Export your synthesis and cross-check key claims with Perplexity for recency
What you'll build in the app
Get the full NotebookLM research workflow — source organization, query strategies, and citation verification guide — inside AI School.
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Turn Any Set of Documents into a Research Brain with NotebookLM
Get the full NotebookLM research workflow — source organization, query strategies, and citation verification guide — inside AI School.
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