| name | summarize |
| description | Summarize URLs or files with the summarize CLI (web, PDFs, images, audio, YouTube). |
| whenToUse | User needs to summarize URLs, PDFs, audio files, or YouTube videos |
| homepage | https://summarize.sh |
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Summarize
Fast CLI to summarize URLs, local files, and YouTube links.
Quick start
summarize "https://example.com" --model google/gemini-3-flash-preview
summarize "/path/to/file.pdf" --model google/gemini-3-flash-preview
summarize "https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ" --youtube auto
Model + keys
Set the API key for your chosen provider:
- OpenAI:
OPENAI_API_KEY
- Anthropic:
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
- xAI:
XAI_API_KEY
- Google:
GEMINI_API_KEY (aliases: GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY, GOOGLE_API_KEY)
Default model is google/gemini-3-flash-preview if none is set.
Useful flags
--length short|medium|long|xl|xxl|<chars>--max-output-tokens <count>--extract-only (URLs only)--json (machine readable)--firecrawl auto|off|always (fallback extraction)--youtube auto (Apify fallback if APIFY_API_TOKEN set)
Config
Optional config file: ~/.summarize/config.json
{ "model": "openai/gpt-5.2" }
Optional services:
FIRECRAWL_API_KEY for blocked sitesAPIFY_API_TOKEN for YouTube fallback
