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Summarise at three lengths
You need a one-liner, an abstract and a briefing from the same document.
Summarise the text below at three lengths. Each must stand alone. 1. **One sentence.** The single claim or outcome. If a reader saw only this, what must they know? 2. **One paragraph, about 80 words.** The claim, the main support, and the significant caveat. 3. **Bullets, six maximum.** The points someone would need in order to discuss this without having read it. Rules: - Use the source's own specifics: numbers, names, dates. A summary with all the detail removed is useless. - Do not add anything not in the source. - If the source's main claim is unclear or it makes several unrelated claims, say so instead of inventing a unified summary. Text:
Making it yours
- Paste your own material where the prompt asks for it. Everything above that line is instruction, not content.
- Delete any rule that does not apply to you. A shorter prompt that fits beats a thorough one that does not.
- If the answer comes back vague, add a line saying what you do not want. Constraints work better than encouragement.
Cutting and compressing. Getting a draft shorter, to a word count, or down to a summary that still says everything.
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Cut this by 30% without losing meaningAny draft that says what you mean but takes too long to say it.Get this to an exact word countA hard limit: 200 words for a bio, 100 for an abstract, a character cap on a form.Cut 30%, change nothing elseA draft that is right but long.One sentenceYou need the version someone can repeat back accurately.Two lengths, both standaloneYou need a short version and a shorter one from the same draft.Same length, more saidA paragraph that is the right size and the wrong density.
Keep this one
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