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Readwise MCP

IAmAlexander/readwise-mcp

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Readwise, allowing AI assistants to access your saved articles, books, highlights, and documents.

Install

npm install -g readwise-mcp

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "readwise": {
      "command": "readwise-mcp",
      "env": {
        "READWISE_API_KEY": "<READWISE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

READWISE_API_KEY
GitHub stars
12
Category
Note-Taking, Knowledge Management
License
MIT
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

Features

  • Books & Articles: Browse your collection of saved books and articles

  • Highlights: Access all your highlighted passages

  • Search: Find content across your entire Readwise library

  • Recent Content: Quickly retrieve your latest saved items

  • Tag Management: Organize and filter content with tags

  • Advanced Search: Powerful filtering by author, date, tags, and more

  • Reading Progress: Track your reading status and completion percentage

  • Bulk Operations: Efficiently manage multiple documents at once

  • Content Management: Save, update, and delete content in your library

  • Video Support: Access and interact with videos saved in your Readwise Reader

Tools (28)

  • get_highlights

    Retrieve highlights with filtering and pagination

  • get_books

    Get books from your library

  • get_documents

    Get documents from your library

  • search_highlights

    Search for highlights by query

  • get_recent_content

    Get recently saved content

  • document_tags

    Get, update, add, or remove tags on a document

  • bulk_tags

    Apply tags to multiple documents

  • get_reading_progress

    Get progress on a specific document

  • update_reading_progress

    Update reading status and progress

  • get_reading_list

    Get documents filtered by reading status

  • create_highlight

    Create a new highlight

  • update_highlight

    Modify an existing highlight

  • delete_highlight

    Remove a highlight

  • create_note

    Add a note to a highlight

  • advanced_search

    Powerful multi-parameter search

  • search_by_tag

    Find content by tags

  • search_by_date

    Find content by date range

  • get_video

    Get video details with transcript

  • create_video_highlight

    Create highlight with timestamp

  • get_video_highlights

    Get all highlights for a video

  • update_video_position

    Save playback position

  • get_video_position

    Get saved playback position

  • save_document

    Save new content to library

  • update_document

    Modify document metadata

  • delete_document

    Remove a document

  • bulk_save_documents

    Save multiple documents

  • bulk_update_documents

    Update multiple documents

  • bulk_delete_documents

    Delete multiple documents

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

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