Text Summary

Summarise text as a paragraph, bullet points or a single sentence, up to the length you set.

Pay by wallet (x402) AI-generated summarize

Example

Example answer

{
  "style": "conventional",
  "summary": "This text is a brief test input designed for automated capability testing purposes.",
  "key_points": [
    "Text serves as a test input",
    "Intended for automated capability testing",
    "Brief and straightforward in nature"
  ],
  "word_count": 18,
  "detected_language": "English"
}

Inputs

Field	Type	Required	What it is
`text`	string	Yes	Text to summarize
`style`	string	No	Summary style: paragraph, bullets, or one_sentence
`max_length`	integer	No	Approximate max word count

Output fields

How reliably each field appears in a successful answer.

Field	Type	Appears
`style`	string	Always (present in every successful answer)
`summary`	string	Always (present in every successful answer)
`key_points`	array	Always (present in every successful answer)
`word_count`	integer	Always (present in every successful answer)

How to call it

The same tool through each route. MCP clients reach it through Strale’s server at https://api.strale.io/mcp; the call below is what the agent sends.

# Needs an API key. max_price_cents caps what this call may cost.
curl -X POST https://api.strale.io/v1/do \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STRALE_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "capability_slug": "summarize",
    "inputs": {
      "text": "This is a test input for automated capability testing.",
      "style": "conventional"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 5
  }'

{
  "tool": "strale_execute",
  "arguments": {
    "slug": "summarize",
    "inputs": {
      "text": "This is a test input for automated capability testing.",
      "style": "conventional"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 5
  }
}

import { Strale } from "straleio";

const strale = new Strale({ apiKey: process.env.STRALE_API_KEY! });
const result = await strale.do({
  capability_slug: "summarize",
  inputs: {
    "text": "This is a test input for automated capability testing.",
    "style": "conventional"
  },
  max_price_cents: 5,
});

import os
from straleio import Strale, DoRequest

strale = Strale(api_key=os.environ["STRALE_API_KEY"])
result = strale.do(DoRequest(
    capability_slug="summarize",
    inputs={
        "text": "This is a test input for automated capability testing.",
        "style": "conventional",
    },
    max_price_cents=5,
))

# No account. The first request answers 402 with the price in USDC;
# an x402 client pays it from your wallet and repeats the request.
curl -i 'https://api.strale.io/x402/v2/summarize?text=This+is+a+test+input+for+automated+capability+testing.&style=conventional'

Limitations

Summaries can omit nuances and important details
AI-generated summaries may omit nuances or context-dependent details from very long or technical documents
What to do instead: For critical documents, compare the summary against the original to verify no essential details were lost