Automate the manual work in Readwise

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Readwise by the numbers

Insights from real process mapping sessions that involve Readwise.

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Top 5 Readwise friction points when done manually

1

Manually sorting Readwise highlights by project

You have to spend time each week moving highlights from Readwise into separate folders or documents because Readwise doesn't automatically organize them by the projects they belong to.

78% report this

2

Retyping Readwise notes into task lists

Key insights from your Readwise highlights need to be manually copied and pasted into your project management system because Readwise doesn't sync directly with your workflow tools.

71% report this

3

Tracking which Readwise articles were reviewed

You have no clear way to mark which articles your team has already processed in Readwise, so people end up reviewing the same content or missing items entirely.

62% report this

4

Consolidating Readwise highlights across team members

When multiple people highlight the same article in Readwise, you manually merge their notes instead of having one unified set of highlights to work from.

51% report this

5

Exporting Readwise data for reporting

Creating monthly reports on what your team learned from Readwise requires you to manually extract and format highlights because Readwise doesn't generate automated summaries.

26% report this

Data points based on anonymized data from FullSpec mapping sessions

What you can automate in Readwise

Browse popular Readwise automations FullSpec can map for you. Pick one to map, see what it's costing you today, and get a plan to automate it end to end.

Create Google Sheets rows when new documents move to inbox in Readwise

Google Sheets + Readwise

Create new Google Sheets rows when new documents are fed in Readwise

Google Sheets + Readwise

Create new Mems in Mem when new highlights are created in Readwise

Mem + Readwise

Create new Notion data source items from newly created Readwise highlights

Notion + Readwise

Create new Notion data source items from shortlisted Readwise documents

Notion + Readwise

Create tasks in Akiflow for every new document created in Readwise

Akiflow + Readwise

Tools commonly connected to Readwise

Most automations involve more than one tool. These are the ones that show up most often alongside Readwise.

Google Calendar

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