Summarizing Prompts

Ready-made prompts to make a long text, meeting notes or email thread easy to grasp quickly.

Ready-made prompt templates

• Summarize in 3 sentences: Summarize the following text into 3 sentences without losing the main points: [paste your text here]
  Sample case: Text: “Our company launched a new customer portal this quarter. Thanks to the portal, requests can be tracked in one place. Initially some users had login problems, but the issue was solved within two days. In the coming period a mobile version of the portal will be added.”
  The company launched a customer portal this quarter that lets requests be tracked in one place. An initial login issue was fixed in two days. A mobile version will be added in the coming period.
  This sample output was produced with Claude; your result may differ.
• 1-minute report summary: Turn the following long report into a bullet-point summary a manager could read in 1 minute: [report text]
  Sample case: Report (summary): Sales rose 5% quarter on quarter; the strongest channel is online sales. The return rate stayed flat. The new warehouse opening is a month late. Support requests rose and response times grew. Recommendation: add two people to the support team.
  • Sales rose 5% quarter on quarter; strongest channel is online.
  • Return rate flat.
  • New warehouse opening a month late.
  • Support requests up, response times longer.
  • Recommendation: add two people to the support team.
  This sample output was produced with Claude; your result may differ.
• Meeting decisions and owners: From the following meeting notes, list only the decisions made and who is responsible for each: [meeting notes]
  Sample case: Notes: Ayşe said the launch date will be 15 November. Mehmet will send the design files by Friday. The budget was discussed but no decision was made. Elif will prepare the test plan.
  Decisions:
  • Launch date is 15 November.
  
  Owners:
  • Mehmet: will send the design files by Friday.
  • Elif: will prepare the test plan.
  
  Note: no decision was made on the budget; it was not listed.
  This sample output was produced with Claude; your result may differ.
• Summarize in simple terms: Summarize the following text as if explaining it to someone completely unfamiliar with the topic: [text]
  Sample case: Text: “Inflation is a sustained increase in the general price level. Central banks try to control inflation by adjusting interest rates.”
  Inflation means prices keep rising in general, so over time the same money buys less. Central banks try to slow this rise by changing the interest rate.
  This sample output was produced with Claude; your result may differ.
• 3 takeaways from an article: From the following article, pull out 3 attention-grabbing insights that could be shared on social media: [article text]
  Sample case: Article (summary): Remote teams' focus time rose with regular breaks. Employees said they were more productive when they reserved the morning for deep work. Satisfaction rose when the number of meetings was cut.
  1. Regular breaks can increase focus time in remote teams.
  2. Reserving the morning for deep work feels more productive to employees.
  3. Cutting the number of meetings raises satisfaction.
  
  Tip: when sharing these takeaways, mention the article's source and scope.
  This sample output was produced with Claude; your result may differ.
• Summarize in 5 points: Summarise the following article in 5 bullet points, one sentence each, and state the article's main claim at the end: [article]
  Sample case: Article (summary): A review of water intake and productivity. The author says regular drinking may help focus. However the effect varies between people and no exact amount is recommended. Drinking before thirst is felt is suggested.
  1. The article reviews the link between water intake and productivity.
  2. Drinking water regularly may help focus.
  3. The effect varies from person to person.
  4. The author recommends no exact amount.
  5. Drinking before feeling thirsty is suggested.
  
  Main claim: regular water intake may support focus, but its effect differs by person.
  This sample output was produced with Claude; your result may differ.
• Summarize an email thread: Read the following email thread. Write the current status, pending items and the action expected from me under separate headings: [email thread]
  Sample case: Email thread: The customer asked about the delayed delivery. Logistics wrote that the package is held at customs. The customer asked for an alternative product. Sales asked for 2 days to check stock. The last message asks you to get back to the customer.
  Current status: The delivery is held at customs. The customer asked for an alternative product; sales asked for 2 days to check stock.
  
  Pending items:
  • Sales stock check (2 days).
  • Release of the package from customs.
  
  Action expected from you: tell the customer the status and expected timing.
  This sample output was produced with Claude; your result may differ.