Shortlist a mid-size SUV and compare insurance policy clauses with NotebookLM

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Jul 29, 2025 by Parth Shah (Android Police)

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Last checked

Oct 17, 2026

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Outcome

Hunting for a mid-size SUV in India, Android Police's Parth Shah put long reviews and hours-long YouTube comparisons into a NotebookLM notebook and asked questions such as rear-seat comfort, service costs and A/C performance, with links back to each source. After settling on a car, Shah uploaded insurers' policy brochures and asked about accidental-damage exclusions, cancellation fees, cashless claims at service centers in Surat and natural-disaster cover, and says NotebookLM pulled out the exact clauses.

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NotebookLM

The source didn't share its exact prompt, so we wrote this from what it describes.

Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to.

Goal: Answer my car-buying and car-insurance questions using only the reviews and policy documents I give you, with sources.

Fill in before running:
- Cars on my shortlist: [MODELS]
- Reviews and video links: [UPLOAD OR PASTE]
- Insurance brochures or policy wordings: [UPLOAD]
- What matters most: [space / running costs / ride / city driving]

Rules:
- Answer only from the material I give you and cite the source for each point.
- Compare the cars side by side on the things I said matter most.
- For insurance, quote the exact clause on exclusions, cancellation fees, claims process and disaster cover.
- Say clearly when the documents don't answer a question.
- Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify.

Output: A comparison table for the cars and a clause-by-clause table for the policies, each with sources.

You'll know it worked when: I can pick a car and a policy and point to the clause behind every important detail.

Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to.

Goal: Answer my car-buying and car-insurance questions using only the reviews and policy documents I give you, with sources.

Fill in before running:
- Cars on my shortlist: [MODELS]
- Reviews and video links: [UPLOAD OR PASTE]
- Insurance brochures or policy wordings: [UPLOAD]
- What matters most: [space / running costs / ride / city driving]

Rules:
- Answer only from the material I give you and cite the source for each point.
- Compare the cars side by side on the things I said matter most.
- For insurance, quote the exact clause on exclusions, cancellation fees, claims process and disaster cover.
- Say clearly when the documents don't answer a question.
- Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify.
- Flag any point where two reviews disagree and quote both.

Output: A comparison table for the cars and a clause-by-clause table for the policies, each with sources.

You'll know it worked when: I can pick a car and a policy and point to the clause behind every important detail.

Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.

Source

https://www.androidpolice.com/notebooklm-helped-me-finalize-car-purchase/