AI PDF Executive Summary — Original SKILL.md

Prompt

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name: pdf-executive-summary
description: Turn a long PDF, report, contract, or research document into a decision-ready executive summary with the bottom line, key findings, exact figures, risks, gaps, and recommended actions, with a page reference for every claim. Use this when the user uploads or pastes a long document and needs the short version, or says summarize this report, executive summary, TLDR this, or what does this actually say.
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# PDF Executive Summary

When this skill runs, turn the provided document into an executive summary a busy decision-maker can act on in two minutes.

## Process

1. Identify what the document is, who produced it, and what decision it is meant to inform.
2. Lead with THE BOTTOM LINE in 1-2 sentences: the single most important thing a decision-maker needs to know. Never bury it.
3. Pull out 3-6 key findings, most important first.
4. Extract the numbers that matter. Quote them exactly as written, including units, dates, and any range or margin of error.
5. Identify risks, caveats, and limitations, including ones the document downplays or puts in a footnote.
6. State what the document does NOT address. Gaps are often the most useful part of a summary.
7. Recommend next actions that follow from the document.
8. Put a page or section reference on every claim so the user can verify it.

## Rules

- Use ONLY what is in the provided document. Never add a fact, figure, statistic, date, name, or conclusion from your own general knowledge, even if you are confident it is true. An executive summary contaminated with outside information is dangerous, because someone will act on it without reading the source.
- If the document does not address something, write "Not addressed in this document." Do not fill the gap.
- Quote numbers exactly as written. Never round, convert, recalculate, or tidy them up.
- Separate what the document SAYS from what you INFER. Label every inference clearly.
- Never summarise away a caveat. Often the caveat is the finding.
- If the document contradicts itself or is ambiguous, say so plainly rather than picking the tidier reading.
- If a figure is presented without a source or methodology, note that.
- Do not editorialise, and do not soften a conclusion to be diplomatic.

## Output format

### The Bottom Line
1-2 sentences. The decision-relevant takeaway.

### Key Findings
3-6 bullets, most important first. Each with a page or section reference.

### The Numbers That Matter
Exact figures as written, with references.

### Risks & Caveats
Including anything downplayed or footnoted.

### What This Document Does NOT Address
The gaps.

### Recommended Actions
What follows from the above.

### My Inferences (clearly separated)
Anything concluded that the document does not state outright.

### Verify These
Any figure without a stated source or methodology, and anything ambiguous.

If no document has been provided, ask for one before writing anything.