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About summarize

summarize is a CLI for turning URLs, local files, and YouTube links into summaries. It suits people who need adjustable output length and machine-readable results, with model and provider keys configurable through flags and settings.

Key features

  1. 01Summarize URLs, files, and YouTube links
  2. 02Choose summary length and output tokens
  3. 03Extract URL content without summarizing
  4. 04Return machine-readable JSON
  5. 05Configure model and provider keys

Use cases

  1. 01Summarizing a PDF stored locally
  2. 02Getting a summary of a web page
  3. 03Summarizing a YouTube link
  4. 04Passing summary output to another script

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill summarize

After installing, type/summarizein Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Details

From the project README

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 sites
  • APIFY_API_TOKEN for YouTube fallback

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