NotebookLM Ops

Automate operations for NotebookLM MCP in environments where Google session cookies become invalid quickly.

This skill solves repeated manual auth refresh by automating:

• GUI stack startup,
• navigation to NotebookLM,
• auth refresh via CDP,
• MCP sanity checks,
• full cleanup on shutdown.

Run commands from /home/moltuser/clawd.

Requirements / dependencies

• Linux host with Chromium and CDP (--remote-debugging-port=9222).
• Virtual display stack: Xvfb + openbox + x11vnc.
• Working scripts used by this skill:
• /home/moltuser/clawd/scripts/notebooklm-remote-gui.sh
• /home/moltuser/clawd/scripts/refresh-google-mcp-cookies.sh
• /home/moltuser/clawd/scripts/notebooklm-on.sh
• /home/moltuser/clawd/scripts/notebooklm-off.sh
• NotebookLM MCP configured in mcporter (notebooklm-mcp).

One-time login

A one-time manual login in Chromium to Google/NotebookLM is required.

After that, this skill keeps refresh automated by reusing the same browser profile/session.

Turn NotebookLM ON

Execute:

/home/moltuser/clawd/skills/notebooklm-ops/scripts/notebooklm-on.sh

Required sequence:

1. Start GUI/CDP stack (Xvfb + openbox + x11vnc + Chromium).
2. Navigate the current tab to https://notebooklm.google.com/.
3. Wait for load.
4. Refresh NotebookLM auth via CDP.
5. Reload NotebookLM MCP auth and run sanity check (notebooklm-list).

Turn NotebookLM OFF

Execute:

/home/moltuser/clawd/skills/notebooklm-ops/scripts/notebooklm-off.sh

Stop Chromium and related GUI processes (x11vnc/Xvfb/openbox), then clean leftovers.

Check status

Execute:

/home/moltuser/clawd/skills/notebooklm-ops/scripts/notebooklm-status.sh

Smoke test

Execute:

/home/moltuser/clawd/skills/notebooklm-ops/scripts/notebooklm-smoke.sh

Expected result: notebook list returns "status": "success".

Failure handling

If auth refresh fails:

1. Re-run NotebookLM ON once.
2. If still failing, ask user to log in at https://notebooklm.google.com/ in the same Chromium profile via VNC.
3. Re-run NotebookLM ON and smoke test.