| name | summarize-document |
| description | Summarize a long PDF, scan, office file, text file, or markdown file through the connected Superlinked MCP edge instead of reading the whole source into model context. Use when the user asks for a summary, overview, digest, or "what does this document say" about a large file. |
Summarize a Document with Superlinked MCP
Use the connected Superlinked MCP server to summarize the source on the SIE
cluster. This mirrors the summarize-document flow from the sie_tools plugin
in PR #1336, but uses the MCP summarize_document tool instead of the
gateway-backed ~/.sie/bin/sie wrapper.
Steps
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Do not open, view, attach, or read the whole source document into context.
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Call the Superlinked MCP summarize_document tool:
- For PDF, scan, image-of-text, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, or HTML inputs, read raw
bytes only, base64-encode them, and pass
document_base64 plus filename.
- For text or markdown inputs, read raw bytes only, base64-encode them, and
pass
content_base64.
- Leave
engine as auto unless the user explicitly asks to force a
conversion engine.
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Write the returned summary to processed/<source-stem>.summary.md.
Create processed/ if it does not exist.
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Your next message must begin with a short receipt:
Summarized <source> -> processed/<source-stem>.summary.md (<summary_chars> chars)
If metadata includes token_savings_estimate, include it as an estimate.
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Present the summary from the artifact. If the user asks for exact quotes or
detailed follow-up, use parse-document and inspect only relevant sections
of the parsed markdown.
Errors
If the MCP call fails, relay the tool error and do not retry blindly. For auth
or connector errors, tell the user to reinstall the generated MCP plugin pack or
rerun the generated claude mcp add ... --header 'Authorization: Bearer ...'
command from INSTALL.md.
