Reading Inbox Synthesizer
Turn your web clippings backlog into reading memory: batch summaries, cross-article themes, and weekly digests.
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An Obsidian plugin that turns your web-clippings backlog into reading memory: batch summaries, cross-article themes, and weekly digests.
The Problem
You clip dozens of articles into Obsidian with the Web Clipper and never process them. A month later you have 40 unread clippings and no idea which ones still matter. This plugin reads the whole backlog and gives you one synthesis note: what each clipping says, which themes run across them, what you saved this week, and what has gone stale.
Features
- Reading inbox — Every clipping at a glance with its topics and estimated read time
- Themes — Topics shared across two or more clippings, with an AI-written consensus and the tension between sources
- This week — What you saved in the current week (Monday start)
- Needs attention — Clippings that have sat unread past your stale threshold, oldest first
- Summaries — A short summary and the key claims of every synced clipping
How It Works
- Clip articles into Obsidian as you normally would (the official Web Clipper works out of the box)
- Run Sync clippings from the command palette to extract summaries, claims, and topics
- Run Generate reading report from the command palette or the ribbon icon
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Reading Synthesis.mdnote is written to your vault root and opened - Re-run either command any time — syncing is incremental, so unchanged clippings are never re-processed
Setup
- Install the plugin from Obsidian Community Plugins
- Go to Settings → Reading Inbox Synthesizer
- Select your AI provider (Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter, or custom)
- Enter your API key
- Set your clippings folder (default
Clippings) or clipping tag (defaultclipping) - Run Sync clippings, then Generate reading report
Supported AI Providers
- Anthropic — Claude models (recommended:
claude-sonnet-4-6) - OpenAI — GPT models (recommended:
gpt-4o-mini) - OpenRouter — Access to many models including free options (recommended:
meta-llama/llama-4-maverick) - Custom — Any OpenAI-compatible endpoint
Free vs Pro
| Feature | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Clipping syncs | 3 total | Unlimited |
| Reading report | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| All AI providers | ✅ | ✅ |
| Cross-article themes | ✅ | ✅ |
The free tier allows 3 total syncs (a one-time allowance, not a monthly reset). Generating the reading report from already-synced clippings is always free. Upgrade to Pro at ibrh96.gumroad.com/l/yeulsi for unlimited syncing.
Privacy
- Your clippings never leave your device except to your chosen AI provider
- No servers, no databases, no telemetry
- Your API key is stored locally in Obsidian's data storage
License
See EULA.md for terms of use.