notebooklm download — save artifacts locally

The download command group saves completed artifacts to your local filesystem. You can download the latest artifact, a specific artifact by ID or name, or all artifacts of a given type at once. The CLI handles authentication for download URLs automatically using your saved session.

notebooklm download <type> [OUTPUT_PATH] [OPTIONS]

Common options

These options are available on most download subcommands:

Option	Description
`OUTPUT_PATH`	Destination file path. If omitted, a name is generated from the artifact title.
`-a, --artifact ID`	Select a specific artifact by ID (supports partial IDs)
`--all`	Download all completed artifacts of this type
`--latest`	Download only the most recently created artifact (default when no selector is given)
`--earliest`	Download only the oldest artifact
`--name NAME`	Download artifact with a matching title (supports partial matches)
`--force`	Overwrite existing files
`--dry-run`	Show what would be downloaded without actually downloading
`--json`	Output result as JSON

Artifact type reference

Type	Default extension	Format
`audio`	`.mp4`	Audio overview in MP4 container
`video`	`.mp4`	Video overview
`cinematic-video`	`.mp4`	Alias for `download video`
`slide-deck`	`.pdf`	PDF (default) or `.pptx` with `--format pptx`
`infographic`	`.png`	PNG image
`report`	`.md`	Markdown extracted from the report artifact
`mind-map`	`.json`	Hierarchical JSON tree
`data-table`	`.csv`	CSV with UTF-8 BOM for Excel compatibility
`quiz`	`.json`	JSON, Markdown, or HTML with `--format`
`flashcards`	`.json`	JSON, Markdown, or HTML with `--format`

audio — download an audio overview

Download an audio overview (podcast) as an MP4 file.

notebooklm download audio [OUTPUT_PATH] [OPTIONS]

# Download the latest podcast
notebooklm download audio ./podcast.mp4

# Download all audio artifacts
notebooklm download audio --all

# Preview what would be downloaded
notebooklm download audio --all --dry-run

# Download a specific artifact by ID
notebooklm download audio ./podcast.mp4 --artifact abc123

# Force overwrite existing file
notebooklm download audio ./podcast.mp4 --force

video — download a video overview

Download a video overview as an MP4 file.

notebooklm download video [OUTPUT_PATH] [OPTIONS]

# Download the latest video
notebooklm download video ./overview.mp4

# Download the earliest video
notebooklm download video --earliest

# Download all videos
notebooklm download video --all

# JSON output for scripting
notebooklm download video ./overview.mp4 --json

cinematic-video — download a cinematic video

Alias for download video. Downloads a cinematic-style video overview as an MP4 file. Accepts the same options as video.

notebooklm download cinematic-video [OUTPUT_PATH] [OPTIONS]

notebooklm download cinematic-video ./documentary.mp4

notebooklm download cinematic-video --latest --json

slide-deck — download a slide presentation

Download a slide deck as PDF (default) or editable PowerPoint. Downloading as PPTX is a beyond-web-UI feature — the NotebookLM web interface only offers PDF export.

notebooklm download slide-deck [OUTPUT_PATH] [OPTIONS]

Option	Values	Default	Description
`--format`	`pdf`, `pptx`	`pdf`	Output file format

# Download latest slide deck as PDF
notebooklm download slide-deck ./slides.pdf

# Download as editable PowerPoint
notebooklm download slide-deck --format pptx

# Download a specific deck by name
notebooklm download slide-deck --name "Final Presentation"

# Preview all slide decks
notebooklm download slide-deck --all --dry-run

PPTX download is not available in the NotebookLM web UI. Use this CLI command to get an editable PowerPoint file.

infographic — download an infographic

Download a generated infographic as a PNG image.

notebooklm download infographic [OUTPUT_PATH] [OPTIONS]

# Download the latest infographic
notebooklm download infographic ./infographic.png

# Download all infographics
notebooklm download infographic --all

# Download by artifact ID
notebooklm download infographic ./overview.png --artifact art456

report — download a text report

Download a report (Briefing Doc, Study Guide, Blog Post, or Custom) as a Markdown file. The CLI extracts the markdown content from the artifact automatically.

notebooklm download report [OUTPUT_PATH] [OPTIONS]

# Download the latest report
notebooklm download report ./report.md

# Download a study guide by name
notebooklm download report --name "Study Guide"

# Download all reports
notebooklm download report --all

# Download to a specific path
notebooklm download report ./study-guide.md

mind-map — download a mind map

Download a mind map as a JSON file containing a hierarchical tree structure. The JSON format is compatible with most mind map visualization tools.

notebooklm download mind-map [OUTPUT_PATH] [OPTIONS]

The output JSON uses the following structure:

{
  "name": "Main Topic",
  "children": [
    {
      "name": "Subtopic A",
      "children": [
        { "name": "Detail 1", "children": [] },
        { "name": "Detail 2", "children": [] }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Subtopic B",
      "children": []
    }
  ]
}

# Download the latest mind map
notebooklm download mind-map ./concept-map.json

# Download all mind maps
notebooklm download mind-map --all

# Preview without downloading
notebooklm download mind-map --all --dry-run

data-table — download a data table

Download a data table as a CSV file. The CSV uses UTF-8 with BOM encoding for compatibility with Excel on Windows and macOS.

notebooklm download data-table [OUTPUT_PATH] [OPTIONS]

# Download the latest data table
notebooklm download data-table ./data.csv

# Download and open directly in Excel (BOM encoding handles this)
notebooklm download data-table ./research-data.csv

# Download all data tables
notebooklm download data-table --all

# Download a specific table by name
notebooklm download data-table --name "Market Comparison"

quiz — download a quiz

Download a quiz in JSON (default), Markdown, or HTML format.

notebooklm download quiz [OUTPUT_PATH] [OPTIONS]

Option	Values	Default	Description
`--format`	`json`, `markdown`, `html`	`json`	Output format
`-n, --notebook ID`	Notebook ID	active context	Specify notebook
`-a, --artifact ID`	Artifact ID	latest	Select specific quiz artifact

Output formats:

JSON — Structured data preserving all API fields: answerOptions, rationale, isCorrect, hint
Markdown — Human-readable with checkboxes indicating correct answers
HTML — Raw HTML as returned from NotebookLM

# Download quiz as JSON (default)
notebooklm download quiz quiz.json

# Download as markdown with answers marked
notebooklm download quiz --format markdown quiz.md

# Download as raw HTML
notebooklm download quiz --format html quiz.html

# Download a specific quiz by artifact ID
notebooklm download quiz --artifact art789 quiz.json

flashcards — download a flashcard deck

Download a flashcard deck in JSON (default), Markdown, or HTML format. The JSON output normalizes f/b field names to front/back for easier processing.

notebooklm download flashcards [OUTPUT_PATH] [OPTIONS]

Option	Values	Default	Description
`--format`	`json`, `markdown`, `html`	`json`	Output format
`-n, --notebook ID`	Notebook ID	active context	Specify notebook
`-a, --artifact ID`	Artifact ID	latest	Select specific flashcard artifact

Output formats:

JSON — Structured data with front/back fields (normalized from API f/b)
Markdown — Human-readable cards in a readable list format
HTML — Raw HTML as returned from NotebookLM

# Download flashcards as JSON
notebooklm download flashcards cards.json

# Download as markdown for reading
notebooklm download flashcards --format markdown cards.md

# Download as raw HTML
notebooklm download flashcards --format html cards.html

# Download a specific deck
notebooklm download flashcards --artifact art321 cards.json

Batch download examples

You can download multiple artifacts at once using --all and preview the results first with --dry-run.

# Preview all audio artifacts before downloading
notebooklm download audio --all --dry-run

# Download all audio artifacts
notebooklm download audio --all

# Download all reports to a directory
mkdir -p ./reports
notebooklm download report --all

# Download all infographics with JSON output for logging
notebooklm download infographic --all --json

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notebooklm download — save artifacts locally

Common options

Artifact type reference

Batch download examples

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