How do I add a note to an article?

Open the article and click Add note below its text, or choose Add note in the article's More menu (the ⋯ icon). Type the note and click Save.

An article note is your comment on the article as a whole, with no highlighted passage behind it. It works on every plan and appears in the Annotations panel above the article, as What are annotations? explains.

Add the note

1. Open the article in the reading panel.
2. Scroll to the end of the text and click Add note, or open the More menu (⋯) and choose Add note.
3. Type the note and click Save.
4. Find the note in the Annotations panel at the top of the article, where Edit and Delete let you change it.

The dialog shows your picture and name above the text box, with Save and Cancel. Saving an empty box saves nothing. Team members also see the checkbox Make visible to Team members, which shares the note with the team.

Several notes on one article

An article can hold several notes, and each one is its own entry in the panel. Once the article has annotations, the panel's header also offers Create note for the next one. The notes are searchable together with your copy of the article, so a word from your note finds the article again later. Article notes stay in Inoreader and are not sent to Readwise, which receives highlights only.

Show the Add note button

Add note below the article shows while the Notes preference is on, which it is by default, under Preferences > Settings > Power user settings. The More menu offers Add note in any case.

Opening the note from the button below the article scrolls back to the top after saving, where the panel shows the new note.

A note on one passage rather than on the whole article is a highlight with a note, which How do I add a note to a highlight? covers. Every annotated article is collected under Saved > Annotations, see Where can I find my annotations?. Notes are free on every plan, and highlights are a Pro feature, as the Annotations page shows.