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Condenses selected or provided text to be shorter and more concise while keeping its essential meaning and details. Use when the user says "make this shorter", "shorten", "condense", "trim", "tighten", or "be more concise" about highlighted or provided text.

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name	rewrite-shorter
description	Condenses selected or provided text to be shorter and more concise while keeping its essential meaning and details. Use when the user says "make this shorter", "shorten", "condense", "trim", "tighten", or "be more concise" about highlighted or provided text.
author	surfmind
metadata	{"icon":"ListMinus","tags":["writing"]}

Rewrite Shorter

Rewrite the selected or provided text to be shorter and more concise. Preserve the essential meaning, tone, language, important details, markdown, links, code, names, numbers, and line-break intent.

Respond with only the rewritten text. Do not add preamble, explanations, or commentary.

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