# Readwise Official > Access your Readwise highlights and Reader documents from the command line. Search, read, organize, and manage your entire reading library. - Skill: `readwiseio/readwise-official` (Agent Skill) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add readwiseio/readwise-official` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/readwiseio/readwise-official/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Coding & Dev Tools - Author: readwiseio (https://skillmd.com/u/readwiseio) - Updated: 2026-09-09 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/readwiseio/readwise-official --- # 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 ``` ## 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 and browsing documents ```bash # Semantic search across all saved documents readwise reader-search-documents --query "spaced repetition" # Search with filters — by category, location, author, date range, tags readwise reader-search-documents --query "machine learning" --category-in article --location-in later,shortlist # List recent inbox items with minimal fields (saves tokens) readwise reader-list-documents --location new --limit 10 --response-fields title,author,summary,word_count,category # List archived articles by a specific tag readwise reader-list-documents --location archive --tag "research" --category article # List unseen documents readwise reader-list-documents --location new --seen false ``` Reader locations: `new` (inbox), `later`, `shortlist`, `archive`, `feed`. When the user says "inbox", use `new`. ### Reading document content ```bash # Get full document details including Markdown content readwise reader-get-document-details --document-id # Get all highlights on a document readwise reader-get-document-highlights --document-id ``` ### Saving and creating ```bash # Save a URL — Reader scrapes it automatically readwise reader-create-document --url "https://example.com/article" # Save with metadata and tags readwise reader-create-document --url "https://example.com" --title "My Title" --tags research,important # Save raw content (provide a unique URL as identifier) readwise reader-create-document --title "Meeting Notes" --markdown "# Notes from today..." --url "https://me.com#notes-2024" # Highlight a passage (html-content must match the document's HTML exactly) readwise reader-create-highlight --document-id --html-content "

The key passage

" --note "Connects to..." ``` ### Organizing ```bash # Move documents between locations (max 50 per call) readwise reader-move-documents --document-ids , --location archive # Bulk mark as seen readwise reader-bulk-edit-document-metadata --documents '[{"document_id": "", "seen": true}]' # Tag management readwise reader-list-tags readwise reader-add-tags-to-document --document-id --tag-names important,research readwise reader-remove-tags-from-document --document-id --tag-names old-tag # Highlight tags and notes readwise reader-add-tags-to-highlight --document-id --highlight-document-id --tag-names concept readwise reader-set-highlight-notes --document-id --highlight-document-id --notes "My note" ``` ### Exporting ```bash # Export all documents as Markdown ZIP (async — poll for completion) readwise reader-export-documents readwise reader-get-export-documents-status --export-id # Delta export — only docs updated since last export readwise reader-export-documents --since-updated "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z" ``` ## Readwise Commands ### Searching and browsing highlights ```bash # Semantic search across all highlights (books, articles, podcasts, etc.) readwise readwise-search-highlights --vector-search-term "learning techniques" # List recent highlights readwise readwise-list-highlights --page-size 20 # Highlights from a specific book readwise readwise-list-highlights --book-id # Highlights from the last month readwise readwise-list-highlights --highlighted-at-gt "2024-06-01T00:00:00Z" ``` ### Creating and editing highlights ```bash # Create a highlight (goes into a book matched by title/author, or "Quotes" if no title) readwise readwise-create-highlights --highlights '[{"text": "The key insight", "title": "Book Title", "author": "Author Name"}]' # Update a highlight — change text, add note, manage tags, set color readwise readwise-update-highlight --highlight-id --note "Updated note" --add-tags concept,review --color blue # Delete a highlight readwise readwise-delete-highlight --highlight-id ``` ### Daily review ```bash # Get today's spaced repetition review with highlights and interactive review URL readwise readwise-get-daily-review ``` ## Example Workflows **Triage the inbox:** List recent saves, read each one, decide what's worth the user's time, and move to the right place. ```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 readwise reader-move-documents --document-ids --location later ``` **Search across everything:** Search both Reader documents and Readwise highlights in parallel to find everything on a topic. ```bash readwise reader-search-documents --query "spaced repetition" readwise readwise-search-highlights --vector-search-term "spaced repetition" ``` **Quiz on a recent read:** Find recently finished documents, pick one, fetch its content and highlights, then quiz the user on what they read. ```bash readwise reader-list-documents --location archive --limit 10 --response-fields title,author,summary,word_count readwise reader-get-document-details --document-id readwise reader-get-document-highlights --document-id ``` **Catch up on RSS:** Browse recent 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": "", "seen": true}]' readwise reader-move-documents --document-ids --location later ``` **Save and annotate:** Save a URL, highlight key passages, and organize with tags. ```bash readwise reader-create-document --url "https://example.com/article" --tags research readwise reader-create-highlight --document-id --html-content "

Key passage

" --note "This connects to..." readwise reader-add-tags-to-document --document-id --tag-names important,research ```