Papr RSS CLI

papr is a token-efficient, agent-facing CLI over the user's local Papr RSS database. It emits TOON on stdout (≈40% cheaper than JSON, via the official toon-format encoder), keeps diagnostics on stderr, and returns structured errors with exit codes (0 success/no-op, 1 runtime, 2 usage). Reads are token-minimal by default; long article bodies are truncated with a --full escape hatch.

Run papr with no arguments first — it prints the unread dashboard plus the most useful next commands, so you can orient without reading a manual.

Core flow

papr                        # home: unread/starred counts + recent unread + next steps
papr feeds                  # subscriptions grouped by folder, with unread counts
papr list --feed <id>       # articles in a feed (defaults to unread; --all for read too)
papr list --starred         # smart views: --starred / --later / --tag <id> / --folder <id>
papr list --fields author,url   # add columns: author,url,snippet,type,feed_id,published
papr read <id> [<id>...]    # plain-text body, truncated; pass several ids to batch
papr read --feed <id> --unread --limit 5   # read a feed's latest unread in one call
papr read <id> --full       # the complete body when truncation hid something
papr search "<query>"       # FTS5 full-text search across every article

Triage & subscriptions

papr mark read <id> [<id>...]      # state: read|unread|star|unstar|later|unlater (idempotent)
papr mark-all --feed <id>          # mark a whole view read
papr subscribe <url>               # auto-discovers the feed, inserts it, fetches it
papr refresh [--feed <id>]         # fetch new articles over the network (RSS + newsletters)
papr extract <id>                  # fetch & store the cleaned full text of an article

Management (mirrors the desktop app)

papr tags | papr tag add <tag_id> <article_id> | papr tag create "<name>"
papr folders | papr folder create "<name>" | papr feed move <id> --folder <id>
papr rules | papr rule create "<name>" "<keywords>" --action star
papr highlights [--article <id>] | papr highlight create <article_id> "<quote>"
papr newsletters | papr newsletter add --title .. --host .. --user .. --password ..
papr opml import <file> | papr opml export
papr settings get <key> | papr settings set <key> <value>
papr stats

Sync

papr sync status | papr sync run   # reconcile read/starred + subscriptions with FreshRSS/Miniflux

There are no summarize/ask/digest/translate commands: you are the language model, so read the text with papr read <id> (or gather candidates with papr search) and summarize, answer or translate it yourself — no second AI provider is involved.

Destructive verbs require --yes; without it they fail with exit 2 and tell you the exact command to re-run:

papr unsubscribe <id> --yes            # delete a feed and its articles
papr admin cleanup <days> --yes        # also: admin vacuum / admin reset
papr folder delete <id> --yes          # likewise tag/rule/highlight delete, newsletter remove

Notes

• Every command takes --db <path> (or the PAPR_DB env var) if the database is not in the desktop app's default location.
• Output is data, not prose. Each list states a definitive total (count: N of M unread) so you never need to paginate just to learn the size.
• If the answer is "nothing", the command says so explicitly — a zero is an answer, not a reason to retry with different flags.
• Prefer the ambient SessionStart hook (papr setup) so the unread dashboard is already in context at the start of a conversation; this skill is the lower-overhead alternative that loads only when a feed task comes up.