ietf-notebook 0.1.1

Gather resources for an IETF Working Group for use in NotebookLM

ietf-notebook

Automate gathering of NotebookLM-ready documents for an IETF Working Group.

This tool gathers Working Group charters, drafts, meeting minutes, PDF slides, mailing list archives, and GitHub issues into a set of clean text files and PDFs suitable for ingestion into NotebookLM.

Installation

pipx install ietf-notebook

Usage

ietf-notebook [wg_shortname] _OPTIONS_

Options

• wg_shortname: IETF Working Group short name (e.g., httpbis).
• --destination: Folder to save files in (default: current directory).
• --github: GitHub org/repo for issues (e.g., ietf-wg-httpbis/wg-materials).
• --months: Number of months of mailing list history to fetch (default: all).
• --force: Force re-downloading of existing files. By default, the tool skips files that already exist in the destination.
• --quiet: No messages except for errors and the final resource summary.
• --verbose: Detailed progress reporting.

Default Behavior

• Charters, Meetings, and Mbox: Existing files are skipped unless --force is used.
• Mailing List Discovery: The tool automatically finds the mailing list for the WG from the Datatracker.
• IMAP Retrieval: Mailing list archives are fetched via IMAP from imap.ietf.org and cached locally in .imap-cache/.
• GitHub Strategy: The tool first checks for archive.json on the gh-pages branch (common in repos using Martin Thomson's template).
• GitHub Auth: To avoid rate limits when fetching from the API, set the GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.