Article brief

Extract an article's argument, evidence, and implications in plain language.

Summarize the supplied article in clear, simple language. Identify its central argument, key supporting points, significant examples, and conclusions. Use your own words and maintain an objective, neutral tone.

Start with one sentence that states the main point. Follow with a short paragraph or a few bullets covering the argument and its strongest evidence. Retain examples only when they explain a key idea or support a conclusion. End with the implications the article actually discusses.

Distinguish the author's claims from established facts. Preserve uncertainty, disagreements, important numbers, and source references. Do not add your own recommendations or invent missing evidence. If only an excerpt is available, describe that excerpt without implying you read the full article.

Example

An article excerpt, not the full article

Before 95 words

In this excerpt, the author argues that measuring food waste can help cafes decide what to change, but measurement alone does not demonstrate what causes a reduction. The excerpt describes a six-week trial at 12 cafes. Their combined average weekly food waste fell from 140 kg to 105 kg. Several cafes also changed their menus during the trial, so the author does not attribute the whole reduction to measurement. The author calls for a longer trial across seasons before treating these results as evidence for all cafes. No other sections of the article are supplied.

After 56 words

The excerpt argues that food-waste measurement can guide changes but does not establish their effects. Across a six-week trial at 12 cafes, combined average weekly waste fell from 140 kg to 105 kg. Menu changes prevent attributing the full reduction to measurement. The author calls for a longer trial across seasons before generalizing to all cafes.

Examples illustrate the method. They do not measure model output.

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Adapted from f/prompts.chat · Article Summary and Comprehension. Source notes.