This quick import feature is available when adding an RSS block. You can also add individual Substack newsletters by pasting their URLs directly.
Connecting Your Substack Account
1
Find your Substack profile URL
Navigate to substack.com and click on your profile icon, then click on your name to view your profile.

Click on your profile icon and then your name
2
Make your 'Reads' section public
For Summate to import your subscriptions, your ‘Reads’ section must be public.
Click ‘Edit Profile’ and scroll down to the ‘Reads’ section. Here you can choose which newsletters to make public.

Example profile showing the Reads section

Configure which newsletters are visible in your public Reads
You only need to make your Reads public during the import. After syncing with Summate, you can make them private again.
3
Connect in Summate
In Summate, when creating or editing an RSS block, click ‘Import your Substack’.
Enter your Substack profile URL in the format:

Click the Import Substack button in your RSS block
https://substack.com/@username
orhttps://substack.com/profile/username

Enter your Substack profile URL
4
Select subscriptions to import
Summate will fetch all your public subscriptions. Select which ones you want to add to your RSS block.
The selected newsletters will be added as sources in your RSS block.

Choose which Substack newsletters to import
After Import
Once imported, your Substack newsletters will appear as RSS sources in your block. You can:- View them in the RSS block’s Sources tab
- Remove individual newsletters if needed
- Import additional Substack accounts following the same process
Substack newsletters imported this way are treated as RSS feeds. They’ll be summarized just like any other blog or RSS source in your digest.
Troubleshooting
Import not working
Import not working
- Verify your Reads section is public
- Check that your profile URL is correct
- Try using the alternative URL format (
@username
vsprofile/username
)
Some newsletters missing
Some newsletters missing
Already have newsletters via email
Already have newsletters via email