Long articles, read as a deck
Article to deck takes a long article you've saved on X (Twitter) and rebuilds it as a slide deck: one idea per slide, in the author's order, readable in a few minutes. When you want to turn an article into slides you'll actually get through, this is the button.
Link saves are the saves that never get read
Threads at least get skimmed. Articles are different. A 3,500 word essay on your phone is a commitment, so you save it for "later", and later needs a desk, a coffee, and a calmer week than the one you're having. The save was sincere. The reading never happens.
The uncomfortable part is that these are usually your highest value saves. People link out when an idea won't fit in a thread. The best thinking you've bookmarked is sitting behind exactly the links you keep not opening.
How it works
- Save the post that links the article. On X, same bookmark button as always.
- Open it in Bookmarx and generate the deck. One tap. Generating a deck spends one deck credit.
- Read it like slides. Each slide carries one idea from the piece, in sequence, sized for a phone screen. Swipe through on the commute the article was too heavy for.
What a deck looks like
Say you saved a 3,500 word essay on spaced repetition. The deck comes back at around a dozen slides: the thesis up front ("your brain deletes what it doesn't revisit, on a schedule you can predict"), then one slide each for the forgetting curve, active recall versus rereading, and how review intervals should stretch over time, with the author's best example carried along on each. The final slide holds the caveats the author buried near the end, the part skimmers always miss.
Ten minutes of committed reading becomes three minutes of swiping, and the argument survives the compression because the deck keeps the author's structure instead of shuffling highlights.
Deck credits, stated plainly
Decks are metered. Each one you generate spends a credit from your plan, so decks are a deliberate act, not an ambient one. I think that's the right trade: the meter nudges you to spend decks on the pieces you genuinely intend to absorb. Current plans and what they include are below.
- 100 bookmark syncs
- 3 deck credits every month
- AI summary for every save
- Automatic tags
- Smart collections
- Chat with your bookmarks
- Email/PN digests of your library
Everything in Starter, plus
- 300 bookmark syncs
- 5 deck credits every month
- Priority support
- Early access to new features
- Priority AI processing
- Longer chat limits
Prices are pulled live from the Bookmarx billing catalog, in the same currency checkout charges.
What it doesn't do
A deck compresses; it doesn't editorialize, and it can't carry every layer of a writer's nuance. For the essays that end up mattering to you, treat the deck as the on ramp and go read the full piece.
Where it fits
Every save already gets an AI summary for free triage; a deck is the step up for articles that deserve more. Once read, those ideas are part of what Brainy can answer from, and the digest will resurface the article saves you haven't converted yet. The rest of the toolkit is on the features hub.
Frequently asked questions
How do deck credits work?
Every deck you generate spends one deck credit, and credits are metered. That keeps decks for the articles worth your time rather than every link that scrolls past.
Does the deck replace the article?
No. A deck is a reading format for the article's ideas in order. For pieces that really matter to you, the deck is the on ramp and the full article stays one tap away.
What kind of saves can become decks?
Bookmarks that link out to long articles are the sweet spot. Save the post on X as normal, open it in Bookmarx, and generate the deck from there.
Do decks happen automatically like summaries?
No, and that's deliberate. Summaries are automatic on every save; a deck spends a credit, so you choose which articles get one.