# Fill the holes in your class notes from the assigned reading

> Your notes and the reading now sit in the same place, so the AI can see both and fill the gaps with citations.

Write or paste your messy class notes into Gemini Notebook next to the course reading. It fills in what you missed, with citations back to the exact pages.

- Page: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/fill-class-notes-from-the-reading/
- Category: Learn anything faster
- Made for: Everyone, Coaches
- Works in: Gemini Notebook
- Time: About 10 minutes per class
- Effort: A few steps
- Note: Notes moving into the Sources panel is rolling out in October 2026, so the chat can read them. Your layout may differ for a while.
- Published: 2026-10-22

## How can AI fill in the gaps in my class notes?

Put your notes and the course reading in the same Gemini Notebook and ask it to fill what you missed, with citations. As of October 2026, notes you create from the Sources panel are visible to the notebook's chat, so it can compare them with the reading. This suits adult learners in a course or certification. If you have a recording instead of notes, a transcript-based summary fits better.

## The prompt

Fill in the parts in [square brackets], or leave them and the AI will ask you for them.

```text
My class notes from [CLASS NAME, e.g. week 4 of my bookkeeping course] are in my notes. The assigned reading is in my sources.

Please:
1. Go through my notes in order and fill in anything I wrote down only partly, using the reading. Cite the source for each addition.
2. List the key ideas from the reading that are missing from my notes entirely, in the order they appear.
3. Point out anything in my notes that doesn't match the reading, so I can check it with the instructor.
4. Finish with five short questions I should be able to answer if I really understood this class.

Keep my own wording where it's right. Mark everything you added so I can see what's mine and what came from the reading.
```

## Step by step

1. Add the course reading or slides as sources in a new Gemini Notebook.
2. Click Create Note at the top of the Sources panel and paste in your class notes.
3. Paste the prompt into the chat and fill in the class name.
4. Save the filled-in version as a new note next to your original.

## What you'll get

Your own notes with the gaps filled and marked, a list of missed ideas, any mismatches to check and five self-test questions.

## Good to know

**How can AI fill in the gaps in my class notes?** Put your notes and the course reading in the same Gemini Notebook and ask it to fill what you missed, with citations. As of October 2026, notes you create from the Sources panel are visible to the notebook's chat, so it can compare them with the reading. This suits adult learners in a course or certification. If you have a recording instead of notes, a transcript-based summary fits better.

**Which AI tools does this work in?** It works in Gemini Notebook. On this page, one tap copies the prompt and opens the app, so you just paste. Notes moving into the Sources panel is rolling out in October 2026, so the chat can read them. Your layout may differ for a while.

**How long does it take?** About 10 minutes per class. It's rated "A few steps". There are 4 steps, listed above.

**What do I need before I start?** Just your details for one blank: class name. You can skip any, and your AI will ask for them.

**What will I get back?** Your own notes with the gaps filled and marked, a list of missed ideas, any mismatches to check and five self-test questions.

Idea spotted on Reddit, shared by Steven Johnson, Gemini Notebook co-founder (u/Realistic_Cow1881): https://www.reddit.com/r/notebooklm/comments/1xa14h0/update_on_changes_to_notes_from_the_gemini/. The prompt is The Solo Creators' own version.

## Go further

Ready-made skills in the Solo Creators AI Studio (https://thesolocreators.com/studio/) that fit this: Watch It For Me (Drop any video link and get the step-by-step playbook, the full timestamped transcript, and the best quotes. Without watching it); TLDR (Your AI stops writing walls of text: every reply leads with the next action, numbered and skimmable).

From AI Use Cases and Prompts by The Solo Creators: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/. Free to use; please link back to the page when you share it.