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KastorFlow guides
Short, step-by-step guides for each part of KastorFlow. Everything here works on notebooklm.google.com and on notebook.google.com (Gemini Notebook).
Get started
- Add KastorFlow from the Chrome Web Store and pin it to the toolbar.
- Open NotebookLM in a tab and sign in with your Google account. KastorFlow connects to that tab; it never asks for your Google password.
- Open your first notebook. KastorFlow's buttons appear next to NotebookLM's own sources, notes and Studio.
- Open the dashboard from the toolbar button for the full workspace: Collect, Organize, Create, Automate and Settings.
No account is needed to start. Sign in when you want your Free limits counted, or to upgrade.
Save a ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini chat to NotebookLM
- Open the conversation in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity or Grok.
- Click Save to NotebookLM, the button KastorFlow adds to the chat page.
- Pick a notebook, or create a new one. The conversation is added as a source.
KastorFlow reads the conversation only when you click the button. Free includes 5 chat saves a day; Pro has no daily limit.
Add YouTube videos and playlists
- Copy a video, playlist or channel link from YouTube.
- Paste it in Collect or in the side panel.
- For a playlist, choose one source per video, or one merged source for the whole playlist.
- Pick a notebook. Long imports run in the background and keep going if you close the tab.
- A single video link is a free single-link import.
- One source per video: 3 runs a month on Free, no monthly limit on Pro.
- One merged source for a playlist: Pro.
- Video frames with the full transcript, saved as a PDF: 3 a month on Free.
A run that imports nothing isn't counted.
Save web pages, selected text and PDFs
- The page you're on: click the KastorFlow toolbar button and save it to a notebook.
- Selected text: select it, right-click and choose the KastorFlow save option.
- A page as a PDF: use Screen capture as PDF to keep exactly what you see.
- Posts and threads: save from X and Reddit with the button KastorFlow adds.
- Many at once (Pro): paste several links, add your open tabs, or import a CSV or an RSS feed.
Quick Capture, which saves with one keystroke on any page, stays off until you turn it on.
Find anything: library and search
- Open Organize to see every notebook, source and Studio artifact in one library.
- Press Ctrl+K (⌘+K on a Mac) to search your whole workspace at once.
- Use filters and tags to narrow a long list, then act on what you select. Bulk actions appear as soon as you select items.
Tag sources, by hand or with AI
- Tag any source or artifact from the library.
- To let AI tag for you, open Organize → Tags → Manage tags and accept a short list of broad tags. KastorFlow suggests them from your notebook titles.
- AI picks only from your list and leaves a source untagged when nothing fits. AI tags carry a mark, and one click removes or changes them.
- To tag every new import automatically, turn on Settings → Preferences → Tag new imports with AI (Pro).
Free includes AI tags for 20 sources a month.
Studio artifacts: browse, download, generate
- Open Organize → Artifacts to browse and preview every Audio Overview, report, slide deck and other Studio result across your notebooks.
- Download one, or all of them at once (Free).
- Generate every Studio artifact for a notebook in one click, or revise a single slide (Pro).
Build a research notebook on a topic
- Open Create and choose Build research notebook.
- Type a topic. NotebookLM's own research engine finds sources for it.
- Review what it found, then import the ones you keep into a new notebook. NotebookLM's report becomes the briefing.
Free includes 5 builds a month; Pro and Pro+ have no monthly limit. Thorough research depth is Pro+.
Automations
- Open Automate and pick a trigger, such as a schedule or a new source.
- Pick the actions that follow it: import, refresh, tag, generate or publish.
- Review, name and save the rule. Or start from a ready-made automation.
Refresh, enrich and podcast publishing steps wait for your approval. One switch pauses every rule. Automations are a Pro tool; notebook autopilot is Pro+.
Publish Audio Overviews as a podcast
- Generate an Audio Overview in NotebookLM.
- In KastorFlow, publish it as an episode with a title, notes and a picture.
- Copy your feed's RSS link into any podcast app, or submit it to a podcast directory.
Published episodes are public to anyone with the feed link. Pro includes 1,000 published minutes and Pro+ 5,000; unpublishing an episode gives its minutes back.
Plans, limits and billing
- See your plan and what's left this month in Settings → Plan & usage.
- Every paid tool shows its plan, with Get Pro or Get Pro+ to upgrade.
- Manage or cancel your subscription from Settings → Plan & usage → Manage billing.
Troubleshooting
- "Open NotebookLM" or nothing loads: open NotebookLM in a tab and make sure you're signed in, then try again.
- Wrong Google account: KastorFlow follows the account NotebookLM is using in that tab. Switch accounts in NotebookLM itself; using several accounts from KastorFlow's picker is Pro.
- A job seems stuck: check the side panel's job list; long jobs keep running in the background. Settings → Extension health shows what KastorFlow can reach.
- Something still isn't right: use Report a problem in KastorFlow, or contact support.