Getting Started with Paper Clips

Paper Clips is a personal briefing tool that turns the noise of the internet into signal. You tell it what you care about — blogs, YouTube channels, GitHub repos, podcasts — and it delivers concise, AI-generated summaries so you can stay informed without the scroll.

How it works

Every day, Paper Clips checks your sources for new content. When it finds something, it reads the full article, transcript, or release notes, then distills it down to the key points. The result shows up in your feed as a briefing — a short summary you can scan in seconds, with a link to the original if you want to go deeper.

What you can follow

Paper Clips supports five types of content sources:

• RSS & Atom feeds — any blog, newsletter, or publication that publishes a feed
• YouTube channels — get summaries of new videos, including transcripts when available
• GitHub repositories — track releases and changelogs from projects you depend on
• Websites — monitor individual pages for updates
• Podcasts — follow podcast RSS feeds for episode summaries

Adding your first source

Once you're signed in, head to Settings and find the Sources section. Paste any URL — a blog homepage, a YouTube channel page, a GitHub repo — and Paper Clips will detect the type automatically.

New content from your sources may take up to an hour to appear in your feed. After the first sync, your briefings will update daily.

Make it yours

Paper Clips adapts to how you like to read. In Settings you can switch between light and dark themes, choose betweensans-serif and serif fonts, and adjust the font size with the A-/A+ stepper on any briefing. Your preferences sync across devices.

That's it. Add a few sources, check back tomorrow, and your first briefings will be waiting. If you have questions or feedback, we'd love to hear from you.