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> [!INFO] Video Example
> For a tutorial on how to set it up yourself, you can watch me do so in this video:
## What is Readwise for?
Crucial part of my process for [[Capturing information]]
You can use readwise as your all-in-one reader app for articles, videos, tweets, books, email newsletters, etc.
Key features include:
- **AI Summarizer**: Summarize documents, get accurate answers to your questions, and more with the power of AI
- **Integration with Obsidian**: Seamlessly integrate your [[PKM System]] to it. After highlighting and adding annotations, it will be automatically added to your Obsidian vault to further process.
## How to set it up
![[USV Workflow Callout]]
Since not everyone might be using Readwise in this vault, you will still have to manually download it from the community plugins page.
There's also no benefit to me pre-installing it, since most of the configuration is done on your own Readwise account which I obviously don't have access to 😅
For a tutorial on how to set it up yourself, you can watch me do so in a [video](https://youtu.be/dMKRH818JyQ?t=246)
I've changed the templates after the video was uploaded, so MAKE SURE to use the templates below :)
- The templates have been changed to match the vault setup, which you can copy below
- Instead of setting up the Zettelizer script which does not always work, I would recommend using the [[Note Refactor Plugin]] instead for more consistency and customization
### Plugin settings
Set `Customize Base Folder` to `My Inputs`
### Readwise Settings
*Note that there is no note to look specifically for tweets like there is for articles via [[My Articles]], but they will still be moved to the folder specified*
![[Pasted image 20230510154937.png|720]]
Enable and paste the content of each section in the below code blocks in the same readwise configuration field https://readwise.io/export/obsidian/preferences
File name
```
{{title}}
```
Page metadata (leave empty)
```
{% if category == "books" %}
> ![INFO] Book Application
> [[My Outputs/My Book Applications/{{title}} Application]]
{% endif -%}
## Summary
{{summary}}
{% if document_note %}
## Notes
{{document_note}}
{% endif -%}
```
Highlights header
```
{% if is_new_page %}
## Highlights
{% elif has_new_highlights -%}
### New highlights added {{date|date('F j, Y')}} at {{time}}
{% endif -%}
```
Highlight
```
{{ highlight_text }}{% if highlight_location and highlight_location_url %} ([{{highlight_location}}]({{highlight_location_url}})){% elif highlight_location %} ({{highlight_location}}){% endif %}{% if highlight_tags %}
- Tags: {% for tag in highlight_tags %}#{{tag}} {% endfor %}{% endif %}{% if highlight_note %}
- 💠{{ highlight_note }}{% endif %}
```
YAML Frontmatter
```
Status: "🟨"
tags:
- readwise
- input/{{category}}
Links: ""
Source: "{{url}}"
Collection: ""
Finished: ""
Author: "{{author}}"
Rating: ""
Created: {{date|date('c')}}
```
## Features
- bundle to share what you're reading (need to refresh consistently though)
### YouTube transcripts
- Now has "enhanced transcript" feature
### Ghostreader
#### Use Cases
> For example, you can now **ask a question** after highlighting anywhere in the document and receive much higher quality answers than before.
> Or you can have Ghostreader run through your notes and highlights after you're finished reading to extract personalized key takeaways and to dos from that document.
> This means that to build an AI feature that prematurely abstracts away this flexibility in favor of "user friendliness" would actually be denying the user the best part of AI.
Three levels:
- Document
- Selection
- < 3 word selection
#### Word Prompts
- Help understand usage of word in a phrase
#### Selection Prompts
- Elaboration helps with reframing it
#### Document Prompts
##### Clickbait Canceller
```
{% if "?" in document.title %}
I am a busy content creator who needs to stay on top of news and the zeitgeist, but do not have time to read clickbait. You are a conscientious secretary with PhD-level capacity, and you screen all of my nonfiction reading to help me direct my attention.
If a headline is "Should we be skeptics?" you need to provide a thesis statement that restates the question as a sentence starter instead of a question, answers it, and provides up to 3 reasons, like: "We should be skeptics because skepticism can help us learn, avoid repeating mistakes, and protect us from propaganda."
Use the preceding format to create a thesis sentence that answers the question {{ document.title }}, based on the content below:
<metadata>
Title: {{ document.title }}
Author: {{ document.author }}
Domain: {{ document.domain}}
</metadata>
<content>
{% if (document.content | count_tokens) > 2000 %}
{{ document.content | central_sentences | join('\n\n') }}
{% else %}
{{ document.content }}
{% endif %}
</content>
IMPORTANT: Write no more than ONE thesis statement, like one would find at the end of an AP test's introductory paragraph.
{% else %}
Write a tl;dr summarizing the following document:
"""
Title: {{ document.title }}
Author: {{ document.author }}
Domain: {{ document.domain}}
{% if (document.content | count_tokens) > 2000 %}
{{ document.content | central_sentences | join('\n\n') }}
{% else %}
{{ document.content }}
{% endif %}
"""
IMPORTANT: Write no more than TWO sentences. Each sentence should be short, matter of fact, and easy-to-read. I can't read the full text so I rely on your brief to pretend as if I had read it. If I can't fake it, I will be fired from my job.
{% endif %}
```
##### Highlight Based Summary
```
Here is the document:
"""
{% if (document.content | count_tokens) > 2000 %}
{{ document.content | central_sentences | join('\n\n') }}
{% else %}
{{ document.content }}
{% endif %}
"""
The most important pieces from this document are:
{% for highlight in document.highlights %}
{{ highlight.content }} {{ "\n\n" }}
{% endfor %}
Please write four easy-to-read sentences that capture the key takeaways of this article, based on what I've already highlighted. The important pieces represent the key takeaways of the document. Please begin by saying, "Based on your highlights, here are your key takeaways from this document:" Then share THREE key takeaways.
IMPORTANT: Be sure to add paragraph breaks between each section.
```
##### Vibe check
```
Treat the following text as a review. Provide a vibe check for each topic or product by summarizing how the author feels about each.
===
Title: {{ document.title }}
Domain: {{ document.domain}}
{% if (document.content | num_tokens) > 25000 %}
{{ document.html | central_paragraphs | join('\n\n') }}
{% elif (document.content | num_tokens) > 2500 %}
{{ document.content | central_sentences | join('\n\n') }}
{% else %}
{{ document.content }}
{% endif %}
===
IMPORTANT: Format the response as a series of three topics with vibes. Each topic should be summarized in a single, concise sentence that does NOT begin with "The author". Do not use any markdown or html tags. Format it like this:
[emoji] **Topic 1**
vibe summary
```
##### Wisereads Style
```
{#- This template creates a Wisereads-style blurb -#}
Your job is to write compelling blurbs for articles in the same exact style of the examples below. The pattern is always one easy-to-read sentence to introduce the document, followed by a selected excerpt from the text.
Here are some examples:
"""
Title: Andrew Huberman's Mechanisms of Control
Author: Kerry Howley
Domain: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/andrew-huberman-podcast-stanford-joe-rogan.html
Output: In case you missed it, a bombshell story broke this week contrasting Andrew Huberman's podcast with his personal life as described by former partners and fellow scientists. "There is an argument to be made that it does not matter how a helpful podcaster conducts himself outside of the studio. A man unable to constrain his urges may still preach dopaminergic control to others… The people who definitively find the space between fantasy and reality to be a problem are women who fell for a podcaster who professed deep, sustained concern for their personal growth."
"""
""
Title: End the Phone-Based Childhood Now
Author: Jonathan Haidt
Domain: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/03/teen-childhood-smartphone-use-mental-health-effects/677722/
Output: The rise in youth anxiety and depression over the last decade prompted Jonathan Haidt, NYU professor and author, to take a deeper look into the modern version of childhood. "The intrusion of smartphones and social media are not the only changes that have deformed childhood. There's an important backstory, beginning as long ago as the 1980s, when we started systematically depriving children and adolescents of freedom, unsupervised play, responsibility, and opportunities for risk taking, all of which promote competence, maturity, and mental health."
"""
"""
Title: Beware the Metagame
Author: Amjad Masad
Domain: https://amasad.me/meta/
Output: In any discipline, there are those who do the thing and those who talk about doing the thing. Amjad Masad warns us of getting sucked into the latter — the metagame. "In the startup world [you] see famous people that sell books, talk at conferences, and tweet advice to founders, but when you take a closer look, they've never done much founding themselves. They're like the 'entrepreneurship' professor that never built a business… I call them metapreneurs."
"""
IMPORTANT: The introduction sentence should only be 1 sentence, always preceding the quote. The quote should be an interesting part of the text that is not more than 2 sentences long. In the introduction sentence, you should say something that adds value and helps the reader decide whether to read the full document. This might note who the author is and why they're qualified to write about the topic, what the content is about overall, or questions being explored in the content. If the content's title already explains what the content is about, there is no need to repeat those exact words. Focus on adding value to the content metadata with this introduction.
MOST IMPORTANT: Do not edit the extracted quote for clarity. It is critical that the quote appears exactly as it is in the text without modification.
Write one easy-to-read sentence to introduce the following text, followed by a selected quote from the text for the article below:
"""
{% if (document.content | count_tokens) > 2000 %}
{{ document.content | central_sentences | join('\n\n') }}
{% else %}
{{ document.content }}
{% endif %}
"""
Title: {{ document.title }}
Author: {{ document.author }}
Domain: {{ document.domain }}
Output:
```