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.Placeholders to fill in
{{who will read it}}{{type: report, policy, contract, draft law}}{{number}}{{main question}}{{decision I am making}}
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- Gemini in Google Drive $14/mo
- Google AI Studio Free
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
Pitfalls
- For scanned documents without a text layer the service summarizes with inventions or stays silent
- A PDF with personal data or under NDA goes only into a service with a corporate agreement or after anonymization
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