# Triage your sources before you synthesise — Gemini Notebook prompt

> Step one of any multi-source project. Run this before asking for a synthesis and it tells you which sources actually earn their place, which duplicate each other, and where the collection has a hole. Ten good sources beat fifty mediocre ones, and this is how you find out which ten you have.


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

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- Category: Workflows
- Goes in: Chat message

## The prompt

```
Act as a research librarian assessing this collection before I synthesise it.

For each selected source, give me one row:
- Title
- What it uniquely contributes that no other source here does
- Quality signal: primary evidence / secondary reporting / opinion / promotional
- Keep, merge with [which source], or drop — and one line of why

Then, separately:
1. Which sources substantially duplicate each other?
2. What question would I want to answer from this collection that nothing here covers?
3. If I could add exactly two sources, what should they be?

Judge only what is in the sources. If you cannot tell what kind of source something is, say so rather than guessing.
```

## How to use it

1. Open your notebook at notebooklm.google.com.
2. Replace the [bracketed] parts with your specifics.
3. Paste the prompt into the chat box and send it.

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

## More workflows prompts

- [Conversational Bot](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/workflows/conversational-bot.md)
- [Custom Bot](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/workflows/custom-bot.md)
- [Listener Bot](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/workflows/listener-bot.md)
- [Chat Episode (Audio Overviews)](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/workflows/chat-episode.md)
- [Multi-source synthesis into a Video Overview](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/workflows/synthesis-to-video.md)
- [The prompt improvement cycle](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/workflows/prompt-improvement-cycle.md)
- [From notebook to a finished deliverable](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/workflows/notebook-to-deliverable.md)