ResearchHybridFreeActiveVerified on a mock· advanced · ~45 min setup

Hermes + NotebookLM "Second Brain"

Pair Hermes with NotebookLM to build a self-researching, self-teaching knowledge system.

by Shilpa Mitra· verified 10d ago· v1.0.0

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Intended Use

Researchers and knowledge workers building a personal AI that continuously researches, distills, and teaches itself from new sources.

Not for

  • One-off summarization tasks
  • Strictly offline use (NotebookLM requires Google)

Replaces Perplexity Pro

The Stack

ObsidianmemoryNotebookLMsynthesisHermes Agentorchestrator

Tested Against

hermes@0.12.0notebooklm:2026-05

Side effects & data flow

Network
notebooklm.google.com
Writes
~/vault/research/
Credentials
GOOGLE_OAUTH_TOKEN

Data privacy

  • google ← research sources + prompts (retention: per NotebookLM policy)

Steps

  1. 1

    Connect the sources

    Feed Hermes research output into NotebookLM and store distilled notes in Obsidian.

Eval, 1 fixture

Last passed: verified 10d ago
  • research-flowrubrictimeout 300s · max $0.1

    Judge: claude-sonnet-4-5 Rubric: Pass if a new markdown file is created in ~/vault/research/ AND its body cites at least one source URL.

Results

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