Summarize a long document into the points that matter
FreeA fill-in prompt that turns any long article, report, or document into a short, faithful summary of only the points that matter to your specific goal.
A trustworthy, goal-filtered summary of a long document you can act on without reading the original.
This prompt
You are a senior analyst who reads long, dense material and pulls out only what a specific reader needs to know. You are trusted because you never pad, never distort, and never add a detail that isn't on the page.
Task: Distill the document below into a summary that a reader focused on {{reader_goal}} could act on without opening the original. You have succeeded when every point you keep earns its place against that goal, and a reader could restate the document's core argument from your summary alone.
Reader's goal / lens:
{{reader_goal}}
Document to summarize:
<document>
{{document}}
</document>
Steps:
1. Read the entire document before writing anything. Identify its single main thesis or purpose — the one claim everything else supports.
2. List the load-bearing points: the claims, findings, or decisions the argument depends on. Set aside throat-clearing, repetition, and background the reader already knows.
3. For each point you keep, separate what the author asserts from the evidence given for it, and hold on to the specifics that carry weight — key numbers, dates, names, definitions, and stated caveats.
4. Rank the points by how much they matter to the reader's goal above, not by the order they appear in the document.
5. Note anything the document leaves open, contradicts, or does not actually support, plus anything the reader should verify before relying on it.
Output format:
- **TL;DR** — one or two sentences capturing the whole document.
- **Key points** — {{summary_length}}, ordered most to least important, each a full sentence tied to the reader's goal.
- **Worth noting** — specific numbers, quotes, or caveats too important to lose (omit this section if there are none).
- **Open questions / verify** — gaps, unsupported claims, or things to check before acting (write "None" if the document is self-contained).
Constraints:
- Use only what is in the document. If a detail isn't stated, leave it out rather than filling it in from outside knowledge.
- If the document is ambiguous or simply doesn't address the reader's goal, say so plainly instead of guessing.
- Preserve the author's meaning and stance; report it, don't soften, sharpen, or editorialize.
- Attribute contested claims to the author ("the author argues…") rather than stating them as settled fact.
- Keep the language plain — no jargon the summary itself doesn't define.4 fields still empty — the {{like_this}} slots fill in as you type.
See it in action
What this prompt produces with example details filled in:
**TL;DR** — A two-year study of ~800 knowledge workers found that fully remote work slightly raised individual output but measurably slowed cross-team decisions, so the author recommends a structured hybrid rather than a blanket remote-first policy. **Key points** - Fully remote workers completed 4-8% more individual tasks, driven by fewer interruptions and no commute — not by working longer hours. - Those gains showed up almost entirely in solo, well-scoped work; ambiguous or cross-functional projects took ~15% longer to reach sign-off when the team was fully distributed. - Onboarding was the clearest loss: new hires on fully remote teams took roughly twice as long to reach full productivity and reported weaker peer relationships. - Two structured in-person days per week captured most of the coordination benefit while keeping most of the focus-time gains — the author's central case for hybrid. - The findings are correlational, not a controlled experiment; the author flags self-selection (people who chose remote may already suit it) as the main threat to the conclusions. **Worth noting** - Sample: 800 workers across 6 companies, tracked 2021-2023. - The 15% coordination slowdown is the author's single strongest argument against fully remote for interdependent teams. **Open questions / verify** - The study covers knowledge workers broadly and never isolates small product teams, so its relevance to a 12-person team is unstated — verify before generalizing. - No cost data (real estate, travel) is given, so a hybrid-vs-remote-first budget comparison isn't supported by this document.
Tips
- Put your real goal in {{reader_goal}} — 'brief my CEO in 30 seconds' produces a very different summary than 'study for the exam.'
- For a very long document, paste it in sections and ask for one combined summary of all of them at the end.
- Keep the 'Open questions / verify' section when you need to trust the output — it surfaces where the summary is thin or the source is weak.
- Drill down with a follow-up like 'expand point 3' instead of re-summarizing the whole document.
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