After trying Readwise Reader and experimenting a bit with the Readwise trial I subscribed to the service because its just great 😄.
Now I tried to create a few Shortcuts to retrieve Highlights from Readwise and share them to other apps. I personally use Obsidian and Readwise has a great official plugin to import the highlights but I couldn’t resist to built the Shortcuts anyways.
Below are the Shortcuts I created. If you have feedback, further requests, or trouble just reach out on Mastodon. If you like the Shortcuts I would appreciate if you share this post and consider to support my work
Get Latest Readwise Highlights
This Shortcut retreives the highlights of item which was last highlighted in Readwise
It will retrieve the highlights from and format them into markdown and open the share sheet so you can export them to the App of your choice
Get Readwise Highlights From Selected Item
his Shortcut allows you to retrieve the highlights of the selected item.
It will present you a Menu with the titles of the last 10 (configurable) items in Readwise that have highlights.
If you select an item, the Shortcut will retrieve the highlights from that item and format them into markdown and open the share sheet so you can export them to the App of your choice
App-Specific Versions
Below are a few App-specific Versions of the Shortcuts above. The exported Highlights will direclty be exported to those apps instead of opening the Share Sheet. If you don’t find the App your using, either modify them yourself or reach out and I’ll add them.
Drafts
Get Latest Readwise Highlights to Drafts
This Shortcut retreives the highlights of item which was last highlighted in Readwise
It will retrieve the highlights and format them into markdown. It will create a new Draft with the formatted highlights and open it.
Get Readwise Highlights From Selected Item to Drafts
This Shortcut allows you to retrieve the highlights of the selected item.
It will present you a Menu with the titles of the last 10 (configurable) items in Readwise that have highlights.
If you select an item, the Shortcut will retrieve the highlights from that item and format them into markdown. It will create a new Draft with the formatted highlights and open it.
Craft
Get Latest Readwise Highlights to Craft
This Shortcut retreives the highlights of item which was last highlighted in Readwise
It will retrieve the highlights and format them into markdown. It will create a new document in Craft with the formatted highlights and open it.
Get Readwise Highlights From Selected Item to Craft
This Shortcut allows you to retrieve the highlights of the selected item.
It will present you a Menu with the titles of the last 10 (configurable) items in Readwise that have highlights.
If you select an item, the Shortcut will retrieve the highlights from that item and format them into markdown. It will create a new document in Craft with the formatted highlights and open it.
Apple Notes
Get Latest Readwise Highlights to Apple Notes
his Shortcut retreives the highlights of item which was last highlighted in Readwise
It will retrieve the highlights and format them into markdown. It will then create a new Note in Apple Notes the formatted highlights and open it.
Get Readwise Highlights From Selected Item to Apple Notes
This Shortcut allows you to retrieve the highlights of the selected item.
It will present you a Menu with the titles of the last 10 (configurable) items in Readwise that have highlights.
If you select an item, the Shortcut will retrieve the highlights from that item and format them into markdown. It will then create a new Note in Apple Notes the formatted highlights and open it.