# Using NotebookLM as a Grounded Knowledge Layer for PR Reviews, Design Reviews, Debugging, and Onboarding

DevFeed: [Using NotebookLM as a Grounded Knowledge Layer for PR Reviews, Design Reviews, Debugging, and Onboarding](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-happens-when-your-coding-agent-actually-knows-your-architecture-17918.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://newsletter.systemdesign.one/p/how-to-use-notebooklm>)

Author: Neo Kim

Published: 2026-07-20T11:31:27Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [System Design Newsletter](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/system-design-newsletter.md>)

Topics: [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [Pull Request](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-request.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debugging.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debugging.md>), [onboarding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/onboarding.md>), [reviews](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reviews.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes using NotebookLM as a grounded knowledge layer for PR reviews, design reviews, debugging, and onboarding.

## Source excerpt

#163: How I turned NotebookLM into a grounded knowledge layer for PR reviews, design reviews, debugging, and onboarding