Context is the background you hand the AI so it can answer for your situation, not a generic one. This guide explains why context matters so much, what kinds are worth giving, audience, purpose, examples, and limits, and how it helps keep the AI honest.
Document Summariser
Turn a long document into a clear summary at the length, focus, and reading level you need, so you can grasp the key points fast.
Make it yours
Fill in the boxes and the prompt updates as you type. Then copy it and paste it into your AI tool of choice.
Paste the text you want summarised. It can be as long as you like.
A word count or a rough shape works well
Who will read the summary, and how much they already know
The angle or details that matter most to you
Your prompt
I'm going to paste a document below. Please summarise it for me. Make the summary five bullet points. Write it for a busy colleague, so pitch the language and detail at the right level for them. Focus especially on the main points and any conclusions, and if anything important falls outside that focus, add a short note at the end. Here's the document: Paste your report, article, or transcript here
Tips
If the document is very long and the AI seems to run out of room, paste it in two or three parts and ask for a summary of each, then ask for one combined summary at the end. Asking for the summary as bullet points first, then a single sentence, gives you both a quick scan and a headline in one go.
What a good result looks like
A tidy set of bullet points capturing the document's key ideas, pitched for your chosen reader, with a short note flagging anything important that sat outside your focus.
Works well with
Related reading
AI can only hold so much text in mind at once, and understanding that limit explains a lot of odd behaviour. In this guide you will learn what a context window is in practice, why long chats seem to forget, and how to work with the limit rather than against it.
How to summarise a long document with AI
Turn a long report, contract, or article into a clear summary you can actually use, in a few minutes. You will learn how to get the length and focus you want, and how to check the summary is faithful to the original.
Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini
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