Setup & accuracy prompts
The patience instruction
Setup & accuracyGoes in: Chat settings
One line in the notebook's custom settings that reliably makes answers longer, deeper and more carefully reasoned.
Shared by u/Able_Orchid_3818 on r/notebooklm — credit where it's due.
Take your time researching. Dive deep, do not rush, and be patient in your analysis and reading.
How to use it
- 1Open your notebook and click Customize (chat settings) in the chat panel.
- 2Paste the prompt as the notebook's custom instructions and save.
- 3It 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 citation-forcing pinned noteFrom u/Inside-techminds' source-structure workflow: pin this and every answer arrives pre-wired for verification.
- Turn the notebook into a prompt generatorFill a notebook with prompt-engineering material first, then have it write prompts for any goal - and improve its own draft.