A lightning-fast CLI utility for distilling URLs, local files, and YouTube content into concise summaries using leading AI models.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install summarize-garrison
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install summarize-garrison using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Summarize Skill?
The summarize skill is a high-performance command-line utility designed to bridge the gap between massive content sources and digestible insights. As a core component of Openclaw Skills, it enables developers and researchers to process diverse media types—including web pages, PDF documents, images, audio files, and YouTube links—directly from their terminal. By leveraging cutting-edge LLMs from providers like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic, this tool delivers precise summaries tailored to your specific length requirements.
Built for speed and flexibility, this tool ensures that you can extract the essence of any document or digital resource without manual reading. Whether you are dealing with complex technical documentation or long-form video content, integrating this into your Openclaw Skills library streamlines data ingestion and knowledge management.
Summarize Skill Use Cases
- Rapidly extracting key takeaways from lengthy technical documentation or research papers.
- Generating concise summaries of YouTube tutorials or webinars without watching the full video.
- Automating the processing of local PDF libraries or image-based text data.
- Integrating automated summarization into larger developer workflows using Openclaw Skills.
How Summarize Skill Works
- The user provides a source URL, local file path, or YouTube link to the summarize command.
- The skill extracts raw content using built-in parsers or fallbacks like Firecrawl for restricted web domains.
- The content is passed to the specified AI model (e.g., Gemini 1.5 Flash) along with parameters for length and format.
- The AI processes the data and returns a structured summary or raw extraction as requested.
- Results are output to the terminal or saved in JSON format for downstream machine-readable processing.
Summarize Skill Setup
To integrate this into your environment, install the binary via Homebrew:
brew tap steipete/tap/summarize
brew install summarize
Next, configure your API keys by exporting environment variables for your preferred provider. Openclaw Skills users can choose between OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, or Google. You can also persist settings in a configuration file:
mkdir -p ~/.summarize
echo '{"model": "google/gemini-2.0-flash-exp"}' > ~/.summarize/config.json
Summarize Skill Data Schema & Taxonomy
The summarize skill handles various input formats and produces structured output optimized for Openclaw Skills users.
| Input Category | Supported Formats | Key Metadata |
|---|---|---|
| Web Content | URLs, Firecrawl fallback | Title, source URL, extracted text |
| Document Files | PDFs, Images, Audio | File path, file type, processed text |
| Social Media | YouTube (auto or Apify) | Video ID, transcript data |
When the --json flag is utilized, the skill produces a standardized schema that allows for easy piping into other data analytics tools.
Summarize Skill Advanced Features
- Granular length control ranging from short to xxl or specific character counts.
- Advanced fallback extraction mechanisms using Firecrawl for sites with aggressive bot protection.
- Apify integration for robust YouTube transcript retrieval when standard methods fail.
- Multi-model support allowing seamless switching between OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Google based on task complexity.
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