Summarizer
This flow generates a clear, conversational summary of any text source, making complex information easy to understand as if explained over lunch by a friend. Users run it to quickly grasp the core points without jargon or abstract language.
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What it does
It takes a text input, such as an article or transcript, and produces a simplified one-paragraph summary that breaks down complex ideas into everyday language, capturing the essence as if explained informally to a friend.
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Summarizer
Claude Opus 4.8
summaryExample
Input
The Apollo 11 mission launched on July 16, 1969, carrying Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins toward the Moon. Four days later, the lunar module Eagle separated from the command module Columbia and descended to the surface of the Sea of Tranquility, with Armstrong manually steering past a field of boulders when the landing computer ran into program alarms and fuel ran low. On July 20, Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon, followed shortly by Aldrin, while Collins orbited above. The two astronauts collected about 21 kilograms of lunar rock and soil, set up scientific instruments, planted a U.S. flag, and spent roughly two and a half hours outside. They then lifted off, rejoined Collins, and the crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on July 24. The mission fulfilled President Kennedy's 1961 goal of landing a human on the Moon and returning safely before the end of the decade.
Output
So you know Apollo 11, right? That whole first-Moon-landing thing. Basically, back in July 1969, three guys—Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins—blasted off toward the Moon, and after about four days of flying, two of them hopped into this little landing craft called the Eagle and dropped down to the surface while Collins stayed up top circling in the main ship. The landing was actually kind of nerve-wracking—the computer started throwing up warning alarms and they were running low on fuel, so Armstrong basically took the controls himself and steered around a bunch of boulders to touch down safely. Then Armstrong climbed out and became the first human ever to walk on the Moon, with Aldrin right behind him. They spent a couple of hours out there grabbing rocks and dirt (about 21 kilograms of it), setting up some science gear, and planting the American flag. After that, they flew back up, met Collins, and the whole crew splashed down in the Pacific a few days later—which, cool detail, is exactly what President Kennedy had promised the country they'd do back in 1961: land someone on the Moon and bring them home safe before the '60s were over.