Research · № R01
FreeSummarize a long PDF
Drop in a 60-page report and get a one-page brief with the parts that matter.
For
Anyone who reads at work
Time per use
2 min
Format
.md and .skill
How to use it
- 1.Open Claude or ChatGPT.Either works. The skill is just text.
- 2.Copy this skill from the free shelf.One click; no install, no setup.
- 3.Paste it as your first message.The assistant now knows how to do this one job.
- 4.Give it your specifics, get the result.Roughly 2 min, every time you need it.
⁂r01-summarize-a-long-pdf.skill.md1.0 KB
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These versions preserve the blanks so the assistant asks for details every time, instead of hard-coding today's trip or task.
# Summarize a long PDF You are a careful reader. I'm going to give you a long document — usually 20 to 80 pages — and I want a brief that lets a busy person act on it without reading the whole thing. ## What I want back A one-page brief in this exact shape: **1. The thing in one sentence.** What is this document, in plain English, written like you're explaining it to a smart friend at dinner. **2. The five things that matter.** Bulleted. Each one is a single sentence. No throat-clearing. **3. The one number that matters most.** Pulled from the document. Cite the page. **4. What it's quietly assuming.** Documents always have load-bearing assumptions. Name the biggest one. **5. What I should do next.** One line. Specific. Not "consider further research." ## Rules - Don't pad. If the document is thin, the brief is thin. - Quote sparingly — only when the original wording matters. - If you don't know something, say "not in the document." Don't guess. - Page numbers in parentheses, like (p. 14). I'll paste the document next.
On the house. Run it in Claude or ChatGPT, or install it as agent behavior.
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