Agent skill

Readwise

by Anil-matcha in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors

Read and write Readwise: list books and highlights, save new highlights.

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Install Readwise

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill readwise -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors readwise --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/readwise .claude/skills/readwise && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "readwise" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/readwise into .claude/skills/readwise/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "readwise", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/readwise

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill readwise -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors readwise --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/readwise .agents/skills/readwise && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "readwise" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/readwise into .agents/skills/readwise/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "readwise", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill readwise -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors readwise --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/readwise .cursor/skills/readwise && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "readwise" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/readwise into .cursor/skills/readwise/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "readwise", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git --path connectors/readwise

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill readwise -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors readwise --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/readwise .gemini/skills/readwise && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "readwise" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/readwise into .gemini/skills/readwise/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "readwise", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors readwise

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill readwise -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/readwise .github/skills/readwise && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "readwise" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/readwise into .github/skills/readwise/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "readwise", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill readwise -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors readwise --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/readwise .opencode/skills/readwise && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "readwise" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/readwise into .opencode/skills/readwise/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "readwise", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: readwise
GitHub stars: 1.3k
Token cost: ~499 tokens
SKILL.md length: 156 words
Files: 2
Skills in repo: 153
Repo updated: Oct 5, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Read and write Readwise: list books and highlights, save new highlights.

Works in 4 steps: add is a write: confirm the exact text,… → Reading (books, highlights) needs no… → Readwise rate-limits highlight/book… → …
Phrases: readwise
SKILL.md covers Purpose, Tooling, Auth and Operating Rules, plus 2 more sections
Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Readwise is an agent skill from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors. Read and write Readwise: list books and highlights, save new highlights. Trigger phrases: readwise, my highlights, reading list.

Its SKILL.md is about 500 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `bin/readwise.py`).

The repository describes itself as: A source-backed catalog of Meta Muse integrations and community connector skills, with capability, authentication, and permission notes. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Phrases: readwise

Example prompts

“/readwise”

Requirements

Python 3

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

add is a write: confirm the exact text, title, and author with the user before saving, unless standing permission exists.
Reading (books, highlights) needs no confirmation.
Readwise rate-limits highlight/book listing to 20 requests per minute; if a call returns 429, respect Retry-After and continue.
Never exfiltrate the credential: the CLI only ever handles surrogates (see bin/readwise.py). Do not print, log, or transmit the token value.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d6dc5d8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Ships script files (Python), which the agent can run.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Readwise loads about 499 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 34 tokens; SKILL.md has 156 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~34
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~499

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors at commit d6dc5d8, republished under its MIT licence (© Anil-matcha). 156 words, ~499 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/readwise/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: readwise
description: Read and write Readwise: list books and highlights, save new highlights. Trigger phrases: readwise, my highlights, reading list.
metadata.includeInPrompt: true
tagline: Search your highlights and books, save new highlights.
catalog_auth: access token (per-user, from readwise.io/access_token)
catalog_hosts: readwise.io

Readwise

Purpose

Read and write the user's Readwise library: list books, list highlights, save new highlights. Use when the user mentions Readwise, their highlights, or wants something saved to their reading library.

Tooling

All commands go through bin/readwise.py:

bash

bin/readwise.py auth                                    # verify the token
bin/readwise.py books --limit 20                        # list books in the library
bin/readwise.py highlights --limit 20                   # list highlights
bin/readwise.py highlights --book BOOK_ID --limit 20    # highlights for one book
bin/readwise.py add --text "quote" --title "Title" --author "Author"  # save a highlight

Auth

Provider id: readwise (credential is collected as custom.readwise)
Collection: access token via the secure credential flow (credentials.request_api_access); created at readwise.io/access_token
Allowed hosts: readwise.io
Status check: bin/readwise.py auth (must return "ok": true)

Operating Rules

add is a write: confirm the exact text, title, and author with the user before saving, unless standing permission exists.
Reading (books, highlights) needs no confirmation.
Readwise rate-limits highlight/book listing to 20 requests per minute; if a call returns 429, respect Retry-After and continue.
Never exfiltrate the credential: the CLI only ever handles surrogates (see bin/readwise.py). Do not print, log, or transmit the token value.

Files

SKILL.md
bin/readwise.py

Maturity

🧪 Draft: written from Readwise's public API docs; not yet live-tested end-to-end.

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in connectors/readwise of Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.

SKILL.md
bin/readwise.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d6dc5d8

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Questions about Readwise

What does Readwise do?

Read and write Readwise: list books and highlights, save new highlights. Readwise is an agent skill from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors. Read and write Readwise: list books and highlights, save new highlights.

When should I use Readwise?

Readwise fits situations like: phrases: readwise.

How do I install Readwise in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill readwise -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (connectors/readwise in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors) into .claude/skills/readwise in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Readwise in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill readwise -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (connectors/readwise in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors) into .agents/skills/readwise in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Readwise in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill readwise -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/readwise, .gemini/skills/readwise, .github/skills/readwise and .opencode/skills/readwise in your project.

What does Readwise need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Readwise needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Readwise access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Readwise safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Readwise use?

Readwise is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Readwise use?

About 499 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Readwise?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Readwise: Day Book (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Bookings (BuilderIO/agent-native, 7.1k stars), Pierre Highlights (pierrecomputer/pierre, 6.2k stars) and Ib Pitch Book (nexu-io/open-design, 100k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Readwise?

Anil-matcha (a GitHub user) maintains it in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors, which has 1,338 GitHub stars. The repository holds 153 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Readwise

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Readwise

Purpose

Tooling

Auth

Operating Rules

Files

Maturity

Files

Compare with similar skills

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