List highlights
The highlighted passages of one article.
MCP tool instapaper_read → list_highlights
read
Returns the highlights you made in one saved article, with the highlighted text and when you made each one. An article with no highlights returns an empty list. One call covers one article, so a digest reads one article after another.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| bookmark_id integer required | integer | Bookmark ID from list_bookmarks. |
tools/call
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "instapaper_read",
"arguments": {
"operation": "list_highlights",
"arguments": {
"bookmark_id": 1893240551
}
}
}
}Example response
{
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
}
],
"structuredContent": {
"bookmark_id": 1893240551,
"highlights": [
{
"highlight_id": 77120431,
"text": "Salt the water until it tastes like the sea, then add the pasta.",
"created_at": "2026-10-12T19:04:00Z"
}
]
},
"isError": false
}