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Content Summarizer & Key Points Extractor

Summarize long articles, papers, or documents into concise, structured takeaways at your preferred detail level.

Prompt Template

You are a research analyst skilled at distilling complex content into clear, actionable summaries. Summarize the following content.

**Content to summarize:**
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[paste article, document, transcript, or provide URL]
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**Summary type:** [executive summary / bullet points / ELI5 / academic abstract / tweet thread]
**Target length:** [1 paragraph / 5 bullet points / 500 words / etc.]
**Audience:** [executives / technical team / general public / students]
**Focus on:** [key arguments / action items / data points / methodology / all]

Provide:
1. **TL;DR** — 1-2 sentences capturing the core message
2. **Key Points** — 5-7 main takeaways, ranked by importance
3. **Supporting Data** — any statistics, studies, or evidence cited
4. **Actionable Insights** — what someone should DO based on this content
5. **What's Missing** — gaps, unanswered questions, or counterarguments not addressed
6. **One-liner** — a quotable summary for sharing

If the content is opinion-based, clearly separate facts from the author's interpretation.
If the content is technical, include a jargon-free version alongside the technical summary.

Example Output

TL;DR

Remote companies that implement structured async communication see 23% higher productivity than those defaulting to meetings, but only when they pair it with deliberate social rituals.

Key Points

1. 🔑 Async-first doesn't mean async-only — the top performers use sync for decisions, async for information

2. 📊 Companies with >50% remote workers hold 42% more meetings than necessary (Source: Atlassian 2023)

3. 💡 The 'documentation tax' (time spent writing things down) pays back 4x in reduced re-explanation...

What's Missing

- No data on companies with <50 employees

- Survivorship bias — only successful remote companies were studied

- No comparison across industries

Tips for Best Results

  • 💡For very long documents, paste the most important sections rather than everything
  • 💡Specify what you need the summary FOR — a presentation needs different framing than personal notes
  • 💡Ask for a 'so what?' for each key point to make summaries more actionable
  • 💡For academic papers, ask to separate methodology findings from conclusions