Read It Later (Readwise Reader)

Send markdown or URLs to Readwise Reader using Bun scripts.

Setup

1. Ensure Bun v1.3.8+ is installed.
2. Set the Readwise token in your shell profile:

   export READWISE_ACCESS_TOKEN="your-token"
   

Send Markdown

Convert markdown to HTML with Bun’s markdown parser and send it to Readwise Reader.

{baseDir}/scripts/send-markdown.ts "# Project Summary\n\nThis is a summary." --title "Project Summary"

To avoid shell escaping, stream markdown via stdin:

cat summary.md | {baseDir}/scripts/send-markdown.ts --stdin --title "Project Summary"

Send a URL

Use the Readwise wrapper directly to send a URL:

{baseDir}/scripts/readwise.ts url https://example.com/article --title "Example Article"

Send Raw HTML

cat article.html | {baseDir}/scripts/readwise.ts html --stdin --title "Article"

Notes

• Both scripts accept --source <source> to set the Readwise source field.
• Use --url <url> to supply a canonical URL for HTML/markdown saves (otherwise a placeholder URL is generated).
• Errors are printed with response details if the Readwise API rejects the request.