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name: cercano-summarize
description: Summarize text or files using local AI via Cercano without sending content to the cloud. Supports brief, medium, and detailed summary lengths.
TRIGGER when: user asks to summarize a file, log, diff, document, or large block of text. Use this INSTEAD of reading the full content into cloud context.
DO NOT TRIGGER when: summarizing short text that's already in the conversation context.
compatibility: Requires Cercano server running and connected to an Ollama instance.
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# Cercano Summarize

Summarize text or files using local AI inference.

## Important: Display the result

MCP tool results may not be visible to the user in the terminal. After calling the tool, you MUST output the full tool result text verbatim in your response so the user can see it.

## MCP Tool

**Tool name:** `cercano_summarize`

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `text` | string | No* | Raw text to summarize. Provide either `text` or `file_path`. |
| `file_path` | string | No* | Path to a file to read and summarize. Provide either `text` or `file_path`. |
| `max_length` | string | No | Target summary length: `"brief"` (1-2 sentences), `"medium"` (1 paragraph, default), or `"detailed"` (multiple paragraphs). |

*One of `text` or `file_path` is required.

## Examples

**Summarize text:**
```json
{
  "text": "The quick brown fox... [long text here]",
  "max_length": "brief"
}
```

**Summarize a file:**
```json
{
  "file_path": "/project/docs/architecture.md",
  "max_length": "detailed"
}
```