summarize

To summarize a YouTube video or web page, you provide the URL to the summarize binary, which distills the content into a concise brief. You can adjust the output length and format using command-line options to fit your research or content planning workflow.

You can summarize web pages, PDFs, images, and audio files for research and knowledge distillation. The tool processes these formats to accelerate information digestion by converting large content into actionable summaries.

Yes, you need an API key from supported providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, or Gemini to summarize PDFs and local files. You must configure these keys in your environment and set up a local config file at ~/.summarize/config.json.

Yes, you can output summarized content as JSON for downstream content planning by passing the --json option to the summarize CLI. This allows you to extract structured data alongside adjusting summary length with the --length flag.

The best way to distill large content into actionable insights is using the summarize CLI, which supports multiple models for generating summaries. You can choose your preferred model and configure extraction options to tailor the output for research briefs or knowledge distillation.

When you summarize audio or image files via CLI, processing depends on the capabilities of your chosen model and the accuracy of content extraction. You must ensure your environment keys are valid and the local config file is correctly set up before processing these formats.