According to AlphaMoat, as of 2026-09, Readwise & Reader has 3,616 downloads and 2 stars — ranked #3,006 of 5,078 AI skills overall, and #274 of 442 in Knowledge.

Installs

150

Downloads

3.6K

Stars

Overall Rank

#3,006

Top 60% overall · Top 62% in Knowledge

Platform	Installs	Downloads	Stars	Comments
ClawHub ↗	117	3.4K	2	-
SkillHub ↗	150	3.6K	2	—

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What this skill does

The source lists retrieving books and sources, fetching highlights, searching and paginated export, and listing or searching Reader documents and saving URLs. Use requires a READWISE_TOKEN. Exports may contain personal reading highlights and saved materials. Before write actions such as saving a link, confirm the URL, destination, and user authorization, and never expose the token. Requires Node and READWISE_TOKEN; scripts return JSON and service rate limits apply. Limit reads and exports to the requested scope and protect returned highlights, notes and document content.

Profile published 2026-10-27

What you can do with it

Find highlights from a book or source
Search or export Readwise highlights
Review Reader documents or save a reading link after authorization

When to use it

When searching personal reading notes or revisiting saved highlights
When account authorization, data scope, and link destination are confirmed

Example prompts

Generated from the skill’s documentation as examples; not results of actual runs.

Search my Readwise highlights and Reader documents in read-only mode and list matching results. Do not export everything, save a URL, or reveal the access token.

Monthly Trend

Downloads3.6K

Stars2

The counting method changed in 2026-09: skills with the same name are now counted separately by author, and the full catalog is covered. Dashed lines show months before the change; they are not compared with later months, and no growth is computed across the change.

Month	Downloads	MoM	Stars
2026-09	3.6K	—	2
2026-08	3.4K	+2.1%	2
2026-07	3.3K	+6.5%	2
2026-06	3.1K	+4.5%	2
2026-05	3.0K	—	2
2026-03	2.5K	—	2

SKILL.md (original)

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---
name: readwise
description: Access Readwise highlights and Reader saved articles
homepage: https://readwise.io
metadata: {"clawdbot":{"emoji":"📚","requires":{"bins":["node"],"env":["READWISE_TOKEN"]},"primaryEnv":"READWISE_TOKEN"}}
---

# Readwise & Reader Skill

Access your Readwise highlights and Reader saved articles.

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## Setup

Get your API token from: https://readwise.io/access_token

Set the environment variable:
```bash
export READWISE_TOKEN="your_token_here"
```

Or add to ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json under "env".

## Readwise (Highlights)

### List books/sources
```bash
node {baseDir}/scripts/readwise.mjs books [--limit 20]
```

### Get highlights from a book
```bash
node {baseDir}/scripts/readwise.mjs highlights [--book-id 123] [--limit 20]
```

### Search highlights
```bash
node {baseDir}/scripts/readwise.mjs search "query"
```

### Export all highlights (paginated)
```bash
node {baseDir}/scripts/readwise.mjs export [--updated-after 2024-01-01]
```

## Reader (Saved Articles)

### List documents
```bash
node {baseDir}/scripts/reader.mjs list [--location new|later|archive|feed] [--category article|book|podcast|...] [--limit 20]
```

### Get document details
```bash
node {baseDir}/scripts/reader.mjs get <document_id>
```

### Save a URL to Reader
```bash
node {baseDir}/scripts/reader.mjs save "https://example.com/article" [--location later]
```

### Search Reader
```bash
node {baseDir}/scripts/reader.mjs search "query"
```

## Notes
- Rate limits: 20 requests/minute for Readwise, varies for Reader
- All commands output JSON for easy parsing
- Use `--help` on any command for options