Delete an article

Delete a saved article permanently.

MCP tool instapaper_write → delete_bookmark

write Confirm

Deletes the article, with its highlights and tags on it. This is not archiving: a deleted article does not come back. Use move_bookmark with destination archive to keep it. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.

Parameters

Parameters: delete_bookmark
NameTypeDescription
bookmark_id integer required integer Bookmark ID from list_bookmarks.

tools/call

JSON-RPC

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "instapaper_write",
    "arguments": {
      "operation": "delete_bookmark",
      "arguments": {
        "bookmark_id": 1
      }
    }
  }
}

Example response

JSON

{
  "content": [
    {
      "type": "text",
      "text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
    }
  ],
  "structuredContent": {
    "bookmark_id": 1893240551,
    "deleted": true
  },
  "isError": false
}

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