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Summarization Prompt With Audience and Length Control

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Get summaries that fit the reader and the use.

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Write a summarization prompt. The material to summarize (type and length): [MATERIAL_TYPE_AND_LENGTH]. Who will read the summary and what they will do with it: [READER_AND_USE]. The length and format needed: [LENGTH_AND_FORMAT]. What must not be lost (numbers, decisions, names, caveats): [MUST_KEEP].

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1. A prompt for one document: audience, purpose, length, structure (for example: one-sentence takeaway, three key points, decisions and actions, open questions), a rule to keep numbers exact, a rule to separate what the source says from your interpretation, a rule to mark anything unclear, and an instruction to quote short passages with locations for key claims.
2. A layered version: a one-line summary, a one-paragraph summary, and a bulleted detail summary.
3. A prompt for multiple documents: summarize each, then compare agreements and conflicts in a table.
4. A faithfulness check: after summarizing, list every claim in the summary and the line of the source that supports it; flag any not found.
5. Common failures: invented details, loss of caveats, balance bias toward the start, and generic wording; how the prompt prevents them.

Provide an example of a weak and a strong summary request, and a validation routine for a person to spot-check three claims. Only summarize the text I provide.

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Prompt: "Summarize the report below for a busy operations manager. Structure: one-sentence takeaway; three key points; decisions and actions with owners (write 'owner not stated' if absent); open questions. Maximum 150 words. Keep all numbers exact. Separate what the report says from your interpretation. Quote the line supporting each key point with its section number."
Faithfulness check: list every claim and the source line that supports it; flag any not found.
Layered version: one line, one paragraph, bullets. Multi-document: summarize each, then compare in a table.

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