| name | summarize-material |
| description | Summarize notes, articles, transcripts, documents, meeting records, or long context into a concise brief, decision record, action list, or cross-source synthesis. Trigger when the user needs compression grounded only in supplied material; preserve uncertainty, contradictions, attribution, dates, and owners. |
Summarize Material
Outcome
Compress source material into useful decisions, facts, and next actions without losing uncertainty.
Inputs And Defaults
Read all in-scope material before synthesizing. Infer the most useful structure
from the user's intended use. Ask only when audience, scope, or required length
would materially change what must be retained; otherwise lead with the core
conclusion and actions.
Workflow
- Identify source boundaries, source types, and the decision or use the summary
should support.
- Extract concrete facts, dates, names, decisions, risks, action items, and
unresolved questions before compressing prose.
- Separate source statements, cross-source synthesis, and inference. Preserve
conflicts instead of forcing consensus.
- Keep attribution when it changes meaning or accountability. Treat missing
evidence as unknown, not as proof that something did not happen.
- Use short quotations only when exact wording matters; otherwise paraphrase.
- Remove repetition and background that does not change the conclusion, action,
risk, or interpretation.
Output Options
Choose the most useful structure:
- Executive summary
- Decisions and rationale
- Action items with owners and dates
- Risks and open questions
- Theme synthesis across multiple sources
State when the source is incomplete or when conclusions are inferred.
Completion Check
- Every included claim is traceable to the supplied material.
- Decisions, proposals, opinions, and inferences remain distinguishable.
- Owners, dates, quantities, caveats, contradictions, and open questions survive
compression when material.
