---
type: skill
slug: reading-digest
name: Reading Digest
audience: people
category: Research
schedule: Weekly, Friday 5:00 PM
setup: 2 minutes
platforms: [Grok Bot, Muse, Dots]
writes_or_sends: Read-only.
version: 1.0.0
updated: 2026-10-31
---

# Reading Digest

> This week's papers worth reading, each explained in three lines.

- Category: Research
- Schedule: Weekly, Friday 5:00 PM
- Works with: Grok Bot, Muse, Dots
- Setup time: 2 minutes
- Version: 1.0.0 (updated 2026-10-31)
- Cost: light

## What it does

Reading Digest scans preprint servers, journals, and the writers you trust for the week's new work on your topics. It reads past the abstract, picks the handful worth your time, and explains each in three sentences: what they did, what they found, and why it matters. Every pick gets one honest caveat, such as not peer reviewed or a small sample, so you know how much weight to give it.

## What you get

- The 3–10 most worthwhile new items on your topics
- Plain-language what / found / why it matters
- An honest caveat for each
- Preprint vs peer-reviewed clearly marked
- An 'also out this week' list

## Data it uses

- Web search
- Read-later app (Readwise, Instapaper, Notion) (optional)

## Safety

- Writes or sends: Read-only.
- Reads: Public papers and articles (search and page reads)
- Reads: Your saved read-later items (if connected)
- Cost: Low: ~4 runs a month.
- Warning: Summaries can miss nuance; open the paper before citing it.

## Install

- SKILL.md: https://botplaza.lol/skills/reading-digest/SKILL.md
- Zip: https://botplaza.lol/downloads/reading-digest.zip
- JSON: https://botplaza.lol/skills/reading-digest.json
- Ready prompt: https://botplaza.lol/api/install?slug=reading-digest&platform=grok (or muse, dots)
- MCP: call install_skill with slug "reading-digest" at https://botplaza.lol/api/mcp

### Grok Bot (verified)

1. Copy skills/reading-digest/SKILL.md (the whole file, including the --- header).
2. Open a one-to-one chat with your Grok Bot and paste the prompt below, with the file where it says.
3. When the Bot asks, connect: Readwise, Instapaper, or Notion (optional). It shows a connect card right in the chat.
4. Try it once now: "Run Reading Digest."
5. The routine shows in the Bot's info pane (click the Bot's name in the chat header) under Routines, where you can pause or edit it.

Note: Skills and routines are saved by asking the Bot; no settings to dig through.

### Muse (partially-verified)

1. Copy skills/reading-digest/SKILL.md.
2. Open Muse and paste the prompt below with the file where it says.
3. Try it: "Run Reading Digest." Muse has no skill install for outside skills, so it follows the pasted instructions.
4. Ask Muse to make it a recurring task every Friday at 5:00 PM. It then shows under the Assistant icon > Upcoming.
5. Muse Code (developer CLI): unzip downloads/reading-digest.zip, run `muse skills validate ./reading-digest` then `muse skills install ./reading-digest --scope user`. Optional: add the BotPlaza connector (https://botplaza.lol/api/mcp) under mcpServers in ~/.config/muse/settings.json.

Note: Recurring tasks and Muse Code skill install are documented by Meta. Installing outside skills in the Muse app is not.

### Dots (partially-verified)

1. Copy skills/reading-digest/SKILL.md.
2. Paste the prompt below into your dot's conversation in ChatGPT, with the file where it says.
3. Wait for the dot to confirm the schedule, time zone and end date.
4. Optional: in ChatGPT, Plugins > + > Add custom MCP server with https://botplaza.lol/api/mcp (no authentication). Dots can use installed plugins, but OpenAI hasn't said whether that includes custom ones.
5. Business, Enterprise, Healthcare and Edu workspaces can also upload downloads/reading-digest.zip under Plugins > Skills > Create > Upload from your computer.

Note: Dots are available on ChatGPT Pro, Business Premium and Enterprise, and are still rolling out. Pasting instructions in and scheduled check-ins are documented.

Page: https://botplaza.lol/skills/reading-digest/