Summarize Anything
Compress long text into shorter forms. Useful for meeting notes, customer emails, long docs, transcripts.
Summarize as Bullet Points
{{ai:summarize:as 3-5 short bullet points, key points only}}Summarize as One-Sentence TL;DR
{{ai:summarize:tldr}}Summarize as Action Items
{{ai:custom:extract action items as a numbered list, each with the owner if mentioned and the deadline if mentioned}}When to use this template
- Wall-of-text Slack thread you missed. Copy it, fire ztldr, paste the one-sentence TL;DR into your status update.
- Meeting transcript or recording note. Run zactions to pull just the action items with owner and deadline if mentioned.
- Long product spec or PRD that you need to digest in two minutes before a meeting. zsum returns bullets you can scan.
- Customer email thread that's gone 12 replies deep. Get a quick recap before you reply so nothing slips.
Customize for your workflow
- Make a per-context summary snippet. zsum-eng with the modifier 'as bullets aimed at engineers, keep technical detail' reads differently than zsum-exec.
- Combine with the clipboard token if you want to summarize whatever you just copied without selecting: body becomes {{ai:custom:summarize the following as 3 bullets: {{clipboard}}}}.
- Keep the bullets short by writing the modifier explicitly: 'each bullet under 12 words' produces a much more skimmable result.
Common questions
How long can the input be?
Depends on your AI provider's context window. Claude and Gemini handle very long inputs comfortably. OpenAI varies by model. If you hit a limit, the call will return an error rather than truncating silently.
Will the summary lose nuance?
Often yes. Summaries are for skimming, not as a replacement for reading the source. Use ztldr for triage and zsum when you want a slightly fuller picture.
Can it summarize a webpage I'm reading?
Indirectly. Select the text on the page, copy it, then fire the snippet on the next line of any text field. TypeFire summarizes the selection, not the page.
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