Free Chrome extension

Summarize any web page in one click

ChatGPT Summary reads the article you're on and gives you the main points without leaving the page. It works on news, blogs, documentation and research pages, and on YouTube videos too.

Add ChatGPT Summary to Chrome See how it works

Works in Chrome on desktop. On the Chrome Web Store it's listed as “Summary Webpage”.

Free
80,000 users on the Chrome Web Store
Uses your ChatGPT account or OpenAI API key
Shortcut Ctrl+Shift+E

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_reading

Speed reading

Speed reading covers a range of techniques that promise to raise reading speed, usually by grouping words into chunks and cutting down on the habit of "saying" words silently in your head.

The idea took off in the late 1950s, when a schoolteacher began teaching a hand-guided method that later grew into a commercial course.

Researchers remain skeptical. Studies find that comprehension usually drops as speed goes up, and claims of reading thousands of words a minute have not held up in testing.

Illustration of the summary panel. Your result depends on the page and your prompt.

How it works

Three steps, no copy and paste

Without an extension, you copy the text, open a chat, paste it and write a prompt. ChatGPT Summary does all of that from the page you're already reading.

Open any article
A news story, a long blog post, a help page, a paper on arXiv. If the page has readable text, the extension can work with it.
Click the icon
Or press Ctrl+Shift+E (⌘+Shift+E on a Mac). The extension pulls the readable text from the page, leaving out menus, ads and footers.
Read the main points
A panel opens on the right with the summary. Copy it into your notes with one click, or close the panel and keep reading.

Use ChatGPT, or bring your own API key

The summaries are written by ChatGPT. You choose how the extension talks to it.

ChatGPT login (default). Sign in to ChatGPT in your browser and the extension uses that session. When ChatGPT logs you out, the panel asks you to sign in again and refresh the page.
OpenAI API key. Paste a key from your OpenAI account in the settings. It's faster and skips the repeat logins, but it uses your API quota.
Your key stays in your browser. It's saved in Chrome's local storage and sent only to OpenAI.

The ChatGPT Summary panel on a Wikipedia article asking the user to log in to ChatGPT or set up an OpenAI API key — What the panel shows when you're not signed in to ChatGPT: log in, or set up an API key once.

Summaries that fit how you read

By default you get the main points of the article as a list. Change the prompt once and every summary follows it. The page text is added to the end of whatever you write. These are the extension's own built-in examples:

Default“Summarise the main points of the article in a list format:”
Short“Summarise the following article precisely in less than 100 words”
Simple“Summarise the following article in simple English”
Social“Generate a suitable caption for the text”

ChatGPT Summary settings: custom prompt, built-in examples and the choice between ChatGPT login and an OpenAI API key — The real settings page, with the default prompt and the login choice.

Summarize YouTube videos, too

Lectures, podcasts and tutorials are often an hour long. ChatGPT Summary can summarize a video from its transcript, so you can decide whether it's worth watching.

How the YouTube video summarizer works

What happens to the page text

The extension reads the text of the page only when you ask for a summary and sends it straight to ChatGPT or the OpenAI API, depending on your settings. It doesn't keep the text or send it to our servers. The details are in the privacy policy.

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FAQ

Common questions

Is ChatGPT Summary free?

Yes, the extension is free. If you connect it with an OpenAI API key, OpenAI bills that key for the summaries you generate, the same as any other API use.

Do I need a ChatGPT account?

You need one of two things: a ChatGPT account you're signed in to in Chrome, or an OpenAI API key saved in the extension's settings.

How do I summarize a web page with ChatGPT?

Install the extension, open the page, and click the extension icon or press Ctrl+Shift+E (Cmd+Shift+E on a Mac). The summary opens in a panel on the same page, so there's nothing to copy or paste.

Can it summarize YouTube videos?

Yes. It summarizes a video from its transcript. See the YouTube video summarizer page for how it works and what to expect.

Which pages work best?

Pages with a clear block of text: articles, blog posts, documentation, reports. Pages that are mostly images, video players or apps behind a login give it little to work with.

Can I change how the summary looks?

Yes. Write your own prompt in the settings, for example "summarize in under 100 words" or "list the key numbers". Every summary will follow it until you change it back.

Read the point, then decide

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