summarize-text

AI-powered text summarization tool supporting multiple AI providers (OpenAI, Claude, Ollama).

Features

• Summarize text from files, URLs, clipboard, or stdin
• Support for multiple AI models (OpenAI, Claude, Ollama)
• Flexible output options (stdout, clipboard, notifications, dialog)
• Configurable AI provider selection

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/summarize-text.git
cd summarize-text

# Make executable
chmod +x summarize-text

# Optional: Link to PATH
ln -s "$(pwd)/summarize-text" /usr/local/bin/summarize-text

Configuration

The tool automatically detects available AI providers and uses the first available one. Configuration is loaded in this order:

1. Environment variables (highest priority)
2. Config file: ~/.config/summarize-text/config
3. Built-in defaults

Quick Setup

# Create config directory
mkdir -p ~/.config/summarize-text

# Copy example config
cp config.example ~/.config/summarize-text/config

# Edit with your API keys
nano ~/.config/summarize-text/config

Configuration Options

# ~/.config/summarize-text/config

# API Keys (set at least one)
export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-..."
export CLAUDE_API_KEY="sk-ant-..."
# export OLLAMA_API_URL="http://localhost:11434"  # Optional: remote Ollama

# Default provider (optional - auto-detects if not set)
export DEFAULT_AI="openai"  # or "claude" or "ollama"

# Model configurations
openai_model="gpt-4o-mini"
claude_model="claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022"
ollama_model="mistral"

# Custom pre-prompt (optional)
# pre_prompt="Your custom summarization instructions..."

Auto-Detection

• If only one API key is provided, that provider becomes the default
• If multiple keys are available, preference order: OpenAI → Claude → Ollama
• If no API keys but Ollama is running locally, uses Ollama

Usage

# Summarize a file
summarize-text document.txt

# Summarize from URL
summarize-text https://example.com/article

# Summarize from clipboard
summarize-text --clipboard

# Use specific AI provider
summarize-text document.txt --claude
summarize-text document.txt --openai
summarize-text document.txt --ollama

# Output to clipboard
summarize-text document.txt --paste

# Output as notification
summarize-text document.txt --notification

Options

AI Models

• -l, --ollama[=model]: Use Ollama API
• -o, --openai[=model]: Use OpenAI API
• --claude: Use Claude API
• --preprompt=TEXT: Custom prompt prefix

Input

• -c, --clipboard: Read from clipboard
• -s, --selection: Read from selection (0.3s delay)

Output

• -n, --notification: Show as system notification
• -d, --dialog: Show in dialog window
• -t, --type: Type out the result
• -p, --paste: Copy to clipboard

License

MIT License - See LICENSE file for details