feed-to-notebook

name: feed-to-notebook description: "Monitors RSS/Substack feeds and automatically creates NotebookLM notebooks with Audio Overviews for new articles. User-configurable sources, share targets, and schedules. Use when: (1) a user wants to track a Substack or RSS feed and get NotebookLM notebooks auto-generated for each new post, (2) running the scheduled feed check, (3) adding/removing feed sources, (4) manually triggering a check for new articles. Supports multiple concurrent sources with independent state tracking."

feed-to-notebook

Monitors configured feeds, creates a NotebookLM notebook per new article, triggers Audio Overview generation, and shares with configured recipients.

Config

Store source config at memory/feed-to-notebook-config.json. See references/config-schema.md for the full schema and examples.

Minimal example:

{
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "awg",
      "name": "The Innermost Loop",
      "substack_slug": "theinnermostloop",
      "share_with": ["you@gmail.com"],
      "notebooklm_account": "your-notebooklm-account@gmail.com",
      "state_file": "memory/feed-to-notebook-awg-state.json"
    }
  ]
}

Workflow

1. Load Config

Read memory/feed-to-notebook-config.json. If missing, prompt user to create it (see references/config-schema.md).

2. Check Each Source for New Articles

For each source, use the appropriate fetcher:

Substack (preferred — catches paywalled posts):

GET https://{substack_slug}.substack.com/api/v1/posts?limit=5&sort=new

Returns JSON array. Compare slug of first item against state file.

RSS fallback (free posts only):

GET https://{substack_slug}.substack.com/feed

Custom RSS:

GET {rss_url}

If the latest article slug/URL matches state → nothing new, stop.

3. Fetch Article Text

Use web_fetch on the article URL. Substack public posts return full text without auth.

4. Create NotebookLM Notebook

Use browser(profile=openclaw):

1. Navigate to https://notebooklm.google.com/
2. Click Create new notebook
3. Set title to the article title (use the evaluate action to set the input value and press Enter)
4. Click Add sources → Copied text
5. Paste the article text and click Insert
6. Click Audio Overview to trigger generation (do not wait)
7. Get notebook ID from the URL: https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/{NOTEBOOK_ID}

5. Share Notebook

For each address in share_with:

1. Click Share
2. Type the email → Enter
3. Open the role dropdown → select Editor
4. Click Send

6. Update State

Write to the source's state_file:

{
  "title": "<article title>",
  "url": "<article url>",
  "pubDate": "<ISO date>",
  "processedAt": "<ISO now>",
  "notebookId": "<id>",
  "notebookUrl": "https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/<id>"
}

Rules

• One notebook per article — never reuse an existing notebook
• Always use Editor access when sharing, never Viewer
• Use the Substack API over RSS when a substack_slug is configured
• If article text is behind a hard paywall (fetch returns login page), log a warning in state and skip

Scheduling

To add a cron job for a source:

openclaw cron add --cron "30 9 * * *" --name "feed-to-notebook: {source.name}" \
  --session main --message "Run feed-to-notebook skill for source id: {source.id}"

Or run all sources at once:

openclaw cron add --cron "30 9 * * *" --name "feed-to-notebook: all" \
  --session main --message "Run feed-to-notebook skill: check all sources for new articles"

Manual Triggers

• "Check AWG for new articles" → run for source id awg
• "Run feed-to-notebook" → run all sources
• "Add [Substack name] to feed-to-notebook" → add new source to config