Readwise Discord Bot

How can I set up the Readwise Discord bot for my server?

The Readwise Discord bot enables server members to easily save messages—including links, images, and even threaded conversations—to their Readwise Library to review later.

Additionally, this bot will generate a sleek, auto-updating RSS feed of links shared in the server, allowing members to stay up-to-date on the biggest convos of the week and easily jump back into the server to discuss. This bot is 100% free and requires no Readwise subscription to enjoy.

What server permissions does the bot need to be enabled?

In order to properly function, the Readwise Discord Bot requires all the following permissions:

Installing the Bot in Your Server

Head to readwise.gg to install the Readwise bot on your server. Follow the setup instructions via Discord DMs to get started.

Setting Up Your Server's RSS Feed

By default, the Readwise bot will index the past 50 links per public channel and add them to your RSS feed. If you want links shared in private channels to be indexed in your RSS feed, you can add the bot to those channels either by assigning the bot an additional server role with access to those private channels OR right-clicking on the private channel, clicking Edit Channel, navigating to Permissions, and adding the bot as a member.

Rejecting Links

The Readwise bot will automatically create two new channels in your server called #accepted-links and #rejected-links.

If you spot a link in your server that you don't want indexed in your RSS feed, simply navigate to #accepted-links, locate the link, and react ❌ to reject it one time from the feed.

Excluding Certain Domains From Your RSS Feed

If you want to exclude links from a specific domain entirely, follow the rejection steps above, and then react ⛔️ under the confirmation message to automatically reject links from that domain going forward.

If you ever want to make an exception to this rule, you can locate the link in #rejected-links and react with ✅ to include it in your feed.

How can members of my server use the Discord bot?

The Readwise Discord bot enables server members to easily save messages—including links, images, and even threaded conversations—to their Readwise Library for later.

This bot also creates a sleek, auto-updating RSS feed of links shared in the server, allowing you to stay up-to-date on interesting links shared in your communities and easily jump back in to discuss. This bot is 100% free and requires no Readwise subscription to enjoy.

Save messages inside Discord

To save a message to your private DMs for easy future reference, simply react with a bookmark emoji 🔖 in a server where the Readwise bot is installed. It will automatically DM you a copy of the message for safekeeping. This is completely free.

Save messages to Readwise

You can also optionally save any message to your Readwise account by using the floppy disk emoji 💾 instead of the bookmark.

Add tags to saved messages

If you want to add a tag (in Readwise) to a saved message, you can reply to that message with a word beginning with a period . (the same as an inline tag with any service that Readwise supports). For example, .ai will be turned into an AI tag.

Add notes to saved messages

If you want to add a note in Readwise to a saved message, you can reply to that message via DM with your note.

Take notes with Quick Passages

If you want to jot down a quick passage in your Readwise account that will be resurfaced like any other highlight, you can send a DM to the Readwise bot. The message will be added to your default Quick Passages “book” in Readwise.

Where to find saved messages in Readwise

Once you’ve connected your Readwise account, you can find your saved Discord messages in the Tweets section of your Readwise Dashboard.

Find your server’s custom feed aggregator

Use the slash command /url in any server where the Readwise bot is installed to find the link to that server's Hacker News link aggregator.

Find your server’s RSS feed link

Use the slash command /rss in any server where the Readwise bot is installed to find the link to that server's RSS feed. When opened in a browser, this won't look like much, but if you add that RSS link to your favorite feed aggregator, you'll see your favorite Discord links come through.

Use the Readwise Bot in other servers

You can click the bot's name in a server where it's installed and select Add to Server, or you can install the Readwise Bot via https://readwise.gg/.

How can I get help, send feedback, or report bugs?

The best way to contact us is by emailing hello@readwise.io. Our Twitter account is very noisy so we’re likely to miss you if you tweet at us.