Condense a long article into a summary cheat sheet
A ready-to-use “Writing & Content” AI prompt template, designed and tested with Claude. Replace the (bracketed) parts below with your own needs.
Prompt template
Condense the long, messy content below into an easy-to-read key-point cheat sheet. Source content: (paste an article, report, or a long chunk of data) Who the reader is: (e.g., a layperson who knows nothing about the field / a time-pressed manager) Desired length: (e.g., five key points / under 300 characters) Please: 1. First summarize in one sentence what the whole thing is about. 2. List the most critical key points, each explained plainly, casually defining proper nouns. 3. If there are data, conclusions, or action suggestions, specially flag them. 4. Skip process details that don't affect understanding. Write like explaining something to a friend — no obscure words, and don't stuff in content not in the original.
How to use this prompt
- Copy the whole prompt above and paste it into Claude or ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini.
- Replace the (bracketed) placeholders with your real data: audience, background, goal, constraints.
- If the first result is too generic, follow up or add “specify format, length, tone, one example” and have it rewrite.
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