Readwise

Readwise MCP Connector for Claude

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

6 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner

Connect your Readwise account directly to your AI agent. Enabling this integration turns your AI into an expert research assistant, capable of instantly scanning your entire timeline of book highlights, article snippets, tweet saves, and personal tags directly from your unified Readwise and Readwise Reader library.

What you can do

  • Highlight Retrieval — Perform searches or bulk retrievals of every snippet, quote, or highlight you've ever saved from your Kindle, Apple Books, and web browsers.
  • Library Browsing — Ask your AI to list all the books, articles, and sources currently populated in your Readwise database.
  • Readwise Reader Documents — Full access to list and extract content directly from articles and feeds saved into your Readwise Reader app.
  • Tag Management Analysis — Retrieve the categorizations and tags you use to organize your knowledge base system.

How it works

  1. Authorize the Readwise MCP server in your workspace.
  2. Provide your Readwise Access Token (generated directly from readwise.io/access_token).
  3. Chat with your AI to immediately start synthesizing ideas, drafting essays, or finding specific quotes from your personal reading history.

Who is this for?

  • Researchers & Writers — Recall specific quotes from past books and synthesize notes into comprehensive research drafts without breaking focus.
  • Students & Academics — Easily query your centralized highlights from PDFs or class reading materials to build study guides.
  • Knowledge Workers — Transform casual web highlighting into an active second brain, allowing AI to connect ideas across different saved articles.
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6 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

check_auth_status

Verifies the validity of the Readwise access token

get_reader_document

Retrieves details for a specific Reader document

list_books

Lists all books and sources in Readwise

list_highlights

Lists all highlights from the user's Readwise account

list_reader_documents

Lists documents in the Readwise Reader

list_tags

Lists all tags used in Readwise

See how to talk to your AI agent using Readwise.

List the most recent 5 books I highlighted on Readwise.

Using the `list_books` endpoint, I found your latest highlighted sources. The top results are: 'Atomic Habits' (ID: 9234), 'Deep Work' (ID: 8812), and 'Sapiens' (ID: 8129).

Show me the text of the recent document I saved to Reader with the ID 1234.

Executing `get_reader_document` for ID 1234. I've fetched the full Markdown of the article. It’s titled 'The Future of AI Tools', summarizing context on how autonomous agents reshape programming workflows from start to finish.

Search my highlights for any mentions of 'productivity'.

I queried `list_highlights` and filtered your collection. You have 15 highlights mentioning 'productivity'. One standout quote from 'Deep Work' says: 'To produce at your peak level you need to work for extended periods with full concentration.'

You can quickly find or generate your specific access token by logging into your Readwise account and directly visiting `https://readwise.io/access_token`. Copy the alphanumeric token presented there and insert it directly into the prompt required by this integration.

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