# Readwise

> Use this tool when you need to access and analyze a user's saved reading materials, including articles, books, and highlights, to enhance AI conversations with personalized knowledge and insights. It solves problems of information retrieval and knowledge management by providing a secure interface to browse, search, and retrieve content from a user's Readwise library. With inputs such as Readwise API tokens and outputs including book metadata, highlights, and search results, it is ideal for use cases where AI agents require access to a user's curated knowledge collection.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/iamalexander-readwise  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/iamalexander-readwise

## Description

The Readwise MCP Server provides AI assistants with access to a user's Readwise library, including saved articles, books, highlights, and documents. Built with Node.js using the Smithery framework, it implements a secure authentication flow for Readwise API tokens and offers endpoints for browsing books, accessing highlights, performing searches, and retrieving recent content. The implementation by Alexander Bastien features both npm package and Docker deployment options, making it ideal for users who want to reference their saved reading materials, analyze highlighted passages, or search across their knowledge collection during AI conversations.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.31
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** cloud-infra
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/iamalexander-readwise)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/iamalexander/readwise-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "iamalexander-readwise"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/iamalexander-readwise` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/iamalexander-readwise/pull`

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