A high-performance CLI tool to summarize web pages, documents, and multimedia using advanced AI models.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install summary
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 summary 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?
The Summarize skill is a versatile command-line utility designed to distill information from a wide variety of sources, including live URLs, local PDF files, images, and YouTube videos. By leveraging leading LLMs from providers like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic, it allows users to quickly extract key insights without manual reading.
Integrating this tool into Openclaw Skills enhances your workflow by providing instant context for research and development tasks. It serves as a bridge between raw web data and actionable intelligence, making it an essential component for developers and researchers who need to process large volumes of information efficiently.
Summarize Use Cases
- Rapidly digesting long-form documentation or articles directly from a URL.
- Generating concise summaries for local PDF reports and image-based data.
- Extracting transcripts and key points from YouTube videos for quick review.
- Automating content extraction for machine-readable JSON processing within Openclaw Skills.
How Summarize Works
- The user provides a source target, such as a URL, a local file path, or a video link.
- The skill identifies the content type and utilizes extraction engines like Firecrawl for blocked sites or Apify for YouTube fallbacks.
- Extracted text is sent to the configured AI model (e.g., Gemini, GPT, or Claude) with specific length constraints.
- The skill returns a structured summary or raw data based on the requested format.
Summarize Setup
Install the tool via Homebrew to begin using it within the ecosystem of Openclaw Skills:
brew tap steipete/tap
brew install summarize
Set your preferred API key in your environment:
export GEMINI_API_KEY="your_key_here"
# Or use OPENAI_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, or XAI_API_KEY
Optional: Create a configuration file at ~/.summarize/config.json to set a default model:
{ "model": "openai/gpt-4o" }
Summarize Data Schema & Taxonomy
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| Input Sources | URLs, local paths (PDF, images, audio), or YouTube links |
| Configuration | JSON file located at ~/.summarize/config.json |
| Output Formats | Plain text summaries or structured JSON for machine reading |
| Metadata | Supports length constraints (short, medium, long, xl, xxl) and token limits |
Summarize Advanced Features
- Multi-provider support including OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Google Gemini.
- Intelligent fallback mechanisms using Firecrawl for advanced scraping and Apify for YouTube transcriptions.
- Customizable output lengths ranging from short snippets to extensive xxl summaries.
- JSON output mode for seamless integration into automated data pipelines and Openclaw Skills workflows.
- Extract-only mode to retrieve raw content from URLs without generating a summary.
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