According to AlphaMoat, as of 2026-09, Summarize File has 3,984 downloads and 0 stars — ranked #2,576 of 5,078 AI skills overall, and #238 of 442 in Knowledge.

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239

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4.0K

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#2,576

Top 51% overall · Top 54% in Knowledge

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SkillHub ↗	239	4.0K	-	—

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What this skill does

This skill reads text files from workspace paths and generates concise 2-3 sentence summaries of logs, reports, CSVs, and multi-line content. The workflow: read the file via the workspace.read tool, strip empty lines/headers/timestamps, feed the content to the LLM with a summarization prompt, and return a brief summary. It is declared L1 read-only risk, claims no network calls and purely local processing, and validates file paths.

Profile published 2026-10-27

What you can do with it

Summarize key points of business documents like quarterly sales reports
Summarize log files such as error.log, surfacing key failures and counts
Handle CSVs and multi-line content while ignoring boilerplate and empty lines
Invoke via triggers like "summarize file" or "tl;dr file"
Get the gist of a file without reading it in full

When to use it

When facing long logs, reports, or notes and needing the key points fast
When a 2-3 sentence summary is preferred over reading the entire file
When the target is a local workspace text file and read-only access is acceptable

Example prompts

Generated from the skill’s documentation as examples; not results of actual runs.

Summarize the report.txt on my desktop, highlighting key conclusions and risks

Summarize workspace/error.log and count the auth failures and timeouts

Give me the tl;dr of this CSV

Monthly Trend

Downloads4.0K

Stars-

The counting method changed in 2026-09: skills with the same name are now counted separately by author, and the full catalog is covered. Dashed lines show months before the change; they are not compared with later months, and no growth is computed across the change. Other skills share this name; figures from before the change are attributed to this one, which currently has the most downloads.

Month	Downloads	MoM	Stars
2026-09	4.0K	—	-
2026-08	3.4K	+7.4%	-
2026-07	3.2K	—	-
2026-05	2.7K	—	-
2026-03	1.6K	—	-

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---
name: Summarize File
description: Reads text files from workspace/paths and generates concise summaries. Handles logs, reports, CSVs, multi-line content.
version: 1.0.0
author: Your Name
triggers: ["summarize file", "summarize-file", "tl;dr file"]
os: [win32, darwin, linux]
requires.tools: ["workspace.read"]
security: L1
---

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# Summarize-File Skill

## Purpose
Extracts key insights from text files (logs, reports, notes) and returns 2-3 sentence summaries. Ignores boilerplate/empty lines.

## Usage Examples
User: summarize file C:\Users\user\Desktop\report.txt
Claw: File contains Q1 sales report: Revenue up 12% YoY, expenses flat, net profit +8%. Key risks: supply chain delays.

User: summarize file workspace/error.log
Claw: Error log (Feb 22): 14 auth failures (IP 192.168.1.50), 2 DB timeouts, no critical crashes.

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## How It Works
1. Reads file content via workspace.read tool
2. Strips empty lines, headers, timestamps  
3. Feeds to LLM with summarization prompt
4. Returns concise 2-3 sentence summary

## Security & Privacy
- **L1 Risk**: Read-only file access
- No network calls, no external APIs
- Local processing only
- File paths validated (no ../ escapes)

## External Endpoints
None. Purely local file → LLM → text.

## Trust Statement
This skill reads local files and summarizes locally. No data leaves your machine.