diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index 0618ee77..eccf08b4 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ en:
         summarize: "Summarize"
         image: "Generate image"
         google: "Search Google"
+        read: "Read topic"
       command_description:
+        read: "Reading: %{title}"
         time: "Time in %{timezone} is %{time}"
         summarize: "Summarized <a href='%{url}'>%{title}</a>"
         image: "%{prompt}"
diff --git a/config/settings.yml b/config/settings.yml
index f869c212..85a08ac9 100644
--- a/config/settings.yml
+++ b/config/settings.yml
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ plugins:
      - image
      - search
      - summarize
+     - read
      - tags
      - time
   ai_helper_add_ai_pm_to_header:
diff --git a/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/read_command.rb b/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/read_command.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..406cdc44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/read_command.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module DiscourseAi::AiBot::Commands
+  class ReadCommand < Command
+    class << self
+      def name
+        "read"
+      end
+
+      def desc
+        "Will read a topic or a post on this Discourse instance"
+      end
+
+      def parameters
+        [
+          Parameter.new(
+            name: "topic_id",
+            description: "the id of the topic to read",
+            type: "integer",
+            required: true,
+          ),
+          Parameter.new(
+            name: "post_number",
+            description: "the post number to read",
+            type: "integer",
+            required: false,
+          ),
+        ]
+      end
+    end
+
+    def description_args
+      { title: @title }
+    end
+
+    def process(topic_id:, post_number: nil)
+      not_found = { topic_id: topic_id, description: "Topic not found" }
+
+      @title = ""
+
+      topic_id = topic_id.to_i
+
+      topic = Topic.find_by(id: topic_id)
+      return not_found if !topic || !Guardian.new.can_see?(topic)
+
+      @title = topic.title
+
+      posts = Post.secured(Guardian.new).where(topic_id: topic_id).order(:post_number).limit(40)
+      posts = posts.where("post_number = ?", post_number) if post_number
+
+      content = +"title: #{topic.title}\n\n"
+
+      posts.each { |post| content << "\n\n#{post.username} said:\n\n#{post.raw}" }
+
+      # TODO: 16k or 100k models can handle a lot more tokens
+      content = ::DiscourseAi::Tokenizer::BertTokenizer.truncate(content, 1500).squish
+
+      { topic_id: topic_id, post_number: post_number, content: content }
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/modules/ai_bot/entry_point.rb b/lib/modules/ai_bot/entry_point.rb
index 6af851c4..116e520e 100644
--- a/lib/modules/ai_bot/entry_point.rb
+++ b/lib/modules/ai_bot/entry_point.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ module DiscourseAi
         require_relative "commands/summarize_command"
         require_relative "commands/image_command"
         require_relative "commands/google_command"
+        require_relative "commands/read_command"
       end
 
       def inject_into(plugin)
diff --git a/lib/modules/ai_bot/open_ai_bot.rb b/lib/modules/ai_bot/open_ai_bot.rb
index 5c35e78a..bb064a83 100644
--- a/lib/modules/ai_bot/open_ai_bot.rb
+++ b/lib/modules/ai_bot/open_ai_bot.rb
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ module DiscourseAi
             Commands::TimeCommand,
             Commands::SearchCommand,
             Commands::SummarizeCommand,
+            Commands::ReadCommand,
           ].tap do |cmds|
             cmds << Commands::TagsCommand if SiteSetting.tagging_enabled
             cmds << Commands::ImageCommand if SiteSetting.ai_stability_api_key.present?
diff --git a/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/read_command_spec.rb b/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/read_command_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fdd0de77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/read_command_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#frozen_string_literal: true
+
+RSpec.describe DiscourseAi::AiBot::Commands::ReadCommand do
+  fab!(:bot_user) { User.find(DiscourseAi::AiBot::EntryPoint::GPT3_5_TURBO_ID) }
+
+  describe "#process" do
+    it "can read a topic" do
+      post1 = Fabricate(:post, raw: "hello there")
+      Fabricate(:post, raw: "mister sam", topic: post1.topic)
+
+      read = described_class.new(bot_user, post1)
+
+      results = read.process(topic_id: post1.topic_id)
+
+      expect(results[:topic_id]).to eq(post1.topic_id)
+      expect(results[:content]).to include("hello")
+      expect(results[:content]).to include("sam")
+    end
+  end
+end