💡 WiseUp! Vol. 74 — Try our new improved search and connect the MCP to Raycast

📍 Let's start with a reading recommendation

How I learned to read way, way more

We enjoyed John Paul Brammer's hopeful take on the supposed crisis in reading. The problem, he argues, isn't that our attention spans are collapsing, but that our curiosity is misdirected: "Curiosity stays childlike, always; childlike, even as everything else matures and grays and turns cynical. Curiosity is easy to distract and, because it’s indiscriminate, easy to exploit. It pursues zealously, tuckers out quickly. Its desires are pure; good and evil don’t figure in. It’s up to the parent to guide the child here. My return to reading was a collaboration between play and discipline, child and parent. Curiosity supplies the energy. Curiosity is attention’s white-hot spearpoint. I am its guide. I take aim."

From the support inbox

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❓ A Readwise question from Mark S:

Can I connect the MCP to Raycast?

Yes! The Readwise MCP server now works with more AI clients, including Raycast and Warp, making it easier to connect Readwise and Reader to your favorite AI workflows.

❓ A Reader question from István K:

How can I improve search results in Reader?

Reader's search can now look across your entire library and not just the documents synced to the device you're on, so it surfaces more of what you're looking for and puts the strongest matches up top. This search should also be faster and more accurate. Turn on the Better Search (beta) toggle on the Search page to try it. (Note that if you're offline, Reader automatically falls back to the original on-device search.)

📖 New help doc of the week

Give your books a voice in long-form reading

Reading an EPUB and craving some narration? In long-form mode, the Listen button has a new home. The updated docs show you right where to find it, so your books can do the talking.

🎬 New video of the week

Connecting intelligently

This week, we’re sharing a deep dive from Tiago Forte on MCP connectors (like ours!) and what most people get wrong when connecting AI tools like Claude to their Readwise, Gmail, and Notion data.

📰 June 13 - June 19 updates

What's new in Reader and Readwise

🤖 Fixed MCP Connections — Thanks to Rasul, the Readwise MCP server now accepts connections from clients like Raycast and Warp that previously failed to authenticate, so you can wire Readwise and Reader up to more of your AI tools.

📒 Fixed OneNote Exports — Rasul shored up OneNote exports on two fronts: they now recover cleanly when reconnecting OneNote returns a mismatched sign-in callback, and they stop early with a clear message when your OneNote library is too large to export in one pass. Your highlights make it to OneNote more reliably.

📡 Fixed RSS Feed Items — Rasul fixed a bug where RSS items that didn't include a <link> were silently dropped, leaving gaps in some feeds. Reader now falls back to the item's guid, so those posts show up in your feed again.

🔍 Fixed Author Filtering — Ibai fixed a bug where filtering by author cut long author names off at 20 characters, so filters built on longer names didn't match. Author filters now work no matter how long the name is.

🛜 Parsing Updates — Krzys improved how Reader handles documents from businessinsider.com, platform.openai.com, WeChat, huxiu.com, goodnotes.com, wired.com, newyorker.com, the New York Times, and archive.is. He also made article fetching more resilient when a page is slow to load or throws a captcha.

👍 Three featured finds from the team

From support specialist Romi

Something to read 📖
“The Correspondent” by Virginia Evans is such a beautiful book everyone should read. It tells a story between the lines, or rather, between letters. It takes you on a ride through complex family relationships and forgiveness. If you’re looking for something deeper to read this summer, this is it.

Something to focus 💿
Hitting the gym requires high energy, and sometimes Romi finds it hard to gather the stamina. This 2007 album by Justice is the perfect soundtrack to muster the strength and walk into the gym feeling powerful and inspired!

Something to unwind 🪴
Romi has been taking pottery classes, and the way they help her relax and carve out focused time is astonishing. Plus, she can make bowls and cute mugs! You can find classes near you; she recommends starting with beginner wheel throwing for the most fun!

💬 From the Readwise group chat

Paraguay: bracket busters

The World Cup is in full swing, and as the tournament goes deeper, the stakes keep climbing. Artem watched Canada beat South Africa in person, and Emily's randomized sweepstakes has some of the team rooting passionately for countries they couldn't locate on a map two weeks ago.

The only thing keeping us humble is that Germany, four-time world champions, just got eliminated by Paraguay on penalties. If that can happen, nobody's bracket is safe.