Highlights
Select text while reading to create a highlight. Add a note, pick a color, and build a searchable annotation layer across your entire library.
Creating highlights
- Open any article in the reader view
- Select any text with your cursor or finger
- A highlight toolbar appears — choose a color or click the pen to add a note
- The highlight is saved instantly
Colors
Use colors to categorize your annotations:
| Color | Suggested use |
|---|---|
| Yellow | Key ideas, main arguments |
| Green | Evidence, data, examples |
| Blue | Background context, definitions |
| Red | Counterarguments, limitations, disagreements |
| Purple | Action items, things to follow up |
Colors are just suggestions — use any scheme that works for you.
Notes
Every highlight can have a text note attached. Notes appear in the side panel and in your highlights library. They're searchable and included in flashcard generation.
Finding highlights
- In an article — highlights appear inline. The side panel lists them all.
- Library view — go to Highlights in the sidebar to search across all articles
- Search — full-text search covers highlight text and notes
- Tags — add tags to highlights for cross-article grouping
Turning highlights into flashcards
Select highlights and click Create Flashcards. Reedle generates question/answer pairs from your highlighted text and notes. See Flashcards for the full workflow.
MCP access
If you use Reedle's MCP server with Claude or Cursor, all highlights are accessible viareedle_list_highlights, reedle_get_highlight, and reedle_create_highlight tools. See MCP Tools for the full reference.