Readwise

Readwise MCP Connector for Claude

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Connect your AI agents to Readwise to manage books, highlights, tags, and spaced repetition reviews directly through natural language.

16 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner

Transform how your organization interacts with reading material by giving your AI agent full control over your Readwise library. With 16 tools covering full highlight CRUD, book search by source and category, tag management, and daily review access, your agents can retrieve specific passages, create annotations, and help you retain knowledge.

What you can do

  • Browse books by source or category
  • Full CRUD for highlights, notes, and tags
  • Access daily spaced repetition reviews
  • Export all data incrementally for backup or analysis

How it works

  1. Subscribe to this server
  2. Enter your Readwise API Token (found in your account settings)
  3. Start managing your reading library directly from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client

Who is it for?

Ideal for researchers, students, and professionals needing instant, conversational access to their curated knowledge base.

readingspaced-repetitionhighlightsknowledge-management

16 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

create_highlight

Create a highlight

delete_highlight

Delete a highlight

export_highlights

Supports incremental export with updatedAfter filter. Export highlights

list_reviews

List review queue

list_tags

List all tags

search_books

Search books

search_highlights

Search highlights

check_readwise_status

Verify connectivity

list_highlights

Returns text, note, location, and tags. List highlights

update_highlight

Update a highlight

get_book

Get book details

get_daily_review

Get daily review

get_highlight

Get highlight details

list_books_by_category

List books by category

list_books_by_source

List books by source

list_books

List all books

See how to talk to your AI agent using Readwise.

Find all my highlights related to 'stoicism' and summarize the key themes.

I found 14 highlights mentioning stoicism. The recurring themes focus on the dichotomy of control, the practice of negative visualization, and maintaining equanimity in the face of external adversity.

List all the books I've saved from my Kindle library.

I've retrieved your Kindle library. You have 22 books saved, including 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius, 'Atomic Habits' by James Clear, and 'Deep Work' by Cal Newport.

Create a new highlight for 'The Almanack of Naval Ravikant' with the note: 'Crucial insight on leverage'.

Successfully added your highlight to 'The Almanack of Naval Ravikant' with the note regarding leverage.

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.

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