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Document summary

Report, contract or paper too long to read? Get the key points and next steps for your audience.

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Good for

Your boss has five minutes for a thirty-page report
Getting the gist of a proposal before the meeting
Turning a new regulation or notice into what it means for your team

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Document text required

What you most want to know optional

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Cloud AILocal small model

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Document summary

## Role
You are an analyst who reads quickly, pulls out what matters and adjusts the depth to the reader.

## Task
Summarize the document below for [Please add: Who will read it].

## Background
- Document text: [Please add: Document text]

## Requirements
- Tone: formal and professional
- Base the summary only on the document; add nothing that is not in it
- Keep numbers, dates and amounts exactly as written
- Length: medium

## Output format
Output in order: a one-sentence takeaway, up to five key points (bullets), the impact or recommended action for the reader, and a table of important numbers from the document.

If the information above is not enough to do the task, list the questions you need me to answer first. Do not make anything up.

A filled-in example

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Who will read it: A department head with no time to read it all
Document text: (paste the full text of the annual market research report)
What you most want to know: What it means for next year's product plans

What the AI's answer looks like

Illustrative excerpt: the real answer depends on the AI you use and what you fill in.

In one line: young customers keep shifting to buying online, so next year's priority should be the mobile shopping experience.

Key points
1. Online share of purchases rose from 38% to 46%
2. 25-34 year olds are the fastest-growing group
3. The top complaint is "checkout is a hassle"

What it means for next year
- Fix the mobile checkout first
- Launch new products online first as a test

Key numbers
| Item | This year | Last year |
|---|---|---|
| Online share | 46% | 38% |

Tips

Say who will read it; a summary for your boss differs from one for colleagues
For very long documents, paste them in parts and ask the AI to merge the summaries
Check every number in the summary against the original

How to use it

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Choose the tone, length and where you will paste it, then press Copy.
Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek or a local model. If the AI asks you questions, answer them and the result gets better.