Reader.
Feeds in. Signal out.
Reader uses AI to brief you on new feed entries and add summaries or tags. Its MCP server lets Claude work with your inbox. Saved articles can become a narrated podcast. Reader can also batch selected feeds into scheduled digests, so you can follow a long list of sources without living in the inbox.
reader.river42.com · AI briefings · MCP for Claude · narrated podcasts
A feed reader with AI briefings and agent access.
Reader summarizes new entries and sorts the backlog for people with long feed lists.
AI briefings
Reader generates a personalized briefing from new entries on your schedule. Open it in the app, or publish it as a podcast episode and listen instead.
AI pipelines
For each new entry, Reader can summarize, tag, translate, score, or filter it. Configure the pipeline per feed or use one global setting.
AI agent access
Connect Claude or another MCP client to Reader. The hosted MCP server provides about 60 tools for browsing, searching, managing subscriptions, and running briefings. You can revoke scoped access tokens at any time.
Podcast creation
Generate a narrated podcast from saved entries or briefings, then subscribe in one click with Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Pocket Casts, or another app.
Email digests
Mark lower-priority feeds as Digest. Reader batches their entries into one email and sends it on your schedule.
Supported sources
Reader pulls RSS and Atom feeds, YouTube, Reddit, Mastodon, Bluesky, Git forges, podcasts, and saved bookmarks into one inbox through pluggable connectors.
Extraction & search
Reader fetches full articles with Trafilatura and falls back to headless Chromium. Postgres provides full-text search across every entry.
Web, CLI & TUI
Use Reader in the web app or from a terminal with the r42 command-line client and keyboard-driven UI. Each interface supports briefings, audio, and sharing.
Portable subscriptions
Import or export subscriptions as OPML. Send saved entries to Linkding, Wallabag, or Karakeep. You choose what to read and its position in the queue, and your subscriptions remain portable.