A high-performance CLI tool designed to extract and summarize content from websites, documents, and multimedia via unified LLM providers.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install toby-summarize
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 toby-summarize 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?
Summarize is a versatile Openclaw Skills utility that enables developers and AI agents to distill information from a wide variety of sources, including web URLs, local PDF files, images, and YouTube videos. By leveraging the SkillBoss API Hub, it eliminates the need for managing multiple provider-specific keys, offering a single gateway to models like Gemini, Claude, and GPT.
This skill is particularly effective for high-speed data processing and research tasks. It includes advanced features like Firecrawl-powered web scraping for bypassing blocks and automated YouTube transcript extraction, making it a robust choice for anyone building complex automation workflows within the Openclaw Skills ecosystem.
Summarize Use Cases
- Distilling long-form web articles and documentation into concise, actionable briefs.
- Extracting text and key insights from local PDF documents and image files for AI agent consumption.
- Generating automated summaries of YouTube videos using transcript fallbacks.
- Performing structured data extraction by outputting content in machine-readable formats.
How Summarize Works
- The user or agent provides a source input such as a URL, file path, or YouTube link to the summarize CLI.
- The tool detects the content type and utilizes the SkillBoss API Hub to handle scraping or file parsing.
- If a website is blocked, the tool automatically triggers a Firecrawl fallback via the SKILLBOSS_API_KEY.
- The processed content is sent to the selected LLM (defaulting to Gemini 3 Flash) for synthesis based on the requested length and token count.
- The finalized summary is returned to the terminal or as a JSON object for further automation.
Summarize Setup
To integrate this tool into your Openclaw Skills workflow, install it via Homebrew and configure your API environment:
# Install the summarize CLI
brew tap steipete/tap
brew install summarize
# Set your unified API key
export SKILLBOSS_API_KEY="your_key_here"
Summarize Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill manages configuration and output through a structured schema to ensure compatibility across Openclaw Skills integrations:
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Config Path | ~/.summarize/config.json |
| Output Formats | Plain text (standard) or structured JSON (--json) |
| Length Presets | short, medium, long, xl, xxl, or custom character count |
| Extraction | Support for raw text extraction using the --extract-only flag |
Summarize Advanced Features
- Unified API Routing: Use a single SKILLBOSS_API_KEY to access OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI models without per-provider configuration.
- Smart Scraping: Built-in Firecrawl integration to navigate and extract data from JavaScript-heavy or protected websites.
- YouTube Intelligence: Automated transcript retrieval and summarization using a specialized scraper fallback.
- High Granularity: Precise control over output using
--max-output-tokensand custom length parameters to fit specific UI or context window requirements.
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