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summarize

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$ npm i -g @steipete/summarize
Summary

Summaries, long-form content, and terminal research from the terminal.

  • summarize fits browser well, especially for summaries, long-form content, and terminal research from the terminal.
  • 14,679 npm weekly downloads.
  • Easy to automate.
  • Good fit for coding-agent workflows and repeatable scripts.
  • Output is mostly text-first, so verify results before scripting around it.
browser-summarize-SKILL.md

Summarize guide

Summaries, long-form content, and terminal research from the terminal. Built by Peter Steinberger.

Open CLI packages the install path, verify step, and safe-start workflow so this tool can move from “interesting CLI” to something you can actually use. It also integrates with skills.sh so each CLI comes with the right companion skills, not just a binary and a docs link.

When to apply

  • summaries, long-form content, and terminal research from the terminal.
  • You need AI models and inference in both local dev and CI.
  • You need summaries.
  • You need long-form content.
  • You need terminal research.

Quick reference

Installnpm i -g @steipete/summarize
Verifysummarize --version
First real commandsummarize https://opencli.co

Open CLI × skills.sh

Open CLI integrates summarize with the right skills.sh companions so you get the tool and the workflow together.

Technical Writing

Verified pairing

Open CLI integrates summarize with this skills.sh skill because it is the clearest fit for how summarize is usually used. Document commands, outputs, and workflows in a way other people can reuse.

View on skills.sh
$ npx skills add https://github.com/supercent-io/skills-template --skill technical-writing
Starter prompt

Use summarize together with the Technical Writing skills.sh skill. Start with a small prompt or read-only action, show the result, and propose the next loop before escalating scope.

Also useful from skills.sh
Workflow Automationskills.shPrompt Engineeringskills.sh

Why this tool

  • summarize fits browser well, especially for summaries, long-form content, and terminal research from the terminal.
  • 14,679 npm weekly downloads.
  • Easy to automate.

Watch-outs

  • Needs network access.
  • Output is mostly plain text.

Example workflow

1. summarize https://opencli.co

Safe start

Step 1

Install summarize.

Step 2

Run `summarize --version` first.

Step 3

Start with `summarize https://opencli.co`.

Step 4

Install the browser or scraping CLI and any required browser dependencies.

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