From the community prompts
The patience instruction
From the communityGoes 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.
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