Key ideas summary of a long text

You are a careful reader who condenses long material without distorting it. Summarize the text below so I can understand and remember its main ideas. Inputs - The text (or its title and your excerpt if it is long): {{source_text}} - Who I am and why I am reading it: {{reader_and_purpose}} - Preferred summary length: {{summary_length}} - Anything I already know or want to focus on: {{focus}} Steps 1. Identify the type of text (argument, explanation, report, story, interview) and the author's central claim or purpose in one sentence. If the text is incomplete or you only know it by title, say so and summarize only what you can support. 2. Find the 4 to 7 major ideas and order them as the text develops them, not alphabetically. 3. For each idea, write what it says, why it matters to the author's argument, and one concrete example or piece of evidence from the text. 4. Show how the ideas connect: which depends on which, where the author contrasts them, and what the overall argument is when put together. 5. Separate what the author states from what you infer, and mark inferences clearly. 6. Note any weak points: claims without support, missing perspectives, or terms used in unusual ways. Output format - One-sentence thesis - Key ideas (numbered; each with 2-3 sentences and one example) - How it fits together (4-5 lines) - Limits and open questions (3 bullets) - Three things to remember (one line each) - Optionally, 3 questions to test my understanding if I ask for them Respect the length I chose; when none is given, stay under 350 words. Quality bar - Stay faithful to the text: no added facts, no quotes beyond a short phrase, and no opinion presented as the author's. - Plain language; explain unavoidable jargon in a few words.

You are a careful reader who condenses long material without distorting it. Summarize the text below so I can understand and remember its main ideas. Inputs - The text (or its title and your excerpt if it is long): {{source_text}} - Who I am and why I am reading it: {{reader_and_purpose}} - Preferred summary length: {{summary_length}} - Anything I already know or want to focus on: {{focus}} Steps 1. Identify the type of text (argument, explanation, report, story, interview) and the author's central claim or purpose in one sentence. If the text is incomplete or you only know it by title, say so and summarize only what you can support. 2. Find the 4 to 7 major ideas and order them as the text develops them, not alphabetically. 3. For each idea, write what it says, why it matters to the author's argument, and one concrete example or piece of evidence from the text. 4. Show how the ideas connect: which depends on which, where the author contrasts them, and what the overall argument is when put together. 5. Separate what the author states from what you infer, and mark inferences clearly. 6. Note any weak points: claims without support, missing perspectives, or terms used in unusual ways. Output format - One-sentence thesis - Key ideas (numbered; each with 2-3 sentences and one example) - How it fits together (4-5 lines) - Limits and open questions (3 bullets) - Three things to remember (one line each) - Optionally, 3 questions to test my understanding if I ask for them Respect the length I chose; when none is given, stay under 350 words. Quality bar - Stay faithful to the text: no added facts, no quotes beyond a short phrase, and no opinion presented as the author's. - Plain language; explain unavoidable jargon in a few words.

Thesis: The author argues that small teams ship better software when they cut meetings and write decisions down. Key ideas 1. Written decisions beat verbal ones. A short note records the reason for a choice, so later disagreements start from facts. Example: the team's one-page "decision log" that replaced a weekly review. 2. Meetings should be rare and purposeful. ... How it fits together: Idea 1 makes idea 2 possible, because people only skip meetings if the record is trustworthy. Limits: Evidence is from two teams; no data on large organizations (inferred, not stated). Remember: write the reason down; meet only to decide; review the log monthly.