Open Notebook skill: what it does and how to install it
Organises research in Open Notebook, a self-hosted NotebookLM alternative, with source ingestion, cited chat, search, notes and podcast generation.
Summary generated from the skill's documentation.
Install
$ npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --skill open-notebookRun it in a terminal. If your agent is already running, start a new session so it picks the skill up.
About this skill
What it does. Automates Open Notebook through its REST API, creating notebooks and notes, ingesting PDFs, web pages, media and Office files, and waiting for processing. It builds context for cited chat, runs text or vector search, applies transformations, and generates multi-speaker podcasts while supporting local and cloud AI providers.
When to use it. Use it to manage research sources and conversations in a self-hosted Open Notebook instance. It requires a running backend and worker, plus network access to the instance and any configured providers.
History
Repo stars
47.7kAbout +18.9k since 9 Jul 2026
Before 1 Oct 2026 the curve is estimated from public event data.
Stars are counted for the whole repository, which holds 74 skills.
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| Date | Repo stars |
|---|---|
| 5 Oct 2026 | 47,652 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 47,541 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 47,444 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 47,351 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 47,271 |
| 24 Sept 2026 (estimated) | 46,976 |
| 17 Sept 2026 (estimated) | 46,257 |
| 10 Sept 2026 (estimated) | 41,836 |
| 3 Sept 2026 (estimated) | 30,545 |
| 27 Aug 2026 (estimated) | 29,347 |
| 20 Aug 2026 (estimated) | 29,160 |
| 13 Aug 2026 (estimated) | 29,027 |
| 6 Aug 2026 (estimated) | 28,947 |
| 30 Jul 2026 (estimated) | 28,894 |
| 23 Jul 2026 (estimated) | 28,894 |
| 16 Jul 2026 (estimated) | 28,841 |
| 9 Jul 2026 (estimated) | 28,708 |
Installs
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