Podcast

Turn a session into a podcast recap

A NotebookLM audio overview of your session that plays like a recap podcast, for players to catch up on the drive over.

By Greg H. & Greg W., co-founders of Archivist

July 30, 2026 • 5 minutes

Works in:

Claude
NotebookLM

Nobody rereads session notes. They will listen to eight minutes on the drive over. NotebookLM does the voices. Archivist supplies what actually happened.

How it worksOne prompt · Claude Desktop

Let your assistant do all of it

With Archivist and NotebookLM both connected, you paste one prompt and the assistant handles the session lookup and the audio.

Install both connections

Archivist Nexus installs the Archivist MCP and a NotebookLM companion into Claude Desktop in one pass. Select NotebookLM during setup.

Paste this prompt

It calls list-campaigns-tool and list-sessions-tool first, then stops so you can pick the session.

Connected prompt

Use the Archivist MCP and NotebookLM together to turn a session into an audio overview.

1. Call list-campaigns-tool and list-sessions-tool. Ask me which campaign and session. Wait for my answer.
2. Call get-session-tool, list-beats-tool, list-moments-tool, and list-quests-tool for that session.
3. In NotebookLM, create an Audio Overview that:
   - Walks through events in chronological order
   - Highlights party decisions and emotional beats
   - Ends with 2-3 unresolved hooks as teasers

Do not add plot points that are not in Archivist. Keep the tone of a recap podcast for players who were at the table. Tell me when it is ready and what you included.

Share the audio

Download it from NotebookLM and post it before your next session.

Questions

Does this work in ChatGPT?

Not for the audio step. NotebookLM has no official ChatGPT app, so this recipe is built around Claude Desktop with the Nexus NotebookLM companion. ChatGPT can still read your Archivist campaign for the other recipes.

Is the NotebookLM connection official?

No. Google does not publish a NotebookLM MCP server. Nexus bundles a community CLI (jacob-bd/notebooklm-mcp-cli, MIT licensed) to drive it. Expect occasional breakage. If it does, ask your assistant to write the recap as a script instead and paste that into NotebookLM by hand.

Why not just upload the session audio to NotebookLM?

Accuracy. A GM in our Discord tried exactly that, and NotebookLM invented an entity and mixed up two character names because it was hearing table accents, not tracking who said what. The Archivist record is already transcribed and reviewed, so names come through right.

Can I cover a whole arc instead of one session?

Yes. Ask for a session range instead of one session. Expect less detail per session, which is usually right for an arc.

Could players hear something secret?

Check before sharing. The script comes from the session record, but if you keep GM-only notes in journals, review the output first.

Every recipe needs campaign data

Archivist turns your Discord sessions, audio, transcripts, or notes into the record these prompts read from.

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