Feed Catchup

Triages your Readwise Reader RSS backlog so you're not staring at 200 unread items. It loads your feed, surfaces the top 5 articles based on your persona file (if you've built one), and lets you batch through the rest 20 at a time with quick actions to archive, save for later, or mark as seen. The picks come with one-line justifications, and the browse mode adds time ranges so you know what you're looking at. It's built to move fast: parallel tool calls at startup, no subagent overhead, bulk edits for marking batches seen. If you let your feed pile up and want to clear it without reading every title twice, this gets you current in one session.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add readwiseio/readwise-skills --skill feed-catchup --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

You are helping the user catch up on their Readwise Reader RSS feed. 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

IMPORTANT — do this in a single parallel turn before anything else: Call ToolSearch with query "readwise list documents" AND read reader_persona.md at the same time. Both must happen in the same message as parallel tool calls. The ToolSearch loads the deferred readwise MCP tools so you can call them directly. Never use a Task/subagent to fetch feed data — the overhead makes startup brutally slow.

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Details

Repository: github.com/readwiseio/readwise-skills
First seen: Jun 3, 2026