# Add Several NotebookLM Tags with One Tag


The Escalator adds a set of tags to a Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) notebook when you add one tag. You build it in Kortex Automation with the trigger **Notebook tag added** and one **Add tag** action for each extra tag.

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

<img src="/docs/img/docs/automation-escalator.svg" alt="The Escalator: one tag, many" width="760" />

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-dashboard-automation-editor.webp" alt="The first step of the Create Pipeline window, where you name a rule" width="560" />

## Why use the Escalator?

It is like a rubber stamp that prints three stamps at once. You press once, and all three marks appear.

- You type less. One tag does the work of three.
- Every notebook with a status gets the same set of tags.
- You make fewer mistakes.

## How do I set it up?

1. Open **Automation** and click **Create Pipeline**.
1. Name it, for example "Final means archive". Press **Next**.
1. For the trigger, click **Notebook tag added** and choose the first tag, such as `#final`.
1. For the actions, choose **Add tag** and pick `#archive`.
1. Add the action **Add tag** again and pick `#reviewed`.
1. Press **Next** and save.

## Example

- `#urgent` also adds `#todo` and `#priority`.
- `#published` also adds `#archive` and `#done`.

:::tip Good to know

- Older versions of Kortex had a separate Escalator screen. Today it is simply a pipeline built in the same wizard as every other rule. If you had a Escalator rule before, Kortex moved it into a pipeline once, named after the old type.
- A rule cannot start itself again. A rule that watches a tag and also adds that same tag runs once, not forever.

:::

## When does the rule run?

Rules run in the background whenever Chrome is open. They do not run when Chrome is closed. Whether a rule is on or off is kept on this computer.

Related: [Automation Rules](/docs/automation-rules), [Smart Sort](/docs/automation-smart-sort).