30 free, copy-and-use NotebookLM prompts for research, analysis, studying, writing, strategy, and content creation.
Structured research brief — Turn a notebook of mixed sources into a tight, citable brief you can hand to a teammate. (Research)
Extract every piece of evidence — A flat inventory of every statistic, quote, example, and claim in your sources — organized by type and rated by strength. (Research)
Compare arguments across sources — Get a side-by-side breakdown of the central argument in each source — and where they actually disagree. (Research)
Extract the surprising insights — Find the non-obvious, counter-intuitive findings hidden in long sources — with citations. (Critical Analysis)
30-minute study guide — A complete study packet — concepts, examples, glossary, and a self-test — built from your sources. (Study & Exam Prep)
Build an FAQ from the sources — Turn dense sources into a tiered FAQ that newcomers actually understand. (Study & Exam Prep)
Hidden assumptions audit — Surface the unstated beliefs every source is building on — and which ones wouldn't survive scrutiny. (Critical Analysis)
Find recurring patterns across sources — Surface themes, structures, and behaviors that show up in source after source — even when nobody names them directly. (Research)
Connect ideas across unrelated sources — Bridge concepts between sources that look unrelated on the surface — and find the insight only visible when they're read together. (Research)
Steelman the opposing views — Build the strongest possible version of each side in the notebook — then judge the debate on merit. (Strategy & Decisions)
Turn sources into a strategic memo — A founder-grade internal memo: situation, options, recommendation — every line backed by your notebook. (Strategy & Decisions)
Build a mental models map of this topic — Convert dense sources into the first principles, models, and analogies that let you reason about the topic from scratch. (Study & Exam Prep)
Explain this topic at four levels — A layered Feynman-style explanation — from a 12-year-old's analogy up to expert-level nuance. (Study & Exam Prep)
Extract content raw material from sources — Pull the arguments, evidence, angles, and quotable lines a content creator actually needs — grounded in your specific sources. (Writing & Content)
Turn research into an action plan — Convert everything in the notebook into a concrete, phased plan with evidence-rated actions and a real decision point at the end. (Strategy & Decisions)
Reconstruct the timeline across all sources — Stitch scattered events from every source into one unified chronology — with disagreements and single-source claims flagged. (Research)
Detect weak signals in the noise — Find the emerging trends and subtle patterns the sources mention in passing — the things that aren't loud yet but might be soon. (Critical Analysis)
Rank source credibility and bias — Audit every source for recency, provenance, evidence type, and bias — and decide which to trust when they conflict. (Critical Analysis)
Reduce this topic to first principles — Strip every assumption, convention, and fashion away. Find the irreducible truths — then derive non-obvious conclusions from them. (Critical Analysis)
Project three plausible future scenarios — Build three evidence-grounded scenarios from the notebook — each with leading indicators, probability weights, and decision implications. (Strategy & Decisions)
Stress-test the main argument — Identify the dominant argument across the sources, then attack it the way a hostile reviewer would. (Critical Analysis)
Turn research into an implementation roadmap — A dependency-mapped roadmap for a team — milestones, critical path, owner archetypes, risks, and kill criteria. (Strategy & Decisions)