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Web feeds

Add a web feed to automatically save new posts as they are published. Keep checks each feed every few hours and saves new articles as markdown.

Feed sources require a paid plan.

Supported formats

RSS 2.0 - the most common blog and news feed format.

Atom - widely used by platforms like Blogger and WordPress.

JSON Feed - a modern, JSON-based format used by Micro.blog, some Ghost sites, and others.

h-feed (Microformats) - feeds embedded directly in HTML using Microformats markup, common on IndieWeb sites.

Keep detects the format automatically. Just paste the URL and it will figure out the rest.

Setup

1. Open settings → sources and add a new source.

2. Choose Web feed and paste the feed URL.

3. Pick a backfill option or start from now.

4. Keep checks the feed in the background and saves new posts automatically.

Finding a feed URL

Most blogs and news sites publish a feed. Common locations include:

/feed, /rss, /atom.xml, /feed.json, or /index.xml appended to the site URL.

Substack newsletters use yourname.substack.com/feed.

Medium publications use medium.com/feed/@username or medium.com/feed/publication-name.

If you're not sure, paste the site's homepage URL. Keep will try to discover a feed automatically.

Backfill options

start from now (default): only captures posts published after you add the source.

backfill past N days: imports posts from the last 1 to 90 days when you first add the feed.

backfill last N articles: imports the most recent 1 to 100 articles from the feed regardless of date.

Backfill runs once when the source is created. After that, only newly published posts are captured.

What gets saved

Each new feed entry is saved as a Keep item. Keep fetches the linked page and extracts the full article content as markdown so you get the complete text, not just the feed summary.

RSS, Atom, JSON Feed, and h-feed formats are all supported. Items already in your library are automatically skipped.

Credits

Each imported article uses 1 link credit. Duplicate posts are skipped at no cost.

Rollups for noisy feeds

High-volume feeds can flood your main feed with dozens of items a day. Enable rollups on a source to group its items into a single collapsible row instead of listing each one individually.

1. Open settings → sources and find the feed you want to roll up.

2. Click "Roll up in feed" to enable grouping.

3. In your feed, items from that source now appear as a single row showing the source name, article count, and how recently the latest article was published.

4. Click the row to expand and browse the individual articles inside.

Rollups only appear in the default feed view. When you search or filter by tag or collection, items are shown individually so every result is visible.

Removing a feed

Open settings → sources and delete the feed source. Existing saved articles stay in your library. Only future syncs stop.