# Auto-Make NotebookLM Study Guides and Briefs


Auto-Researcher reads the sources of a Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) notebook and makes study material without you typing a prompt. It can make a briefing, study guide, flashcards, slide deck, infographic or quiz when a tag is added or a notebook is filed.

This needs Kortex Pro. See [pricing](https://www.kortex-notebooklm.com/#pricing).

<img src="/docs/img/docs/automation-auto-researcher.svg" alt="Auto-Researcher: one event, three artifacts" width="760" />

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-dashboard-automation-editor.webp" alt="The Create Pipeline window, where a rule that makes artifacts is built" width="560" />

## Why use Auto-Researcher?

It is like a research assistant who reads everything first, then hands you a summary.

- Drop sources in and get a guide out.
- You get short, useful summaries without asking.
- It does the first pass of reading for you.

## How do I set it up?

1. Open **Automation** and click **Create Pipeline**.
1. Name it, for example "Study pack for class notebooks". Press **Next**.
1. For the trigger, click **Moved to collection** or **Notebook tag added**, and pick the collection or tag.
1. For the action, choose **Generate artifact**.
1. Pick what to make. You can pick more than one. The choices are a briefing, a study guide, flashcards, a slide deck, an infographic and a quiz.
1. You can type your own instructions in **Custom Prompt**, or use a prompt from your library.
1. Press **Next** and save.

## Examples

- Add the tag `#class`. Kortex makes a study guide and flashcards.
- Move a notebook into _Client Research_. Kortex makes a briefing.

:::tip Good to know

- Older versions of Kortex had a separate Auto-Researcher screen. Today it is simply a pipeline built in the same wizard as every other rule. If you had a Auto-Researcher rule before, Kortex moved it into a pipeline once, named after the old type.
- Making these takes a few minutes. Watch progress in the activity list.
- The action **Ask and save the answer** is another way to get a summary. It asks one question and saves the reply as a source or a note.

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Related: [Automation Rules](/docs/automation-rules), [All Artifacts](/docs/all-artifacts), [The Generator](/docs/automation-generator).