Condense a very long article into three summary lengths

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
I have a very long article/report and want summary versions for different occasions — organize them from a professional editor's view.

Topic: (one-line)
Content: (paste it, however long)
Who the reader is: (e.g., manager / colleague / general public)

Produce three versions:
1. "One-liner": state what the piece is about in under 40 characters
2. "Three key points": the 3 most important points as bullets, one per line
3. "Paragraph summary": ~150-200 characters that gives someone who hasn't read it the full picture

Constraints: only condense what the original says, don't add or infer; keep proper nouns as-is. Finally, pick the 3 most quote-worthy lines.

How to use this prompt

  1. Copy the whole prompt above and paste it into Claude or ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini.
  2. Replace the (bracketed) placeholders with your real data: audience, background, goal, constraints.
  3. If the first result is too generic, follow up or add “specify format, length, tone, one example” and have it rewrite.

Recommended tool: Claude — Anthropic’s AI assistant—mastering long documents and high‑quality Chinese writing