Audio Overviews prompts
The 3-minute brief
Audio OverviewsGoes in: Audio Overview
The single most repeated Audio Overview fix: kill the warm-up minute, go straight at one topic.
Shared by the r/notebooklm community (via AI Tool Discovery's roundup) — credit where it's due.
Generate a 3-minute brief Audio Overview focusing only on [specific topic]. Skip the introduction and go straight to the main points. Prioritize practical examples over theory.
How to use it
- 1In the Studio panel, choose Audio Overview and click Customize.
- 2Paste the prompt into the customization box.
- 3Generate — the hosts will follow your instructions.
Square brackets mark the parts you replace with your own topic or question.
More audio overviews prompts
- The thorough explorationThe opposite lever: a long-form episode that must include counterarguments, not just agreement.
- The debate episodeMakes the hosts argue both sides of a position from the sources instead of narrating consensus.
- The critique episodeAn episode that reviews the material's methodology and arguments instead of repeating them.