WeChat to NotebookLM

Automatically sync WeChat Official Account articles to Google NotebookLM for AI-powered analysis, summarization, and content generation

✨ Features

• 🚀 One-click sync - Automatically fetch WeChat articles and add them to NotebookLM
• 📝 Markdown conversion - Clean, well-formatted Markdown output
• 🤖 AI-powered - Leverage NotebookLM's AI for analysis and content generation
• 🎙️ Content generation - Create podcasts, videos, and quizzes from articles
• 💬 Interactive chat - Ask questions and get insights from your articles

📋 What This Does

This skill automates the entire workflow of getting a WeChat article into NotebookLM:

1. Fetches the article content from the URL
2. Converts to clean Markdown format
3. Creates a NotebookLM notebook
4. Uploads the article as a source
5. Returns the notebook ID for further interaction

🎯 When to Use

Use this skill when you:

• Have a WeChat Official Account article URL (mp.weixin.qq.com)
• Want to save the article to NotebookLM for analysis
• Want to create a podcast/video from the article
• Want to chat with the article content using AI
• Want to summarize or extract insights from the article

📦 Installation

Prerequisites

1. Claude Code - This skill requires Claude Code CLI
2. NotebookLM CLI - Install and authenticate NotebookLM CLI:

# Install NotebookLM CLI
npm install -g @notebooklm/cli

# Authenticate with Google
notebooklm login

# Verify authentication
notebooklm status

Install the Skill

Clone this repository to your local skills directory:

# Navigate to your Claude skills directory
cd ~/.claude/skills

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/zstmfhy/wechat-to-notebooklm.git

🚀 Usage

Basic Usage

Simply provide a WeChat article URL:

Sync this WeChat article to NotebookLM: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/xxxxx

The skill will:

1. ✅ Fetch the article content
2. ✅ Convert to Markdown
3. ✅ Create a notebook
4. ✅ Upload the article
5. ✅ Return the notebook ID

Example Workflow

User: "Sync this WeChat article to NotebookLM: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/xxxxx"

Agent response:

✅ Fetching article from WeChat...
✅ Converting to Markdown...
✅ Creating notebook "Article Title"...
✅ Uploading to NotebookLM...
✅ Done!

📓 Notebook: Article Title
   ID: abc-123-def

📄 Source: article_title.md
   ID: source-xyz-789

💡 Next steps:
   - Chat: notebooklm ask "Summarize this article"
   - Generate: notebooklm generate audio "Create a podcast"

🛠️ Advanced Features

Add to Existing Notebook

# List existing notebooks
notebooklm list --json

# Add to specific notebook
notebooklm source add /tmp/article.md --notebook <existing_notebook_id> --json

Batch Processing

# Create a collection notebook
notebooklm create "WeChat Articles Collection" --json

# Add multiple articles to the same notebook
# (The skill will handle this automatically)

Content Generation

After uploading, you can:

Generate a Podcast:

notebooklm generate audio "Create an engaging podcast about this article"

Create a Video:

notebooklm generate video "Make an explanatory video"

Generate Quiz:

notebooklm generate quiz "Test understanding of key concepts"

Ask Questions:

notebooklm ask "What are the key insights?"
notebooklm ask "Summarize in 3 bullet points"

📚 Command Reference

Task	Command/Tool
Fetch article	mcp__web_reader__webReader
Create notebook	notebooklm create "Title" --json
Upload file	notebooklm source add file.md --notebook <id> --json
Check sources	notebooklm source list --notebook <id> --json
Chat with article	notebooklm use <id>; notebooklm ask "question"
Generate podcast	notebooklm generate audio "instructions" --notebook <id>

🔧 Troubleshooting

Article URL is invalid or inaccessible

• Error: Failed to fetch content
• Solution: Verify the URL is correct and accessible
• Alternative: Try copying the article content manually

NotebookLM authentication failed

• Error: Auth/cookie error
• Solution: Run notebooklm login again
• Check: notebooklm status to verify

File upload failed

• Error: Invalid file or upload error
• Solution: Check if Markdown file was created correctly
• Verify: File path and permissions

Notebook creation failed

• Error: Rate limiting or API error
• Solution: Wait a few minutes and retry
• Alternative: Add to existing notebook with --notebook flag

⚠️ Limitations

• WeChat articles only: Optimized for mp.weixin.qq.com URLs
• Text content: Focuses on text, images are preserved as links
• Public articles: Requires publicly accessible articles
• Rate limits: NotebookLM has rate limits on uploads

💡 Best Practices

1. Use descriptive notebook titles - Extract from article title or topic
2. Keep articles organized - Use separate notebooks for different topics
3. Verify uploads - Check notebooklm source list after upload
4. Clean up temp files - Remove /tmp files after successful upload
5. Handle rate limits - If uploads fail, wait 5-10 minutes before retry

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Claude Code - The AI CLI tool that powers this skill
• NotebookLM - Google's AI-powered research and note-taking tool
• WeChat - The source of amazing content

📮 Contact

• GitHub: @zstmfhy
• Issues: Create an issue

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