How people use Kortex.
Kortex adds memory and AI tools to Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM). Here’s how 19 kinds of people use it, step by step.
Who is Kortex for?
Kortex is for people who keep their research in Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM): students and teachers, researchers and industry scientists, lawyers, doctors, financial analysts and accountants, founders, product managers, marketers, salespeople, recruiters and developers. It saves AI chats, web pages, posts and YouTube videos into notebooks, keeps them organized and searchable, and exports everything back out.
Students and education
Studying, teaching and keeping up with reading.
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Students
Every course in one place. Search it all.
One notebook per course: lectures, readings and AI chats in, study guides and quizzes out.
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- Send AI chats
- YouTube playlists
- Search everything
- Podcast feed
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Medical and nursing students
Turn lecture slides into practice questions.
A notebook per system or block, with saved OpenEvidence answers and practice questions written from your own lectures.
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- OpenEvidence and ChatGPT chats
- Saved prompts
- All Artifacts
- Podcast feed
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Teachers
Reuse your course notebooks every term.
A notebook per unit from your own Docs and videos, every quiz in one list, and a copy for next term.
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- Google Docs
- All Artifacts
- Duplicate notebooks
- Templates
Research and science
Papers, preprints, patents and AI research.
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Researchers and academics
Keep every source. Search them all.
Reading lists in bulk, AI research threads kept with their prompts, sources labelled by role, everything exportable.
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- Bulk import
- Send AI chats
- Source tags
- Markdown export
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Scientists in industry R&D
Keep the papers for each program in one place.
A notebook per program: papers, preprints, patents and guidance, labelled, routed and compared.
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- Domain Router
- Source tags
- Compare notebooks
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Law, health and finance
Research with sources, for fields where privacy matters.
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Lawyers and legal teams
Keep research for each matter, with its source.
A notebook per matter, research saved with its source, answers cited from the documents you added.
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- Highlight and send
- Collections
- Source tags
- PDF export
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Doctors and clinicians
Save guidelines by topic. Find them fast.
Guidelines, papers and saved OpenEvidence answers by topic, for CME and journal club, kept free of patient data.
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- OpenEvidence and ChatGPT chats
- Bulk import
- Saved prompts
- Podcast feed
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Financial analysts and advisors
One notebook per company you cover.
A notebook per company or theme: filings, call transcripts and AI research in, cited answers and briefs out.
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- Bulk import
- Send AI chats
- Compare notebooks
- PDF export
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Accountants and tax professionals
Keep tax guidance by topic, with sources.
Tax guidance and standards by topic, cited answers, saved prompts for memos, PDF exports.
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- Highlight and send
- Saved prompts
- Google Docs sync
- PDF export
Business
Projects, customers, deals and decisions.
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Professionals
Save your work chats and docs. Search them all.
A notebook per project for the chats, Docs and pages behind it, with saved prompts and clean exports.
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- Send AI chats
- Search everything
- Prompt shortcuts
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Consultants and analysts
Keep each client’s research separate.
A collection per client, desk research from AI chats and websites, transcripts to minutes, PDFs out.
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- Collections
- Multiple accounts
- Web crawler
- PDF export
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Founders and small business owners
Keep the reasons behind each decision.
Market research, customer conversations and AI brainstorms per question, turned into briefs and board prep.
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- Send AI chats
- Web crawler
- Saved prompts
- Podcast feed
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Sales professionals
Prepare for every call in minutes.
A notebook per account: LinkedIn posts, company pages and call notes in, call prep and follow-ups out.
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- LinkedIn posts
- Highlight and send
- Prompt shortcuts
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Real estate agents
Keep notes on every listing and area.
A notebook per buyer, listing or neighborhood, with cited comparisons and PDF summaries for clients.
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- Highlight and send
- Reddit posts
- YouTube
- Podcast feed
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HR and recruiters
Find any policy or role fast.
A handbook notebook that cites itself, a notebook per role, and interview kits from saved prompts.
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- Google Docs sync
- LinkedIn posts
- Saved prompts
- Audio Overviews
Product and engineering
Evidence for specs, and notebooks your coding agent can read.
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Developers
Use your notebooks in your coding agent.
Kortex MCP in Claude Code, Cursor and Codex, with docs crawled into notebooks and answers that cite them.
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- Web crawler
- Send AI chats
- Prompt shortcuts
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Product managers
Back every spec with customer evidence.
A notebook per feature: interviews, customer threads and competitor pages in, cited themes and briefs out.
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- Reddit and X posts
- Web crawler
- Google Docs sync
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Creators and marketing
Research from feeds and videos, turned into briefs and drafts.
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Marketers
Keep the research for each campaign in one place.
Customer language, competitor pages and brand docs per campaign, then briefs and copy that cite them.
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- Reddit, X and LinkedIn
- Web crawler
- Prompt shortcuts
- Google Docs
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Writers and creators
Save posts and videos as you browse.
Posts, threads, videos and highlights saved into a notebook per project, then outlines grounded in them.
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- X, Reddit and LinkedIn
- YouTube channels
- Prompt shortcuts
- Markdown export
Running a lab, a class or a small team?
We set up shared prompt libraries, team notebooks and an admin dashboard for seats and usage by email. Tell us about your group.
Ask about team setupNot on the list?
Kortex works for anyone who keeps research in Gemini Notebook. Start from every feature, copy-ready prompts or the free tools.
100,000+ users, rated 4.5 on the Chrome Web Store.
Questions before you start
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Do I need Gemini Notebook to use Kortex?
Yes. Kortex is an independent Chrome extension that works in and around Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM), with the Google account you already use there. It is not made by Google.
Which AI chats can Kortex save?
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, Kimi, Genspark and OpenEvidence get a Send to Notebook button, and so do posts on X, Reddit and LinkedIn, YouTube and Google Docs. On any other page, highlight text and right-click to send it.
Can I use Kortex for confidential work?
Kortex sends what you import to Gemini Notebook in your own Google account, and doesn’t keep your chats or the contents of your sources. Lawyers, clinicians, financial professionals and HR teams should follow their organization’s confidentiality and data policies on what goes in. We don’t claim any compliance certification.
Can a team use Kortex?
Yes. Each person installs Kortex for their own account, and notebooks are shared from Gemini Notebook. For shared prompt libraries, team notebooks and an admin dashboard for seats and usage, tell us about your group and we will set it up by email.
Pick the notebook you’re in now.
Add Kortex to Chrome and send the next chat, page or video to it.
100,000+ users, rated 4.5 on the Chrome Web Store.