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Google-NotebookLM

Fetches a page when someone adds it as a source in Google's NotebookLM.

Run by
Google
Type
AI assistant
Robots.txt name
Google-NotebookLM
Verifiable
Not yet

What Google-NotebookLM does

Fetches a page when someone adds it as a source in Google's NotebookLM.

As an AI assistant, it fetches pages for a person, in real time, while they use an AI assistant. The kinds of AI agent that visit websites.

Should you allow it?

Almost always allow it. Blocking it means the assistant can't read your pages when a customer asks about you, so it answers from somewhere else. A decision guide for blocking or allowing AI crawlers.

How to allow or block Google-NotebookLM

Google-NotebookLM reads the Google-NotebookLM group in your robots.txt. To block it everywhere:

User-agent: Google-NotebookLM
Disallow: /

To allow it everywhere, even if another rule blocks other bots:

User-agent: Google-NotebookLM
Allow: /

Robots.txt is a request, not a lock: well-behaved crawlers follow it, impostors don't. Robots.txt for AI agents.

How to tell if it's really Google-NotebookLM

Our registry doesn't verify Google-NotebookLM against published IP ranges yet, so treat a request that uses the name as a claim, not proof: anyone can send its user agent. Check Google's documentation for how to verify it.

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