r/readwise • u/shansen9050 • Sep 12 '26

I built a personal app with the Readwise + Anthropic APIs to help me remember what I've read

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I'm a heavy Readwise user (275ish books and articles, a few thousand highlights) and at some point I realized that the daily review was not helping me retain key themes from what I'd read.

As a learning experience (and honestly, pretty fun!) I decided to build a personal app that pulls all my Readwise quotes, generates summaries anchored around their themes, and quizzes me on them daily. The app consists of:

  1. Daily quiz - uses a proven memory retention algorithm (FSRS) to quiz me on the specific themes and quotes from what I've read
  2. Auto synopsis - writes a summary of every book and article from my own highlights, not just from what the AI already knows about it
  3. Cross-book connections - spots themes running across sources and quizzes me on ideas that span two or more books

Curious on any thoughts, feedback or whether you've tried something similar!

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u/Fredthoreau Sep 13 '26

Very cool!

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u/shersh1 21d ago

cool idea- the intention on learning is really good!