Bring back years of reading set aside in Pocket. Pile imports your export, summarizes every article and tags it so your "read it someday" list finally becomes searchable. Perfect for leaving Pocket without losing anything.
Extracted, ready to revisit
- The URL and title of each saved article, as they appear in the Pocket HTML export.
- The date added to Pocket, kept as the reference date in your Pile.
- The tags you set in Pocket, attached to the imported article.
- The "archived" or "unread" status of the article, shown on the Pile card.
- The full content fetched from the URL at import time, for summary and full-text search.
Connect Pocket
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Export from Pocket
Go to your Pocket account settings and request the HTML export of your library. You get a file listing all your saved articles.
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Drop the file into Pile
Open Connect, pick Pocket, drag in the exported file. Pile reads the list and shows you how many articles will import.
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Pile enriches each article
Every URL is fetched, summarized and tagged by your AI. Existing Pocket tags are kept and extended.
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File and find
Your articles land in your Pile, searchable by words or by meaning. Sort them into vaults or export to Obsidian.
Concretely, what for
Leave Pocket without losing anything
You have hundreds of articles in Pocket you no longer open. Import them all at once into Pile: each one is summarized, tagged and findable by meaning. Your library outlives the app.
Revive old saves
Articles saved two years ago that you never read. Pile summarizes each in two lines: you decide in thirty seconds whether the article deserves a full read or can be archived.
Migrate to Obsidian
After the Pocket import, export your Pile articles to Obsidian as Markdown. You end up with a local, searchable archive independent of any third-party service.
Practical tips
- Import everything at once rather than in small batches: Pile automatically dedupes URLs already present.
- Your Pocket tags become starting points: your AI suggests new ones for untagged articles.
- After import, export to Obsidian to keep a local archive independent of Pocket.
If something breaks
The Pocket export is empty or only contains part of my articles
Pocket sometimes limits the export to the 5000 most recent articles. If you have more, generate several exports filtered by date range from Pocket settings. Pile merges imports without duplicates.
Some imported articles have no summary
If the source page is no longer reachable (dead link), Pile keeps the title and URL but cannot summarize the content. These articles are flagged "page unavailable" on their card.
My Pocket tags do not appear on imported articles
Check that the Pocket HTML export includes tags: recent versions encode them on each line. If tags are missing from the file, they cannot be imported. Pocket JSON exports (API version) always include tags if you prefer that route.
Frequently asked
Does Pile keep my Pocket tags?
Yes. Tags present in the export are kept, and your AI adds tags where they were missing.
Does the import re-download articles?
Pile fetches each URL to summarize it. Articles whose page is gone keep at least the title and the link.
Can I import more than once?
Yes, with no duplicates: Pile recognizes already-imported URLs and only processes new ones.
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