Weread

WeRead

Use the installed CLI as the only interface. Always pass --json, parse successful stdout as JSON, and summarize the result for the user. On a non-zero exit, parse the JSON error from stderr. Never expose credentials or paste raw tokens.

Account selection

Choose exactly one account for the session and preserve it through every CLI call. Use the alias supplied by the user or operator. If none was supplied, weread-omni accounts --json must show exactly one configured account. In the examples below, $ACCOUNT means that alias. Do not switch accounts after a failure.

Writes are permitted unless the operator has set WEREAD_READONLY. A refused write fails with disabled by WEREAD_READONLY; report that limit as policy, and never unset it or retry against another account on the user's behalf.

Session preflight

Before the first authenticated operation, run:

weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" doctor --json

Proceed only when the result has ok: true, cli.package: "weread-omni", and auth.status: "authenticated". On an authentication error, require the same cli.package in the JSON error before following its hint. Do not start QR login without user confirmation. Follow the returned account-specific hint; malformed or unreadable state must be corrected or removed first. Retry doctor once with the same account. If it returns non-JSON or names another package, stop and report the path from command -v weread-omni; do not guess another command.

Read workflow

Start with the narrowest read that answers the request. Preserve bookId values from search or shelf results for follow-up commands.

Book metadata, chapter listings, and downloaded public-account articles are served from a local library after the first read, so a repeated read can return a stored copy rather than a fresh one. If a result looks out of date, say so and offer --refresh to refetch and replace it; --no-library skips the library entirely for one command. Never present stored content as freshly fetched.

weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" search books "三体" --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" search books "刘慈欣" --scope 6 --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" book info BOOK_ID --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" shelf sync --count 20 --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" public-accounts subscriptions --count 20 --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" public-accounts articles MP_WXS_123 --count 20 --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" public-accounts resolve-article 'https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ARTICLE' --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" notes notebooks --count 10 --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" notes recent --count 10 --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" notes mine BOOK_ID --count 10 --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" notes underlines BOOK_ID CHAPTER_UID --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" notes read-reviews BOOK_ID CHAPTER_UID --reviews '[{"range":"393-401","count":10}]' --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" review single REVIEW_ID --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" read-data detail --mode weekly --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" discover recommend --count 10 --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" ai ask-book BOOK_ID "Summarize the central argument" --json

search books defaults to --scope 10 for ebooks. Choose the scope from the request: 0 all, 10 ebooks, 16 web fiction, 14 audio, 6 authors, 12 full text, 13 booklists, 2 public accounts, or 4 articles. Do not use scope 10 for every intent. When hasMore is 1, pass the last result's searchIdx as --max-idx; a page is not the complete result set.

Use only the cursor that belongs to the command:

• For shelf sync, pass nextOffset as --offset.
• For public-accounts articles, omit --offset on the first call, or pass a previous synckey as --synckey for a delta refresh. Never combine the two. If the response has nextOffset, pass it as --offset; stop when it is absent.
• For notes notebooks, pass the final book's sort as --last-sort.
• notes recent is a bounded account-wide snapshot; it has no page cursor.
• For notes best and review list, add the returned item count to the previous --max-idx.
• Use synckey only to refresh previously fetched data. It is not a page cursor.

Preserve every upstream hasMore and cursor exactly; do not infer completion from a short result or from a missing hasMore.

shelf sync returns a compact page by default. Use --full only when the user needs exact upstream sync fields; it cannot be combined with --count or --offset.

Use book detail for product images and other books by the same author or rightsholder. It returns six entries per related catalog by default; use --count (1-12) when a smaller result is enough. Use book chapters or book progress for those specific views. book chapters returns the table of contents, where each entry carries the chapterUid that the notes and review commands use to address a position in a book. Use notes bookmarks, notes best, or notes underlines for those note types. To read thoughts under a popular highlight, take its chapterUid and range from notes best, call notes read-reviews, then use review single when the user wants one thought in full. Use review list, discover similar, and ai suggest for reviews, related books, and suggested questions.

For public accounts, follow this sequence exactly:

1. Search with weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" search books KEYWORD --scope 2 --json.
2. Show the matches and have the user choose the exact MP_WXS_<digits> ID. Never auto-select or auto-subscribe the first fuzzy match.
3. Subscribe only when requested, then use public-accounts subscriptions, articles, feed, or export.
4. Unsubscribe only after confirming the exact account.

weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" public-accounts subscribe MP_WXS_123 --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" public-accounts feed MP_WXS_123 --format rss --out /private/path/feed.xml --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" public-accounts feed subscriptions --format json --out /private/path/feed.json --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" public-accounts export MP_WXS_123 --out /private/path/archive --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" public-accounts unsubscribe MP_WXS_123 --yes --json

Feed and export outputs contain at most 20 items by default and 100 maximum. For aggregate feeds, this is a final output limit; collection may retrieve up to that many candidates per account. CLI output paths are never overwritten. An export is complete only when manifest.json exists; report an incomplete path rather than deleting it. Article retrieval makes one bounded direct retrieval attempt from a validated HTTPS mp.weixin.qq.com/s source URL using WeRead's E-Ink User-Agent. The attempt may follow at most three validated redirects and sends no WeRead authentication headers to that host. If a diagnostic reports SOURCE_CLOUDFLARE_CHALLENGE or SOURCE_WECHAT_CHALLENGE, tell the user to open its sourceUrl in a browser. Do not claim the archive is complete or imply that the CLI can execute JavaScript challenges or solve CAPTCHAs.

For a question about a book's substance, prefer ai ask-book: the server answers it directly, with no need to pull anything down first.

Account changes

Run a write only when the user explicitly requests that change. State the target before acting. Do not infer consent from a prior read.

weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" shelf add BOOK_ID --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" review add BOOK_ID "A concise review" --star 100 --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" review edit REVIEW_ID "Replacement text" --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" import book /absolute/path/to/book.epub --json

import book accepts an EPUB, PDF, MOBI, TXT, or AZW3 file the user already has; it uploads that file to the user's own WeRead account.

Shelf state changes use the positive state by default and a negated option for the reverse:

weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" shelf pin BOOK_ID --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" shelf pin BOOK_ID --no-top --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" shelf set-private BOOK_ID --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" shelf set-private BOOK_ID --no-secret --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" shelf mark-finished BOOK_ID --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" shelf mark-finished BOOK_ID --no-finished --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" shelf mark-reading BOOK_ID --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" shelf mark-reading BOOK_ID --no-reading --json

Review ratings use the protocol scale 20, 40, 60, 80, or 100.

Add a highlight (划线) with the chapter, character range, and highlighted text:

weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" notes add-bookmark BOOK_ID CHAPTER_UID "777-778" "the highlighted text" --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" notes update-bookmark BOOKMARK_ID --style 2 --color-style 5 --json

Deletion is destructive. Confirm the exact target with the user, then include --yes; never retry a failed write blindly.

weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" shelf delete BOOK_ID --yes --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" notes remove-bookmark BOOKMARK_ID --yes --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" review delete REVIEW_ID --yes --json
weread-omni --account "$ACCOUNT" public-accounts unsubscribe MP_WXS_123 --yes --json

Result handling

• On success, report the useful fields and retain relevant IDs for follow-ups.
• A response may omit fields or return fewer items than requested. Use only values actually returned; do not synthesize a missing field or describe it as zero/empty.
• Use totalCount from the compact shelf response. In a --full response, the total is books.length + albums.length + (non-empty mp ? 1 : 0). Do not answer from bookCount alone.
• A notebook's total notes are reviewCount + noteCount + bookmarkCount. noteCount is highlights only, and reviewCount already includes personal thoughts/reviews. Exportable content requires both notes bookmarks and notes mine; highlight text is returned, but type-0 bookmark text is not.
• Treat every reading-duration field as seconds except preferAuthor[].readTime, which is already formatted text. Reading progress is an integer percentage: 1 means 1%, and only 100 means finished.
• Public review ratings use 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 for one through five stars. Personal-note review ratings may instead be 0-5 or -1 for none.
• Use a returned deepLink directly as the open link. Never construct one when the response omits it. Convert Unix timestamps to dates before presenting them.
• On { "error": ... }, explain the error without guessing or silently switching commands.
• errCode -2010 and -2013 are the server's own rate-limit and entitlement decisions. Report them as such rather than retrying in a loop or trying a different command to work around them.
• Paginate only when the user needs more results. Continue only when the backend returns the required next-page signal (hasMore=1, nextOffset, or the command's documented cursor). If the response omits a completion signal, report that the available page is bounded rather than claiming it is the complete result set.
• Keep source data in Chinese when appropriate; translate or summarize only when requested.
• Write Chinese responses as original Chinese, not as sentence-by-sentence translations from English. Prefer short, concrete, idiomatic wording; state what the user can do before commands and constraints; retain established technical names when they are clearer; and remove translationese or generic AI marketing language before replying.