A long article, a multi-page document, a manual, or a ten-screen news piece — you don't always have time to read all of it, but you need the gist now. The trouble is that skimming easily misses the core, and other people's retellings tend to smooth the text over and drop exactly the numbers and caveats that made it worth reading.
The "Summarize an article from a link" skill opens the page, reads it in full, and returns the essence so that going back to the original becomes optional. What sets it apart from an ordinary retelling is honesty: it separates what the author actually proves from what they merely assert, and it doesn't add facts the text never contained.
What it does
Given a link to an article, news item, document, or manual, the skill reads the page and turns it into a compact summary: what the text is about in one line, the key points with concrete numbers and names, an explicit split between what's proven and what's merely claimed, and a practical takeaway — what the reader should do or keep in mind.
How it works
- The skill opens the page from your link and reads it in full — the text itself, not a search snippet. If a captcha or an empty shell comes back instead of content, it says so honestly rather than inventing what might have been there.
- It then breaks down what it read: it states what the text is about in one line and pulls out the key points — with the dates, figures, and names from the original, not a vague paraphrase.
- Separately, the skill draws the line between what the author PROVES with links and data and what they merely ASSERT. That line is usually the most valuable part: it shows where the text rests on facts and where it rests on the author's opinion.
- Finally, it formulates a practical takeaway — what the reader should do or keep in mind — without adding any facts of its own to the article.
What you get
The chat returns a compact summary: the gist in one line, the key points as a list with numbers and names preserved, and a separate line on what the author leaves unsupported. The skill adds nothing of its own — if a fact isn't in the article, it flags that plainly. In a minute you know whether the text is worth reading in full and which parts of it deserve trust.
When to use it
When someone sends a long article or report and you're short on time, the skill hands you the gist and highlights weak spots in the argument. It's handy on news with loud headlines: the honest mode immediately shows what the conclusion rests on and what it doesn't. It's also useful before you cite someone's material — the proven-versus-claimed split helps you avoid repeating something the author never actually backed up.