Using Ounie

Readwise

Connect Readwise to bring every highlight and note you have saved — from books, articles, podcasts, and Readwise Reader — into a brain. New highlights flow in hourly, so your reading becomes a grounded, citable knowledge source.

How to connect#

Go to Settings → Readwise and paste your Readwise access token. You can find it at readwise.io/access_token. Choose the brain you want highlights to land in and press Sync now to run the first load.

What syncs#

Each book or article with highlights becomes one source containing all its highlights and notes, organized by the order they appear in the original. The source title, author, and source URL come through as metadata. New highlights added to an existing document update that source in place — the same source is never duplicated.

Everything in your Readwise export is included: Kindle, iBooks, web articles, PDFs, podcasts, and anything saved to Readwise Reader. Ounie syncs every hour to pick up new highlights.

Staying grounded#

Synced highlights join the wiki and graph like any other source. When you ask a question, answers can cite specific highlights and link back to the source in the brain, so you can see exactly which passage the answer drew from.

Disconnecting#

Removing your token in Settings → Readwise stops future syncs immediately. Highlights already in the brain stay there — the brain owns them — but no new content arrives until you reconnect with a valid token.