SmartSummarize

Article and website summarizer

Paste a link to a news story, blog post, web page or long read, or paste the text itself. You get the core claim first, then the facts that support it.

Works with linksSkips ads and bylinesUp to 60,000 characters

Article text

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Format
More options: focus, output language

Summary

Your summary appears here. Paste text (or try a sample), choose a format, then press Summarize.

How to use the article summarizer

  1. Paste the article URL and press Fetch text, or paste the text directly.
  2. Pick a format: a paragraph for a quick read, bullets for notes, TL;DR for a one-liner.
  3. Press Summarize. Check any number or quote you plan to reuse against the original.

What a good article summary keeps

News writing is built as an inverted pyramid: the most important facts sit at the top and detail thins out toward the end. A useful summary respects that. It leads with who did what, when and why it matters, keeps the numbers exactly as reported, and drops quotes that only repeat the point.

Opinion pieces and features work differently. Their main claim often arrives late, after an anecdote. The summarizer is instructed to find the claim wherever it sits rather than just trimming the opening paragraphs.

When fetching a link fails

Some sites block automated requests, sit behind a paywall or build the page with JavaScript. If Fetch text comes back empty, open the article in your browser, select the text (Ctrl/Cmd + A on a reader view works well), and paste it in. The summary quality is the same either way.

Questions people ask

Can I summarize an article from a link?

Yes. Paste the URL and press Fetch text. SmartSummarize downloads the public page, strips navigation, ads and scripts, and puts the readable text in the box for you to check before summarizing. Paywalled or login-only pages cannot be fetched; paste their text instead.

How long can the article be?

Up to 60,000 characters, roughly 9,000 to 10,000 English words, which covers practically any article. Texts over 20,000 characters are read in sections and merged into one summary automatically.

Does the summary add information that is not in the article?

It should not. The AI is instructed to use only facts from the text you provide and to keep names, dates and figures exactly as written. AI can still make mistakes, so check anything you plan to quote.

Is it free?

Yes. There is no account, no signup and no watermark. A fair-use limit per visitor keeps the service free for everyone.

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