Agent skill

Readwise CLI

by iusztinpaul in iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop

How to use the Readwise CLI — access highlights, documents, and your entire reading library from the command line

MITAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Readwise CLI

skills CLI

$ npx skills add iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop --skill readwise-cli -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop readwise-cli --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/iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ai-research-os/skills/readwise-cli .claude/skills/readwise-cli && 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-cli" agent skill from https://github.com/iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop/tree/main/plugins/ai-research-os/skills/readwise-cli into .claude/skills/readwise-cli/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "readwise-cli", 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/iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop/tree/main/plugins/ai-research-os/skills/readwise-cli

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 iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop --skill readwise-cli -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop readwise-cli --agent codex

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ai-research-os/skills/readwise-cli .agents/skills/readwise-cli && 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-cli" agent skill from https://github.com/iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop/tree/main/plugins/ai-research-os/skills/readwise-cli into .agents/skills/readwise-cli/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "readwise-cli", 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 iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop --skill readwise-cli -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop readwise-cli --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ai-research-os/skills/readwise-cli .cursor/skills/readwise-cli && 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-cli" agent skill from https://github.com/iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop/tree/main/plugins/ai-research-os/skills/readwise-cli into .cursor/skills/readwise-cli/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "readwise-cli", 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/iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop.git --path plugins/ai-research-os/skills/readwise-cli

--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 iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop --skill readwise-cli -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop readwise-cli --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/iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ai-research-os/skills/readwise-cli .gemini/skills/readwise-cli && 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-cli" agent skill from https://github.com/iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop/tree/main/plugins/ai-research-os/skills/readwise-cli into .gemini/skills/readwise-cli/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "readwise-cli", 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 iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop readwise-cli

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 iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop --skill readwise-cli -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ai-research-os/skills/readwise-cli .github/skills/readwise-cli && 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-cli" agent skill from https://github.com/iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop/tree/main/plugins/ai-research-os/skills/readwise-cli into .github/skills/readwise-cli/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "readwise-cli", 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 iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop --skill readwise-cli -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 iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop readwise-cli --agent opencode

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ai-research-os/skills/readwise-cli .opencode/skills/readwise-cli && 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-cli" agent skill from https://github.com/iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop/tree/main/plugins/ai-research-os/skills/readwise-cli into .opencode/skills/readwise-cli/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "readwise-cli", 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-cli
GitHub stars: 179
Token cost: ~2.3k tokens
SKILL.md length: 254 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 6
Repo updated: Jun 27, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

How to use the Readwise CLI — access highlights, documents, and your entire reading library from the command line

Productivity & Automation work in your project
SKILL.md covers Setup, Discovering Commands, Reader Commands and Readwise Commands, plus 1 more section
Calls npm; reaches me.com

What it does

Readwise CLI is an agent skill from iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop. How to use the Readwise CLI — access highlights, documents, and your entire reading library from the command line

Its SKILL.md is about 2.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Productivity & Automation. The repository describes itself as: How to turn your Second Brain into a living research memory that your agents maintain. Workshop with slides, video and code. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Productivity & Automation work in your project

Example prompts

“/readwise-cli”

Requirements

Node.js

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit dc66605. 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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- npm
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
- me.com
Also links to:
- readwise.io
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 CLI loads about 2.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 32 tokens; SKILL.md has 254 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~32
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~2.3k

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 iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop at commit dc66605, republished under its MIT licence (© iusztinpaul). 254 words, ~2,256 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/readwise-cli/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: readwise-cli
description: How to use the Readwise CLI — access highlights, documents, and your entire reading library from the command line

Readwise CLI

Use the readwise command to access the user's Readwise highlights and Reader documents. Readwise has two products:

Readwise — highlights from books, articles, podcasts, and more. Includes daily review and spaced repetition.
Reader — a read-later app for saving and reading articles, PDFs, EPUBs, RSS feeds, emails, tweets, and videos.

Setup

If readwise is not installed:

bash

npm install -g @readwise/cli

If not authenticated, ask the user for their Readwise access token (they can get one at https://readwise.io/access_token), then run:

bash

readwise login-with-token <token>

Discovering Commands

Every command supports --help for full option details:

bash

readwise --help
readwise reader-search-documents --help
readwise readwise-list-highlights --help

Add --json to any command for machine-readable output. Use --refresh to force-refresh cached data.

Reader Commands

Searching documents

bash

# Semantic search across all saved documents
readwise reader-search-documents --query "spaced repetition"

# Search only articles saved for later
readwise reader-search-documents --query "machine learning" --category-in article --location-in later,shortlist

# Search by author within the inbox
readwise reader-search-documents --query "AI" --author-search "Simon Willison" --location-in new

# Search documents published after a date
readwise reader-search-documents --query "transformers" --published-date-gt 2024-01-01

Browsing documents

bash

# List 10 most recent inbox items (minimal fields to save tokens)
readwise reader-list-documents --location new --limit 10 --response-fields title,author,summary,word_count,category,saved_at

# List archived articles tagged "research"
readwise reader-list-documents --location archive --tag research --category article

# List unseen documents in the inbox
readwise reader-list-documents --location new --seen false

# List RSS feed items
readwise reader-list-documents --location feed --limit 20 --response-fields title,author,summary,site_name

# Get a specific document by ID
readwise reader-list-documents --id <document_id>

Locations: new (inbox), later, shortlist, archive, feed. When the user says "inbox", use new.

Reading and highlighting

bash

# Get full document content as Markdown
readwise reader-get-document-details --document-id <id>

# Get all highlights on a document
readwise reader-get-document-highlights --document-id <id>

# Highlight a passage (html-content must match the document's HTML exactly)
# Get the HTML first via reader-list-documents with --response-fields html_content
readwise reader-create-highlight --document-id <id> --html-content "<p>The exact passage to highlight</p>"

# Highlight with a note and tags
readwise reader-create-highlight --document-id <id> --html-content "<p>Key insight</p>" --note "Connects to spaced repetition research" --tags review,concept

Saving documents

bash

# Save a URL — Reader scrapes it automatically
readwise reader-create-document --url "https://example.com/article"

# Save with metadata
readwise reader-create-document --url "https://example.com" --title "Great Article" --tags research,ai --notes "Recommended by Alice"

# Save raw Markdown content (provide a unique URL as identifier)
readwise reader-create-document --title "Meeting Notes" --markdown "# Notes from today..." --url "https://me.com#notes-march-2025"

Organizing

bash

# Move documents between locations (max 50 per call)
readwise reader-move-documents --document-ids <id1>,<id2> --location archive
readwise reader-move-documents --document-ids <id> --location later

# Bulk mark documents as seen
readwise reader-bulk-edit-document-metadata --documents '[{"document_id": "<id>", "seen": true}]'

# Bulk update metadata (title, author, tags, summary, etc.)
readwise reader-bulk-edit-document-metadata --documents '[{"document_id": "<id>", "title": "Better Title", "tags": ["ai", "research"]}]'

# Tags
readwise reader-list-tags
readwise reader-add-tags-to-document --document-id <id> --tag-names important,research
readwise reader-remove-tags-from-document --document-id <id> --tag-names old-tag

# Highlight tags and notes
readwise reader-add-tags-to-highlight --document-id <id> --highlight-document-id <hid> --tag-names concept
readwise reader-remove-tags-from-highlight --document-id <id> --highlight-document-id <hid> --tag-names old-tag
readwise reader-set-highlight-notes --document-id <id> --highlight-document-id <hid> --notes "Updated note"

Exporting

bash

# Export all documents as a ZIP of Markdown files (async)
readwise reader-export-documents
readwise reader-get-export-documents-status --export-id <id>

# Delta export — only docs updated since last export
readwise reader-export-documents --since-updated "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"

Readwise Commands

Searching highlights

bash

# Semantic search across all highlights
readwise readwise-search-highlights --vector-search-term "learning techniques"

# Search with full-text filter on a specific field
readwise readwise-search-highlights --vector-search-term "memory" --full-text-queries '[{"field_name": "document_title", "search_term": "psychology"}]'

Full-text query fields: document_author, document_title, highlight_note, highlight_plaintext, highlight_tags.

Browsing highlights

bash

# List 20 most recent highlights
readwise readwise-list-highlights --page-size 20

# Highlights from a specific book
readwise readwise-list-highlights --book-id <id>

# Highlights from the last month
readwise readwise-list-highlights --highlighted-at-gt "2025-02-01T00:00:00Z"

Creating and editing highlights

bash

# Create a highlight (matched to a book by title/author, or goes into "Quotes")
readwise readwise-create-highlights --highlights '[{"text": "The key insight here", "title": "Book Title", "author": "Author Name"}]'

# Create multiple highlights at once
readwise readwise-create-highlights --highlights '[{"text": "First quote", "title": "Book A"}, {"text": "Second quote", "title": "Book B"}]'

# Update a highlight — text, note, color, tags
readwise readwise-update-highlight --highlight-id <id> --note "New note" --add-tags concept,review --color blue

# Delete a highlight
readwise readwise-delete-highlight --highlight-id <id>

Colors: yellow, blue, pink, orange, green, purple.

Daily review

bash

# Get today's spaced repetition review
readwise readwise-get-daily-review

Returns highlights selected by the spaced repetition algorithm plus a URL for interactive review.

Example Workflows

Triage the inbox: List recent saves, read each one, decide what's worth the user's time.

bash

readwise reader-list-documents --location new --limit 10 --response-fields title,author,summary,word_count,category,saved_at
readwise reader-get-document-details --document-id <id>
readwise reader-move-documents --document-ids <id> --location later    # worth reading
readwise reader-move-documents --document-ids <id> --location archive  # skip

Search across everything: Find all content on a topic across both highlights and documents.

bash

readwise reader-search-documents --query "spaced repetition"
readwise readwise-search-highlights --vector-search-term "spaced repetition"

Quiz on a recent read: Find a finished document, get its content and highlights, quiz the user.

bash

readwise reader-list-documents --location archive --limit 10 --response-fields title,author,summary,word_count
readwise reader-get-document-details --document-id <id>
readwise reader-get-document-highlights --document-id <id>

Catch up on RSS: Browse feed items, surface the best ones, mark the rest as seen.

bash

readwise reader-list-documents --location feed --limit 20 --response-fields title,author,summary,word_count,site_name
readwise reader-bulk-edit-document-metadata --documents '[{"document_id": "<id>", "seen": true}]'
readwise reader-move-documents --document-ids <id> --location later

Save and annotate: Save a URL, highlight key passages, tag and organize.

bash

readwise reader-create-document --url "https://example.com/article" --tags research
readwise reader-create-highlight --document-id <id> --html-content "<p>Key passage here</p>" --note "This connects to..."
readwise reader-add-tags-to-document --document-id <id> --tag-names important

Build a reading recap: See what you've finished and highlighted recently.

bash

readwise reader-list-documents --location archive --updated-after "2025-03-10T00:00:00Z" --response-fields title,author,word_count,reading_progress
readwise reader-get-document-highlights --document-id <id>
readwise readwise-list-highlights --highlighted-at-gt "2025-03-10T00:00:00Z" --page-size 50

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/ai-research-os/skills/readwise-cli of iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit dc66605

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Questions about Readwise CLI

What does Readwise CLI do?

How to use the Readwise CLI — access highlights, documents, and your entire reading library from the command line. Readwise CLI is an agent skill from iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop.

When should I use Readwise CLI?

Readwise CLI fits situations like: productivity & Automation work in your project.

How do I install Readwise CLI in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop --skill readwise-cli -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ai-research-os/skills/readwise-cli in iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop) into .claude/skills/readwise-cli in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Readwise CLI in Codex?

Run `npx skills add iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop --skill readwise-cli -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ai-research-os/skills/readwise-cli in iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop) into .agents/skills/readwise-cli in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Readwise CLI 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 iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop --skill readwise-cli -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-cli, .gemini/skills/readwise-cli, .github/skills/readwise-cli and .opencode/skills/readwise-cli in your project.

What does Readwise CLI need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Readwise CLI needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npm). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Readwise CLI access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. In commands or code: me.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: readwise.io. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Readwise CLI 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 CLI use?

Readwise CLI 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 CLI use?

About 2.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9k 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 CLI?

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Who maintains Readwise CLI?

iusztinpaul (a GitHub user) maintains it in iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop, which has 179 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 27, 2026.

Source: iusztinpaul/ai-research-os-workshop on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

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