summarize SKILL.md skillA

summarize from openclaw/nix-openclaw-tools is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add openclaw/nix-openclaw-tools/summarize@git:20260517.9085cb5

Pins git:20260517.9085cb5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
openclaw/nix-openclaw-tools
Path
tools/summarize/skills/summarize/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20260517.9085cb5, committed May 17, 2026
First version recorded
Jan 27, 2026
Size
2,125 bytes
Repository stars
54
License
MIT

Summarize or transcribe URLs, YouTube/videos, podcasts, articles, transcripts, PDFs, and local files.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Summarize

Fast CLI to summarize URLs, local files, and YouTube links.

## When to use (trigger phrases)

Use this skill immediately when the user asks any of:

- "use summarize.sh"
- "what's this link/video about?"
- "summarize this URL/article"
- "transcribe this YouTube/video" (best-effort transcript extraction; no `yt-dlp` needed)

## Quick start

```bash
summarize "https://example.com"
summarize "/path/to/file.pdf"
summarize "https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ" --youtube auto
```

## YouTube: summary vs transcript

Best-effort transcript (URLs only):

```bash
summarize "https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ" --youtube auto --extract
```

If the user asked for a transcript but it's huge, return a tight summary first, then ask which section/time range to expand.

## Model + keys

Set the API key for your chosen provider:

- OpenAI: `OPENAI_API_KEY`
- Anthropic: `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`
- xAI: `XAI_API_KEY`
- Google: `GEMINI_API_KEY` (aliases: `GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY`, `GOOGLE_API_KEY`)

Default model is `auto`; config may choose the provider/model.

## Useful flags

- `--length short|medium|long|xl|xxl|<chars>`
- `--max-output-tokens <count>`
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add openclaw/nix-openclaw-tools/summarize@sha256:b6d9be0ff47e6462

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260517.9085cb5, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_2slj4etbpduwk5ct.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_2slj4etbpduwk5ct)

2 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jan 27, 2026 and May 17, 2026, about one every 27 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260517.9085cb5 latest2026-05-17 9085cb5 2,125 BA view · diff
git:20260423.3e8e39b2026-04-23 3e8e39b 2,201 BA view · diff
git:20260131.562e9b62026-01-31 562e9b6 2,232 BA view · diff
git:20260130.04b5b4c2026-01-30 04b5b4c 2,041 BA view · diff
git:20260127.9a9b3b92026-01-27 9a9b3b9 2,040 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2125 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

openclaw/nix-openclaw-tools · 54 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_2slj4etbpduwk5ct
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=openclaw/nix-openclaw-tools/summarize
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b6d9be0ff47e646280a0ff40203823d7ca36913ab1bea25575b2de4afb3cc0df

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.

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