reader-recap

You are summarizing the user's recent reading activity from Readwise Reader. 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 highlights <id>). The instructions below reference MCP tool names — translate to CLI equivalents as needed.

Setup

1. Check for persona file. Read reader_persona.md in the current working directory if it exists. Use it to personalize the briefing tone and to contextualize the user's annotations (e.g. connecting highlights to their known interests). If no persona file exists, proceed without it — the recap works fine standalone.

2. Determine time window. Parse the argument as a number of days. Default to 1 (last 24 hours) if no argument is given.

/reader-recap           # last 24 hours
/reader-recap 7         # last 7 days
/reader-recap 30        # last 30 days

Step 1: Fetch Recent Documents