Highlights Organizer
Turn a messy dump of Kindle/Readwise highlights into an organized, themed knowledge base.
Best tool for this job
Claude
Handles very long pasted text well and preserves exact quotes.
The prompt
Fill in the [BRACKETS] with your details, then paste it into Claude.
I'll paste raw highlights from [BOOK or multiple books]. 1. Remove duplicates and fragments. 2. Group highlights into 5–8 themes with a short heading and one-sentence synthesis per theme. 3. Tag each highlight with the theme and (if given) the location/page. 4. List the 5 most quotable lines exactly as written (don't alter quotes). 5. Output in Markdown ready for Notion or Obsidian. Highlights: [PASTE]
Example output
Illustrative example only, made up to show the format. Your results will depend on your inputs and the model.
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE ## Theme: Identity-based habits Synthesis: Lasting change starts with who you believe you are. - "Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become." (loc 512)
Bot to build
- Export from Kindle via Readwise or your 'My Clippings' file.
- Advanced: Readwise → Notion sync, then run this prompt on new pages weekly.
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