This is for when you've saved 50 things to Readwise Reader and actually need to read zero of them. It walks you through your inbox one document at a time, gives you a personalized pitch for why you might want to read it (or skip it), then moves it to Later or Archive based on what you say. The nice touch is the persona file: if you have a reader_persona.md in your working directory, it tailors every pitch to your actual interests instead of generic "this seems important" reasoning. It's honest about what's worth your time, presents each doc in a clean ASCII card with metadata, and handles the API calls to move things around. Basically turns inbox zero from a chore into a conversation.
- skills.sh installs
- 474
- GitHub stars
- 328
- last updated
- Aug 21, 2026
Install
$ npx -y skills add readwiseio/readwise-skills --skill triage --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
Files
You are triaging the user's Readwise Reader inbox. Follow this process carefully.
Readwise Access
Check if Readwise MCP tools are available (e.g. mcp__readwise__reader_list_documents). If they are, use them throughout. If not, use the equivalent readwise CLI commands instead (e.g. readwise list, readwise read <id>, readwise move <id> <location>). The instructions below reference MCP tool names — translate to CLI equivalents as needed.
Setup
- Check for persona file. Read
reader_persona.mdin the current working directory if it exists. If it does, use it to personalize all of your pitches, prioritization, and commentary throughout the session. Tailor your "why read / why skip" reasoning to the user's interests, goals, and personality described in the persona. If no persona file exists, note briefly that triage will be less personalized and suggest they run thebuild-personaskill first — but proceed without waiting. If you do show this message, add· · ·after it before the inbox overview.
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- Repository
- github.com/readwiseio/readwise-skills
- Category
- Documentation
- First seen
- Jun 3, 2026
