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Readwise & Reader API

Manage Readwise highlights, books, daily review, and Reader documents (save-for-later / read-it-later). Use when the user wants to save articles or URLs to Reader, browse their reading list, search saved documents, review highlights, create or manage highlights and notes, check their daily review, list books/sources, or interact with Readwise/Reader in any way.

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Manage Readwise highlights, books, daily review, and Reader documents (save-for-later / read-it-later). Use when the user wants to save articles or URLs to Reader, browse their reading list, search saved documents, review highlights, create or manage highlights and notes, check their daily review, list books/sources, or interact with Readwise/Reader in any way.

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Quick setup
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Requirements

Target platform
OpenClaw
Install method
Manual import
Extraction
Extract archive
Prerequisites
OpenClaw
Primary doc
SKILL.md

Package facts

Download mode
Yavira redirect
Package format
ZIP package
Source platform
Tencent SkillHub
What's included
references/api.md, scripts/readwise.sh, SKILL.md

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Trust & source

Release facts

Source
Tencent SkillHub
Verification
Indexed source record
Version
1.0.0

Documentation

ClawHub primary doc Primary doc: SKILL.md 8 sections Open source page

Readwise & Reader

Interact with Readwise (highlights, books, daily review) and Reader (save-for-later documents) via the bundled CLI script.

Setup

Requires READWISE_TOKEN env var. Get a token at https://readwise.io/access_token โ€” works for both Readwise and Reader APIs.

CLI Usage

scripts/readwise.sh [--pretty] <command> [args...]

Reader Commands (Documents)

# Save a URL to Reader readwise.sh save "https://example.com/article" --location later --tags "ai,research" # List reading list (inbox) readwise.sh list --location later --limit 10 # Search documents by title/author readwise.sh search "transformer" # Update a document readwise.sh update DOC_ID --location archive --tags "done,good" # Delete a document readwise.sh delete DOC_ID # List all tags readwise.sh tags

Readwise Commands (Highlights & Books)

# Get today's daily review readwise.sh review # Export highlights (optionally for a specific book) readwise.sh highlights --book-id 12345 --limit 20 # Get a single highlight readwise.sh highlight 456789 # Create a highlight readwise.sh highlight-create --text "Important quote" --title "Book Name" --note "My thought" # Update highlight color/note readwise.sh highlight-update 456789 --color blue --note "Updated note" # Delete a highlight readwise.sh highlight-delete 456789 # List books/sources readwise.sh books --category articles --limit 10 # Get book details readwise.sh book 12345

Output

All commands output JSON. Add --pretty for formatted output.

Common Workflows

Save article and tag it: readwise.sh save "https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.12345" --title "Cool Paper" --tags "ml,papers" --location later Check reading list: readwise.sh list --location later --limit 5 Today's review highlights: readwise.sh review Find highlights about a topic: Export all highlights then filter, or search Reader docs: readwise.sh search "attention mechanism" readwise.sh highlights --updated-after "2024-01-01" Archive finished articles: readwise.sh update DOC_ID --location archive

API Reference

For detailed endpoint documentation, parameters, and response shapes, read references/api.md. Key details: Rate limits: Readwise v2: 240 req/min (20/min for list endpoints). Reader v3: 20 req/min (50/min for create/update). Categories: Books: books, articles, tweets, podcasts. Reader: article, email, rss, highlight, note, pdf, epub, tweet, video. Locations (Reader): new, later, shortlist, archive, feed Highlight colors: yellow, blue, pink, orange, green, purple

Category context

Code helpers, APIs, CLIs, browser automation, testing, and developer operations.

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Package contents

Included in package
2 Docs1 Scripts
  • SKILL.md Primary doc
  • references/api.md Docs
  • scripts/readwise.sh Scripts