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Any link. Any length. One minute.

AI summaries for YouTube, Rumble, podcasts & articles. Long story short.

Paste a YouTube or Rumble video, podcast, article, or PDF. Readlis returns the key points, quotes, and a timeline you can jump straight into.

· 17 languages, native quality
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From the founder · 0:10

"Long story short" — the internet is too long. Readlis is what I built so I could finally keep up.

— Founder, Readlis
Acquired · 1h 47m
YouTube·Summary

What separates founders who break $1M ARR from those who don't

  • The real bottleneck isn't ideas — it's distribution. Every founder profiled built audience first.
  • Charging from day one filters for real users. Free tiers mostly generate support tickets.
  • Solo founders plateau near $30–50K MRR before support load forces a hire.
  • Niching down beat horizontal positioning in 4 of 5 case studies — even when the niche looked small.
  • Second hire should remove the founder from support, not engineering. Energy compounds faster than code.
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Reads YouTube Podcasts Articles PDFs & Lectures
How it works

Three steps. No installs, no extensions.

01

Paste the link

YouTube, podcast, article, or PDF — Readlis figures out what it's looking at.

02

We read it for you

Frontier AI pulls the full transcript and extracts what's worth knowing — not keyword filler.

03

Jump to what matters

Key points with clickable timestamps. Switch between TL;DR, bullets, or pure quotes.

New · Library + Chat

Everything you've ever read. Searchable.

Every summary lives in your library. Ask follow-ups, find a quote from three weeks ago, or pull a timestamp from a podcast you can barely remember the name of.

  • Your private library
    Searchable by topic, speaker, or exact phrase.
  • Chat with any summary
    "What did she say about pricing?" — get the answer with the timestamp.
  • Cross-source memory
    "Where did I hear about Cluely?" — across every video and article you've ever pasted.
Try a summary
Chatting with: "Building a $30k MRR alone — Sam Parr"
What was his take on charging from day one?
He's adamant: free tiers attract people who'll never pay and burn your support budget. Real users self-select by pulling out a card.
▶ 11:40
Any number on solo-founder ceiling?
$30–50K MRR before support load forces the first hire.
▶ 28:02

Built for long things

3-hour lectures, full podcast episodes, 10,000-word articles. No 'sorry, too long' errors.

Timestamps that actually jump

Click any timestamp — the original source opens to that exact second. Verify before you trust.

Yours, not ours

Summaries live in your account. We don't sell, share, or train on what you paste.

New · Model Context Protocol

Readlis, inside every AI agent.

Connect Readlis to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP client. Your agent can now summarize any link, search your library, and quote sources — directly inside the chat.

Get your MCP key What is MCP?

Free + Pro accounts can connect. Usage counts against your monthly quota.

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "readlis": {
      "command": "cmd.exe",
      "args": [
        "/c", "npx", "-y", "mcp-remote",
        "https://readlis.app/api/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER}",
        "--transport", "http-only"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUTH_HEADER": "Bearer rdl_••••"
      }
    }
  }
}
Windows note: keep the token in AUTH_HEADER. Claude Desktop can mangle headers with spaces when they are passed directly inside args.
// Then in Claude:
› Summarize this Lex Fridman episode and add the 3 best quotes to my notes.
Claude calls readlis.summarize_url → summary appears in chat.
Chrome extension · v1.1 · Inline on YouTube

Summarize any YouTube video
without leaving the page.

A Readlis card appears right under every YouTube video. One click gives you key points, verbatim quotes, and clickable timestamps — no copy-pasting URLs.

  • Inline "Summarize" panel on every YouTube watch page.
  • Works on articles and podcasts too — right-click any link.
  • Popup button on any tab. Free. No tracking. Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc.
How to install →
Install in 30 seconds
  1. 1
    Download & unzip
    Click the button and unzip readlis-extension.zip.
  2. 2
    Open extensions
    Go to chrome://extensions in Chrome (or Edge / Brave / Arc).
  3. 3
    Enable Developer mode
    Toggle Developer mode in the top-right corner.
  4. 4
    Load unpacked
    Click Load unpacked and select the unzipped folder. You're done.

We'll ship a one-click Chrome Web Store install soon — for now, this developer install is the same code, signed by you.

Why Readlis

We read the one-star reviews of every other summarizer.

Here's what people are actually annoyed about — and what we did instead.

Most summarizers
Readlis
Price shown before sign-up
Hidden until you've used your trial
Always visible. No surprises.
What it can summarize
YouTube only, most of the time
YouTube, podcasts, articles, PDFs
Free tier
3 summaries ever, then paywall
5 summaries every month, forever
Billing
Weekly charges, hard-to-cancel flows
Monthly or annual. One-tap cancel.
Timestamp jumps
Static text — copy-paste required
Click to open source at the exact second
Honest quotas

No credits. No games. Just a monthly number you can count.

Every other summarizer bills you in "credits" that quietly cost more the longer your video is. Readlis gives you a flat number of summaries per month — of any length, from any source. That's it.

1 summary = 1 summary
3-hour podcast or a 4-min TED talk — both count as one. No length multipliers.
Unused ≠ lost forever
Your quota resets on the same day every month. Downgrade or cancel anytime.
Cancel = keep access
Cancel today, use Pro until your period ends. No pro-rated clawbacks.

All prices in USD. Tax handled automatically.

Free

Forever
$0/month
5 summaries / month
  • Full-length summaries — no 5-minute cap
  • YouTube, podcasts, articles & PDFs
  • Key points, quotes & clickable timestamps
  • No credit card. Ever.
Most popular

Pro

Cancel anytime
$6.99/month
500 / month · ~$0.014 per summary
  • 500 full-length summaries every month
  • Any length — 3-hour podcasts count as 1
  • Export to Notion, Markdown, Readwise & PDF
  • 17 native summary languages
  • Priority processing + email support

Pro Max

Power users
$14.99/month
2,000 / month · ~$0.007 per summary
  • 2,000 full-length summaries every month
  • Everything in Pro
  • Public API + Claude MCP server
  • Front-of-queue priority
  • Early access to new features
What Readlis will never do
No hidden credits

One summary is one summary, regardless of length.

No auto-upgrades

Hit your quota? We pause. We never silently charge you.

No length paywalls

Your 3-hour podcast summarizes on Free too.

No cancel maze

One click in Account. Access until your period ends.

No multi-year lock-ins. No "contact sales." Yearly saves ~18%.

Questions

Straight answers.

What can I actually paste in?+

Any YouTube video, Spotify or Apple Podcasts episode, news article, blog post, Substack, or PDF link. If it has spoken or written words, Readlis can read it.

How accurate are the summaries?+

We measure accuracy on a 200-source human-rated benchmark every release. Current key-point recall is ~92% and quote fidelity is exact (we never paraphrase quotes). Click any timestamp to verify against the source in seconds.

What languages are supported?+

Source content can be in 40+ languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, and Hindi. You can request the summary in any of those, regardless of source language.

Does it work on paywalled articles or private videos?+

It works on anything we can reach without signing in as you. Paywalled NYT, WSJ, and unlisted YouTube videos won't work unless you paste the full text. Private podcast feeds are not supported.

Can I summarize a whole playlist or channel?+

Playlist summarization is on Pro — paste the playlist URL and you'll get one summary per video. Channel-level digests are in private beta; ask us by email.

How long can the source be?+

Free handles up to 30 minutes or ~3,000 words. Pro removes the per-source limit — three-hour lectures, full audiobook chapters, 20,000-word reports all work.

Is there an API?+

Yes, on Pro+. Same endpoints we use internally — paste a URL, get structured JSON with timestamps, bullets, quotes, and a TL;DR. Email for keys.

Can I cancel easily?+

One tap, no retention flow, no "are you sure" maze. Cancel mid-cycle and Pro stays active until the period ends.

Do you store or train on what I summarize?+

We store your summaries so you can find them in your library. We do not sell, share, or train models on your content. Delete any summary and it's gone within 24 hours.

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