Summarize

Open your MyClaw-hosted OpenClaw workspace and tell the agent what source to summarize. Paste a URL, provide a file path, attach a PDF or media file, or share a YouTube link. Include the target format, such as short bullets, an executive brief, action items, risks, or JSON.

Review the summary, then ask the agent to continue inside MyClaw: compare sources, draft an email, create a research memo, extract decisions, build a table, save notes, or rerun the summarize skill with a different length or model.

• You need a summarize skill for OpenClaw that can condense web pages, PDFs, media files, and YouTube links inside a MyClaw-hosted agent session.
• You want a summarize skill for Claude-style workflows, where the agent can run a command, inspect the output, and continue with follow-up analysis.
• You need a summarize agent skill that supports multiple AI providers, summary lengths, and JSON output for repeatable automation.
• You want quick research briefs, executive summaries, video recaps, or document digests without copying content between tools.

• You need deep multi-document comparison, citation auditing, legal review, or fact verification beyond the source summary.
• You need pixel-perfect document conversion or table extraction before summarization. Use a converter or PDF skill first, then summarize the extracted text.
• The source is behind heavy paywalls or bot protection and you do not have extraction keys such as Firecrawl or Apify configured.
• You need a human editorial rewrite rather than an agent-generated summary that should still be reviewed for important decisions.

Point the skill at a web URL, local PDF, image, audio file, or YouTube link and get a concise summary back in the same agent session. This makes it easier to brief yourself on articles, reports, recordings, tutorials, and research sources without switching apps.

Install Summarize in MyClaw and let OpenClaw run it from the hosted VM. The agent can choose the source, execute the command, read the result, and continue with follow-up tasks such as extracting action items, drafting a reply, or building a research memo.

The same summarize skill fits Claude-style command workflows. Claude can ask for a short, medium, long, or extra-long summary, compare the output with your goal, and request a more structured version when you need bullets, decisions, risks, or next steps.

Use OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, or Google Gemini by configuring the relevant API key and model. This keeps the summarization workflow flexible when you want to balance speed, cost, context length, or provider preference.

Run the skill with structured output when summaries need to feed another step. JSON summaries are easier for an agent to route into reports, dashboards, newsletters, knowledge bases, or scheduled briefing pipelines.

Optional Firecrawl and Apify integrations help with websites that block ordinary scraping and YouTube transcript extraction that needs a fallback. Configure those keys when you want broader coverage for recurring summarization workflows.

Give OpenClaw a paper, PDF report, arXiv link, product documentation page, or long article. The agent can summarize the source first, then help decide whether to read, cite, compare, or archive it.

Ask the agent to summarize a YouTube video, podcast clip, interview, or audio file. Use the output as a quick recap, meeting prep note, content brief, or list of follow-up questions.

Combine Summarize with MyClaw automation to process a queue of URLs or files, return JSON summaries, and turn the result into a newsletter draft, Slack update, CRM note, or internal research digest.

Before an agent writes code, drafts support answers, or plans a workflow, use Summarize to condense long documentation into the key constraints, commands, examples, and warnings that matter for the next task.