# The patience instruction — Gemini Notebook prompt

> One line in the notebook's custom settings that reliably makes answers longer, deeper and more carefully reasoned.


_Markdown version of https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/source-prep/patience-instruction — 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/Able_Orchid_3818 on r/notebooklm](https://www.reddit.com/r/notebooklm/comments/1rse4wp/)

## The prompt

```
Take your time researching. Dive deep, do not rush, and be patient in your analysis and reading.
```

## 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 citation-forcing pinned note](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/source-prep/citation-pinned-note.md)
- [Turn the notebook into a prompt generator](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/source-prep/notebook-prompt-generator.md)