Instapaper Skill

Quick Install

curl -sSL https://canifi.com/skills/instapaper/install.sh | bash

cp -r skills/instapaper ~/.canifi/skills/

Setup

# First, ensure canifi-env is installed:
# curl -sSL https://canifi.com/install.sh | bash

canifi-env set INSTAPAPER_CONSUMER_KEY "your_consumer_key"
canifi-env set INSTAPAPER_CONSUMER_SECRET "your_consumer_secret"
canifi-env set INSTAPAPER_ACCESS_TOKEN "your_access_token"
canifi-env set INSTAPAPER_ACCESS_SECRET "your_access_secret"

Privacy & Authentication

Option 1: Manual Browser Login (Recommended)

1. Complete the Browser Automation Setup using CDP mode
2. Login to the service manually in the Playwright-controlled Chrome window
3. Claude will use your authenticated session without ever seeing your password

Option 2: Environment Variables

canifi-env set SERVICE_EMAIL "your-email"
canifi-env set SERVICE_PASSWORD "your-password"

Capabilities

1. Save Articles: Save web pages and articles to your Instapaper account for offline reading
2. Folder Organization: Create and manage folders to organize saved content by topic or project
3. Highlight & Notes: Highlight important passages and add notes to saved articles
4. Text-to-Speech: Convert articles to audio for listening on the go
5. Archive & Search: Archive read articles and search your entire library

Usage Examples

Save Article

User: "Save this article to Instapaper: https://example.com/tech-news"
Assistant: Saves article with clean formatting for distraction-free reading

Create Folder

User: "Create an Instapaper folder called 'Research Papers'"
Assistant: Creates new folder for organizing research content

Highlight Text

User: "Highlight the key findings in my saved article about climate change"
Assistant: Adds highlights to specified passages in the article

List Unread

User: "Show me my unread Instapaper articles"
Assistant: Returns list of unread articles with titles and save dates

Authentication Flow

1. Request API access at instapaper.com/api
2. Receive consumer key and secret via email
3. Implement xAuth for user authentication
4. Store all four credentials securely

Error Handling

Notes

• Premium subscription required for full-text search and unlimited highlights
• API access requires application approval
• Speed reading feature available in premium tier
• Kindle integration available for e-reader sync
• Clean text extraction removes ads and clutter