Zero-Token Research: Delegating Claude Code's Heaviest Work to NotebookLM

Zero-Token Research: Delegating Claude Code's Heaviest Work to NotebookLM The single change that cut my Claude Code token usage by 49%: stop using Claude to read documents. Delegate that work to NotebookLM. Reading 3 files simultaneously in Claude costs ~150K tokens. The same work in NotebookLM costs ~5K tokens and returns a structured summary. That's a 30x difference. The Token Cost Breakdown Operation Claude Cost After NotebookLM Delegation Read 3+ files simultaneously ~150K tokens ~5K tokens