PDF summary
Produce a one-page brief from a PDF.
Steps
- Confirm the file path. If the PDF is longer than 40 pages, ask the user which sections matter before reading the whole thing.
- Read the PDF. Note the title, authors/source, and date.
- Extract:
- Thesis — one sentence on the document's main claim or purpose.
- Key points — 3–7 bullets, each a standalone takeaway.
- Numbers — any figures, dates, or quantities a reader would want to cite.
- Open questions — what the document leaves unresolved or unsupported.
- Write the brief in this order: Thesis, Key points, Numbers, Open questions. Keep it under one page. Do not editorialize beyond what the text supports.
- End with the source line:
<title> — <author/source>, <date>.