Note Summarizer

Source: https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills

Note Summarizer

When to Use

• Use this skill when you need organize study notes into a structured knowledge-point outline and export to a .docx summary when you need a shareable, hierarchical document from word/ppt/text/markdown inputs in a reproducible workflow.
• Use this skill when a others task needs a packaged method instead of ad-hoc freeform output.
• Use this skill when the user expects a concrete deliverable, validation step, or file-based result.
• Use this skill when scripts/note_summarizer.py is the most direct path to complete the request.
• Use this skill when you need the note-summarizer package behavior rather than a generic answer.

Key Features

• Scope-focused workflow aligned to: Organize study notes into a structured knowledge-point outline and export to a .docx summary when you need a shareable, hierarchical document from Word/PPT/Text/Markdown inputs.
• Packaged executable path(s): scripts/note_summarizer.py.
• Structured execution path designed to keep outputs consistent and reviewable.

Dependencies

• Python: 3.10+. Repository baseline for current packaged skills.
• Third-party packages: not explicitly version-pinned in this skill package. Add pinned versions if this skill needs stricter environment control.

Example Usage

cd "20260316/scientific-skills/Others/note-summarizer"
python -m py_compile scripts/note_summarizer.py
python scripts/note_summarizer.py --help

Example run plan:

1. Confirm the user input, output path, and any required config values.
2. Edit the in-file CONFIG block or documented parameters if the script uses fixed settings.
3. Run python scripts/note_summarizer.py with the validated inputs.
4. Review the generated output and return the final artifact with any assumptions called out.

Implementation Details

• Execution model: validate the request, choose the packaged workflow, and produce a bounded deliverable.
• Input controls: confirm the source files, scope limits, output format, and acceptance criteria before running any script.
• Primary implementation surface: scripts/note_summarizer.py.
• Parameters to clarify first: input path, output path, scope filters, thresholds, and any domain-specific constraints.
• Output discipline: keep results reproducible, identify assumptions explicitly, and avoid undocumented side effects.

1. When to Use

• When you have class notes (Word/Markdown/text) and need a clean outline with key takeaways per section.
• When you need to merge notes from multiple sources (e.g., Word + PPT + Markdown) into one unified study summary.
• When you want to preserve the original heading hierarchy (H1/H2/H3) while summarizing content into bullet points.
• When you need to include images from the source materials in the corresponding sections of the exported Word document.
• When you need an offline, local-file-only summarization workflow for study materials.

2. Key Features

• Multi-format input support: .docx, .pptx, .txt, .md.
• Exports a Word (.docx) document with a structured outline (Heading 1/2/3).
• Generates key-point bullet summaries per section with a configurable limit.
• Optional heading hierarchy preservation to keep the original structure.
• Optional image handling: copy images into the output or skip them.
• Local-only processing (no network access) and minimal logging of user content.

3. Dependencies

• Python (recommended): 3.9+
• Python packages:
  • python-docx (latest compatible)
  • python-pptx (latest compatible)
  • Pillow (latest compatible)

Install:

python -m pip install python-docx python-pptx pillow

4. Example Usage

Interactive run

python scripts/note_summarizer.py

Run with a JSON config (recommended)

1. Create input.json:

{
  "inputs": ["notes.docx", "slides.pptx", "notes.md"],
  "output": "summary.docx",
  "keep_headings": true,
  "max_bullets_per_section": 6,
  "image_mode": "copy",
  "max_image_long_edge": 1600
}

2. Execute:

python scripts/note_summarizer.py --json input.json

5. Implementation Details

Input schema

Required

• inputs: array of input file paths (Word/PPT/Text/Markdown)
• output: output .docx file path

Optional

• keep_headings (boolean, default: true): attempts to preserve heading hierarchy from source documents.
• max_bullets_per_section (int, default: 6): maximum number of summary bullets generated per section.
• image_mode ("copy" | "skip", default: "copy"): whether to copy images into the output document.
• max_image_long_edge (int, default: 1600): maximum pixel size for the long edge when copying images.

Output structure

• A Word document containing:
  • Heading levels (Heading 1/2/3) representing the outline
  • Bullet lists of key points under each section
  • Images copied into the relevant sections when image_mode: "copy"

Security / compliance notes

• Processes local files only and does not access the network.
• Reads only user-provided paths and writes only to the specified output path.
• Avoids logging or emitting sensitive content from user files into logs.

Basic verification

python scripts/note_summarizer.py --json examples/example.json

Success criteria:

• The output .docx exists and opens successfully.
• The heading hierarchy and per-section key points are present and correctly structured.