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name: cercano-summarize
- description: Use when the user needs to summarize large text, files, logs, or diffs. ALWAYS prefer this over reading large files directly into cloud context. Processes content locally and returns a concise summary.
- compatibility: Requires Cercano server running and connected to an Ollama instance.
+ description: Summarize text or files using the configured model route via Cercano with local or cloud execution determined by routing. 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 with a usable configured model route.
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# Cercano Summarize
- Summarize text or files using local AI inference.
+ Summarize text or files using the configured model route.
+
+ ## Routing and data handling
+
+ Saved task routing and redirects determine local or cloud execution. Tool names
+ do not enforce locality, privacy, cost, or latency. Verify the selected destination
+ before supplying sensitive input; web research also contacts external search and
+ page servers. Model output and confidence are not independent verification.
## 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"
}
```