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Summarize a long PDF on one page

The main points, the numbers and deadlines that matter, and the actions for you, with page numbers.

  • You start it: When you start it
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What it does

The task

Open the PDF at pdf url and read all of it. Write a summary of one page, 400 words or fewer, for reader. Start with the 5 main points. Then list the important numbers, dates and deadlines, and the actions that apply to the reader. Give the page number for each point. Put the summary in a new Google Doc with the title of the PDF.

  • It works in any website and Google Docs, in the workspace you pick, and signs in with passwords from your Cuiar vault.
  • It runs once, when you start it.

What you give it

BlankWhat to giveExample
pdf urlA link to the PDF, or to the file in your Google Drivehttps://www.ashford-city.gov/budget/2027-draft-budget.pdf
readerWho the summary is for and what they care aboutA restaurant owner who wants to know about new fees

What you get back

An example run with the example values above. Your run uses your own data.

Summary: Ashford draft budget 2027 (212 pages), for a restaurant owner

Main points:

  • Total budget 1.84 billion USD, up 4.2% (p. 3)
  • New sidewalk seating fee of $12 per square foot each year (p. 87)
  • Food permit fee rises from $410 to $465 (p. 91)
  • Business tax rate does not change (p. 14)
  • 3.5 million USD in grants for street-level shops (p. 120)

Deadline: public comments close on 14 November 2026 (p. 2)

Action: apply for the shopfront grant before 31 January 2027 (p. 121)

Run it in Cuiar

  1. 01

    Open it

    Click Use in Cuiar on this page. The side panel opens with the task in the composer.

  2. 02

    Fill in 2 blanks

    Type pdf url and reader. Tab moves to the next blank.

  3. 03

    Run it

    Run sends it to the agent. Follow each step in the panel, and stop it at any time.

From the terminal

cuiar exec "Open the PDF at https://www.ashford-city.gov/budget/2027-draft-budget.pdf and read all of it. Write a summary of one page, 400 words or fewer, for A restaurant owner who wants to know about new fees. Start with the 5 main points. Then list the important numbers, dates and deadlines, and the actions that apply to the reader. Give the page number for each point. Put the summary in a new Google Doc with the title of the PDF."

Run it from your AI agent

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other MCP clients reach Cuiar at https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp. Add the server one time, then ask for the task in plain words, or call run_task yourself.

1. Add Cuiar to Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http cuiar https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp

2. Ask your agent

Use the Cuiar tool run_task to run my "Summarize a long PDF on one page" template with pdf url = https://www.ashford-city.gov/budget/2027-draft-budget.pdf; reader = A restaurant owner who wants to know about new fees.

Setup for other agents: AI agents.

The tool call

{
  "name": "run_task",
  "arguments": {
    "task": "Open the PDF at https://www.ashford-city.gov/budget/2027-draft-budget.pdf and read all of it. Write a summary of one page, 400 words or fewer, for A restaurant owner who wants to know about new fees. Start with the 5 main points. Then list the important numbers, dates and deadlines, and the actions that apply to the reader. Give the page number for each point. Put the summary in a new Google Doc with the title of the PDF."
  }
}

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