Automatically Deliver NotebookLM Outputs Back Into Slack

Overview

This guide explains how to send NotebookLM outputs—summaries, analyses, answers—into Slack automatically. This is helpful for sharing insights with your team without manually copying text every time.

What You Will Build

A Google Doc will act as the “output bucket” for NotebookLM. Whenever new content is added to this Doc, the automation posts the update to a Slack channel such as #summaries.

Prerequisites

  • Slack workspace

  • Google Docs

  • NotebookLM

  • Zapier or Make (examples use Zapier)

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1 — Create a Google Doc for NotebookLM outputs

  1. In Google Docs, create a document titled:
    NotebookLM → Slack Summaries

  2. This doc is where you will paste or generate NotebookLM summaries.

Step 2 — Connect this document to Zapier

  1. Visit Zapier.

  2. Create a new Zap.

  3. Trigger app: Google Docs

  4. Choose either:

    • New Document in Folder (recommended if you want to create a fresh doc for each summary)
      OR

    • New or Updated Document (if using one doc repeatedly)

Step 3 — Add a Trigger Folder (optional)

If you prefer the “one summary = one doc” model:

  1. Create a Google Drive folder:
    NotebookLM Exports

  2. Set NotebookLM outputs or your pasted summaries to land here.

  3. Set Zapier’s trigger to:

    • New Document in Folder → NotebookLM Exports

Step 4 — Configure the Slack action step

  1. Add an Action step: Slack

  2. Event: Send Channel Message

  3. Choose a channel like #nlm-summaries or #research-updates.

  4. Add a simple message template, for example:

    📘 New NotebookLM Summary Added
Title: {{doc_title}}
Excerpt:
{{doc_content_1000_chars}}
(See full summary in the linked document.)

  5. Turn the Zap ON.

Step 5 — Test the workflow

  1. Generate a summary in NotebookLM.

  2. Paste it into your output Doc or create a new one in the “Exports” folder.

  3. Zapier should instantly send the excerpt and link to Slack.

Done!

Your team will now receive NotebookLM insights automatically—keeping everyone aligned and informed.

Slack, NotebookLMFrancesca Tabor