cercano-summarize

name	cercano-summarize
description	Summarize text or files using local AI via Cercano without sending content to the cloud. Supports brief, medium, and detailed summary lengths.
TRIGGER when	user asks to summarize a file, log, diff, document, or large block of text. Use this INSTEAD of reading the full content into cloud context.
DO NOT TRIGGER when	summarizing short text that's already in the conversation context.
compatibility	Requires Cercano server running and connected to an Ollama instance.

Cercano Summarize

Summarize text or files using local AI inference.

MCP Tool

Tool name: cercano_summarize

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
text	string	No*	Raw text to summarize. Provide either text or file_path.
file_path	string	No*	Path to a file to read and summarize. Provide either text or file_path.
max_length	string	No	Target summary length: "brief" (1-2 sentences), "medium" (1 paragraph, default), or "detailed" (multiple paragraphs).

*One of text or file_path is required.

Examples

Summarize text:

{
  "text": "The quick brown fox... [long text here]",
  "max_length": "brief"
}

Summarize a file:

{
  "file_path": "/project/docs/architecture.md",
  "max_length": "detailed"
}