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Readwise Connector for AI agents.

16 live capabilities

Access your highlights and book notes through natural language.

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Why people use Readwise

Readwise for Knowledge Management and Research

This Connector turns that graveyard into a living library. Your agent can scan your highlights, notes, and tags to give you immediate answers. You get a conversational way to interact with your own curated wisdom.

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What Vinkius changes

That your reading history becomes a conversational knowledge base.

Use it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or another AI client you already have.

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  1. Real-world use case 01

    Synthesizing a research paper

    A student asks the agent to find all highlights about neuroplasticity and summarize the core arguments from their saved books.

  2. Real-world use case 02

    Meeting prep

    A manager asks the agent to find key insights from a specific book to share with the team during a project kickoff.

  3. Real-world use case 03

    Daily learning

    A user asks for their daily reviews to see what they need to practice today to improve their retention.

Complete set · 16capabilities

The complete Readwise capability set.

These are the exact actions your AI can choose when you ask it to work with Readwise.

Capability set01 / 04

01—04

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 16 available through Readwise.

  1. 01 Capability

    Create highlight

    Add a new highlight to your library with a specific note. This lets you save key quotes and your own thoughts in one place.

  2. 02 Capability

    Delete highlight

    Remove an existing highlight from your collection. Use this to clean up your library and keep your notes relevant.

  3. 03 Capability

    Export highlights

    Download your highlights, including those updated since a specific date. This is perfect for keeping a backup of your research.

  4. 04 Capability

    List reviews

    See what items are currently in your daily spaced repetition queue. It helps you stay on top of your daily learning goals.

Capability set02 / 04

05—08

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 16 available through Readwise.

  1. 05 Capability

    List tags

    View all the tags you've created to organize your highlights. Use them to group your notes by topic or project.

  2. 06 Capability

    Search books

    Find specific books in your library using keywords. This helps you quickly locate a title you've already saved.

  3. 07 Capability

    Search highlights

    Look for specific phrases or topics across all your highlights. It makes it easy to find that one piece of information you need.

  4. 08 Capability

    Check readwise status

    Verify that your connection to Readwise is active and working. Use this to make sure your agent can still access your data.

Capability set03 / 04

09—12

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 16 available through Readwise.

  1. 09 Capability

    List highlights

    Get a list of your highlights including notes, locations, and tags. This gives you a broad overview of your saved content.

  2. 10 Capability

    Update highlight

    Modify an existing highlight to add more context or change a tag. Use it to refine your notes as your understanding grows.

  3. 11 Capability

    Get book

    Fetch the specific details of a single book in your library. This provides the full context for a specific title.

  4. 12 Capability

    Get daily review

    Pull the specific review items scheduled for today. It shows you exactly what you need to practice right now.

Capability set04 / 04

13—16

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 16 available through Readwise.

  1. 13 Capability

    Get highlight

    Retrieve the full details of one specific highlight. Use this when you need to see the full text and note for a single item.

  2. 14 Capability

    List books by category

    See all books grouped by their specific categories. This helps you browse your library by subject matter.

  3. 15 Capability

    List books by source

    See all books grouped by where they came from, like Kindle or physical copies. This is useful for organizing books by how you read them.

  4. 16 Capability

    List books

    Get a complete list of every book in your Readwise library. Use this to see your entire collection at a glance.

Set up in minutes

One URL. Then ask Readwise to work.

Claude and ChatGPT only need the Connector URL. Copy it once, add it in settings, and use Readwise from the conversation.

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  1. Step 01

    Open Connectors

    In Claude Web or Claude Desktop, open Settings and choose Connectors.

  2. Step 02

    Add the URL

    Choose Add custom connector, name it Readwise, and paste the URL above.

  3. Step 03

    Turn it on in chat

    Select +, open Connectors, and enable Readwise for the conversation.

Where the request belongs

Work Readwise can move forward.

Built around the request

Researchers who need to synthesize large volumes of information quickly and students who want to turn reading into long-term retention.

01

Academic Researcher

Uses the Connector to find specific citations across hundreds of highlighted books during a literature review.

02

Knowledge Worker

Pulls up key insights from professional development books to prep for a meeting.

03

Lifelong Learner

Uses daily reviews to ensure they're actually remembering what they read.

Build the capability set

Add more capabilities.

Each Connector adds new actions and data without changing how you work.

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01 6 capabilities

Readwise

Equip your AI to directly search, read, and retrieve your unified digital highlights, books, and Reader documents stored in Readwise.

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02 12 capabilities

Google Books

Search the world's most comprehensive index of full-text books, manage personal bookshelves, and retrieve detailed literary metadata.

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03 8 capabilities

Goodreads

The world's largest site for readers and book recommendations. search books and audit reviews via AI.

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04 12 capabilities

Pocket

Save articles, videos, and web pages to read later with a personal content library that syncs across all your devices.

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05 32 capabilities

BookStack (Wiki)

Manage your BookStack wiki directly from your AI agent. search, read, create, and organize pages, chapters, and books with ease.

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06 10 capabilities

Open Library

Manage your book discovery. audit library records, authors, and subjects via AI.

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Before you connect

Questions about Readwise.

The practical details behind the request, access and result.

Can the Readwise MCP help me study for exams?

Yes, it can pull up your daily reviews and specific highlights from your study materials. This helps you focus on the concepts you need to practice most to improve your retention.

Does the Readwise MCP work with my Kindle highlights?

Yes, it connects to your Readwise account, which automatically syncs highlights from Kindle, physical books, and web articles.

How do I use Readwise MCP to organize my notes?

You can ask your agent to list your tags or group your books by category. This makes it much easier to keep your knowledge base structured and searchable.

Can I use Readwise MCP to back up my data?

Yes, you can ask your agent to export your highlights. This allows you to keep a local copy of your saved insights for safe keeping.

Is Readwise MCP good for researchers?

It's excellent for research. It lets you query specific topics across hundreds of highlighted books, helping you find citations and themes instantly.

How do I connect Readwise MCP to my agent?

Once you subscribe on Vinkius, you just need to provide your Readwise API token. From there, your AI client can access your library immediately.

What can I do with the Readwise connector?

You can list, search, create, update, and delete highlights, browse books by source or category, manage tags, access your daily spaced repetition review, and export all data incrementally for analysis or backup.

How does the daily review feature work?

The daily review capability retrieves highlights selected by Readwise's spaced repetition algorithm, helping your AI agent surface the most important passages at the optimal retention interval.

Can I filter books by where they came from?

Yes, you can filter by source (Kindle, Instapaper, Pocket, web, Apple Books) or by category (books, articles, tweets, podcasts) to quickly find the content you need.

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