How to Auto-Save an RSS Feed to Readwise Reader (2026)

Updated: 2026-09-28

Short answer: paste your Readwise access token into PostRSS under Accounts → Add new Readwise Reader account — there is no app to register. Then open টার্গেট → Add feed, choose Readwise Reader in Target settings and add the feed under Add source (Type = RSS feed, Link = the feed address). The URL of each new feed item is saved to your Reader library, where it waits for you to read, highlight and organise it. Readwise Reader is included from the Ultimate plan.

Every other destination in this series is about publishing — taking something you wrote and putting it somewhere other people will see it. This one runs the other way. Readwise Reader is a read-it-later library, and the point of connecting a feed to it is to build a queue for yourself. This guide is the long version; the auto-post RSS to Readwise Reader page has the short one.

A reading pipeline, not a publishing one

The distinction changes what you connect. Publishing destinations take your feed. Readwise Reader takes anyone's — the industry blogs you keep meaning to read, a competitor's changelog, a researcher whose posts you always open and never finish.

The mechanism is deliberately simple: the URL of each new item is saved to your library as soon as PostRSS picks it up. Reader then does what it does — renders the article, lets you highlight it, syncs those highlights into Readwise alongside your book and article notes.

What you are building, in effect, is a personal feed reader whose inbox happens to be the tool you already use for reading.

Why not just use an RSS reader

A fair question, and for some people the answer is that they should. A dedicated reader is better at triage: skim forty headlines, open three, mark the rest read.

Reader is better at the part that comes after. If your habit is highlighting as you read and revisiting those highlights later, having the article arrive in the same library as everything else you have highlighted is worth more than a tidier inbox. The workflows are different, and the honest framing is that this suits people whose reading produces notes.

It is also worth being realistic about volume. A busy news feed pointed at a read-later library produces a library nobody reads. Connect the two or three sources you genuinely finish, not the twenty you feel you ought to.

What to connect

• A handful of blogs you actually read, rather than everything in your field.
• Newsletters that publish a web archive with a feed, so they leave your inbox.
• Research and long-form sources where highlighting is the point.
• Your own site, if you proofread published articles — every new post arrives ready to read on a device that is not the one you wrote it on.

Setting it up, step by step

1. Copy your Readwise access token from your Readwise account. There is no application to register.
2. In PostRSS, open Accounts and choose Add new Readwise Reader account. Paste the access token.
3. Open Targets and click Add feed. One feed going to one destination is one Target.
4. In Target settings, choose Readwise Reader and the account you just connected.
5. Click Add source. Set Type to RSS feed and paste your feed address into Link. Save.
6. Check the first item that arrives. PostRSS checks the feed every 5 minutes, and every minute on Enterprise plans.

Readwise Reader next to Instapaper

Both sit on the Ultimate plan and both save a URL for later, so the choice is about what happens after the article arrives. Instapaper is the older, simpler proposition: a clean reading view and a queue. Reader is built around Readwise, so highlights you make flow into the same store as your book highlights and turn up again in review.

If you already pay for Readwise, Reader is the obvious destination because the loop is closed. If you do not, Instapaper does the reading part with less to think about. Connecting both from the same feed is possible and usually pointless — two queues mean neither gets finished.

PostRSS publishes items that appear in the feed after the Target starts running. It does not import the back catalogue — the alternative would be a destination flooded with years of archive on its first day.

Check the feed before you check the integration

When nothing arrives, the feed is usually the cause. Open its URL in a browser first.

• Anything new since you connected it? Only items appearing after the Target starts running are saved.
• Absolute links? The link is the whole payload here, and a relative URL is useless outside the site that produced it.
• Valid XML? A feed address returning an HTML error page produces silence rather than an error.
• Is the feed public? A feed behind authentication cannot be read by an external service.

Which plan includes it

Readwise Reader is included from the Ultimate plan. Each destination you connect counts as one Target, and your plan decides how many Targets and how many posts a month you get. An annual subscription is cheaper than paying monthly. Current limits per tier are on the pricing page, and the full lineup of 66 networks is on the supported networks page. The Readwise Reader page has the short version of the setup. It sits alongside Instapaper, the other read-it-later destination.

When articles stop arriving

• The access token was regenerated. Tokens are managed in your Readwise account and stop working the moment they change.
• Nothing new in the feed. Only items appearing after the Target starts running are saved.
• The source feed went private. A feed behind authentication cannot be read by an external service.
• The library is overwhelming. Not a fault. Disconnect the busiest sources and keep the ones you finish.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this for publishing my own articles?

No. Readwise Reader is a read-it-later library, so this builds a reading queue for yourself. You can connect any public feed, not only your own.

Do I need to register an application?

No. A Readwise access token from your account is the only credential, and there is nothing to submit for approval.

What exactly gets saved?

The URL of each new feed item, added to your Reader library as soon as PostRSS picks it up. Reader then renders the article for reading and highlighting.

How is this different from an RSS reader?

A reader is better for skimming and triage. Reader is better when your reading produces highlights and notes you revisit, because the article lands in the same library as the rest of them.

Should I connect a busy news feed?

Usually not. A high-volume source turns a read-later library into a backlog. Connect the sources you genuinely finish.

Which plan includes Readwise Reader?

The Ultimate plan, alongside Instapaper.

Should I connect both Readwise Reader and Instapaper?

Usually not. Two read-later queues fed by the same source means neither gets emptied. Pick the one whose after-reading workflow you actually use.

The bottom line

Readwise Reader is the one destination here that serves you rather than an audience: point it at the few feeds you actually read, and every new article waits in the library where your highlights already live. It is included from the Ultimate plan.