# The citation-forcing pinned note — Gemini Notebook prompt

> From u/Inside-techminds' source-structure workflow: pin this and every answer arrives pre-wired for verification.


_Markdown version of https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/source-prep/citation-pinned-note — for AI and LLM crawlers. Content is identical to the web page._

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- Category: Setup & accuracy
- Goes in: Chat settings (persistent)

Shared by [u/Inside-techminds on r/notebooklm](https://www.reddit.com/r/notebooklm/comments/1rmruhv/)

## The prompt

```
When answering, always cite the specific page number and the source document name.
```

## How to use it

1. Open your notebook and click Customize (chat settings) in the chat panel.
2. Paste the prompt as the notebook's custom instructions and save.
3. It now applies to every question you ask in this notebook.

Square brackets mark the parts you replace with your own topic or question.

## More setup & accuracy prompts

- [The complete chat-settings template](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/source-prep/chat-settings-master-template.md)
- [Grounding guardrails: supported, inferred, or absent](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/source-prep/grounding-guardrails.md)
- [The verification footer](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/source-prep/answer-verification-footer.md)
- [A legend for your source labels](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/source-prep/source-labels-legend.md)
- [The patience instruction](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/source-prep/patience-instruction.md)
- [Turn the notebook into a prompt generator](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/source-prep/notebook-prompt-generator.md)