NotebookLM

NotebookLM

This tool feeds your Cowork workspace. Upload your full product catalog. Ask: “Which bike is best for a family with two children under AED 4,000?” Export the answer to your Cowork Projects folder for use in customer replies and product copy.

NotebookLM is a free tool from Google that lets you upload documents and then ask questions about them in plain language. Upload your product catalog, a supplier pricelist, a contract, or a set of emails. Then ask: “Which bike is best for a family with two young children?” or “What were the payment terms in the last supplier contract?”

Cost: Free

What NotebookLM does

  • Accepts PDFs, Google Docs, Word files, web pages, and YouTube links as sources
  • Lets you query across all uploaded documents at once
  • Generates structured summaries, timelines, and Q&A
  • Creates Audio Overviews: a podcast-style conversation summarizing your documents
  • Cites sources so you know where each answer comes from

Setup

  1. Go to notebooklm.google.com (sign in with your Google account)
  2. Click “New Notebook”
  3. Upload your documents using the “Add sources” button
  4. Start asking questions in the chat panel on the right

No installation needed. Works in the browser.

Why this matters for Adam Bike

Product catalogs from Dutch suppliers often run 40 to 80 pages. Supplier contracts have payment terms buried on page 12. With NotebookLM you upload the document once and query it in seconds instead of scrolling.

For customer service, you can upload your full product range and ask “Which of our bikes has the lowest maintenance requirements?” and get a direct answer with a reference to the right page.

Example prompts

Product recommendation from catalogI have uploaded our full product catalog. Which bike in our range is best suited for a family with two children under 10? Consider cargo capacity and ease of mounting.
Supplier contract queryI have uploaded our supplier agreement. What are the payment terms and what happens if a delivery is delayed more than 2 weeks?
Product comparisonCompare the Dutch Style 28 and the Opa Fiets models across price, weight, gear options, and available colors. Format as a table.

Audio Overview

After uploading your documents, click “Audio Overview” in the top right. NotebookLM generates a 5 to 15 minute podcast-style conversation between two AI hosts summarizing the key points in your documents. Useful for quickly absorbing a long report or briefing a team member without asking them to read the full document.

What NotebookLM is not

NotebookLM is a document question-answering tool. It does not write content, generate images, or connect to external data. For writing and research tasks, use Claude. Use NotebookLM when you need to query a specific set of documents you have already uploaded.