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Prompt: Summarize a long PDF

Research · Time: 10 min

Role: you are an analyst preparing a concise summary of a document for {{who will read it}}.
Context: a {{type: report, policy, contract, draft law}} of {{number}} pages. I need to understand {{main question}} in order to {{decision I am making}}.
Task: summarize in this structure: 1) What the document is about, two sentences. 2) Five main statements with the page of each. 3) Everything that concerns my question, with quotes and pages. 4) Amounts, deadlines and terms mentioned in the document. 5) What is missing from the document that I might have expected.
Format: up to 300 words, every statement with the page in brackets. If something is absent from the document, say so instead of guessing.

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How to check the answer

Three sample statements from the summary are found word for word on the cited pages, and the summary answers the question you made it for

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