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Open Notebook (Self-Hosted NotebookLM Alternative)

Deploy and drive Open Notebook — an open-source NotebookLM alternative — to ingest sources, search, summarize, and generate podcasts entirely through its REST API.

Docs & OfficeIntermediate★ 33,030⑂ 3,248AI score 9/10Last updated: Aug 9, 2026

What it does

  • Teaches Claude how to stand up Open Notebook with Docker Compose and operate it through its REST API.
  • Covers notebooks, source ingestion (PDFs, video, audio, web pages, Office docs), notes, source-cited chat, full-text and vector search, 1–4 speaker podcast generation, and custom content transformations — each with working Python request examples.
  • Includes credential registration and model discovery across 16+ providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Ollama, Groq, Mistral, and more).

Who it's for

  • Researchers and analysts handling large document sets who need data to stay on their own infrastructure.
  • Developers building an internal knowledge base with automated Q&A and summarization.
  • Anyone wanting zero-cost document analysis via local models like Ollama.

Example uses

  1. Create a "Cancer Genomics" notebook, ingest an arXiv URL plus 10 PDFs, then run vector search and auto-generate summary notes.
  2. Open a chat session scoped to all notebook sources and ask "Which biomarkers predict immunotherapy response?" for a cited answer.
  3. Turn the week's research into a two-host podcast episode and download the generated audio.

· · · Install guide · · ·

Try it now, no install

Paste this into Claude to use the skill without installing anything.

Read the instructions in this file and follow them to help me:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/HEAD/skills/open-notebook/SKILL.md

What I want: (describe your task here)

If Claude can't open the link, open it yourself and paste the contents instead.

↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.

Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Install in Claude Code

Let Claude do it — paste this into Claude Code

Install the skill I found on AI Skill Mart.
Copy the skills/open-notebook folder from the GitHub repo K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/open-notebook/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r scientific-agent-skills/skills/open-notebook ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Install and start Docker Desktop.
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills.git
  3. Copy the skill: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r scientific-agent-skills/skills/open-notebook ~/.claude/skills/
  4. Launch the server: curl -o docker-compose.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lfnovo/open-notebook/main/docker-compose.yml, then export OPEN_NOTEBOOK_ENCRYPTION_KEY="your-secret-key" and docker-compose up -d.
  5. Open http://localhost:8502 and add at least one AI provider key under Settings > API Keys.
  6. Set OPEN_NOTEBOOK_URL (e.g. http://localhost:5055) and, if auth is enabled, OPEN_NOTEBOOK_PASSWORD in your environment.
  7. Restart Claude Code and try: "Ingest this PDF into Open Notebook and summarize it."
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT