Claude Skills for Summarizing
Claude skills for professionals and students compressing long material into usable knowledge.
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Get 3 Claude skills in a zip file. Upload each folder as its own skill in Claude.
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Summarising is deciding what to leave out. This pack helps Claude summarise papers, books, videos and long threads with different levels of compression for different uses.
What you can do with this pack
- Summarise an academic paper
- Summarise a book into actionable notes
- Summarise a long video or podcast
- Summarise a long Slack or email thread
- Produce an executive summary from a report
Skills in this pack
Academic Paper Summariser
Summarise an academic paper into question, methods, findings, contribution, limitations. Trigger on 'summarise this paper', 'paper summary', 'academic summary', 'TLDR this paper', or when the user wants a paper condensed.
Book Summariser
Summarise a non-fiction book into core argument, key frameworks, and what to steal. Trigger on 'summarise this book', 'book notes', 'book summary', 'what's in this book', or when the user wants a book distilled.
Long Thread Summariser
Summarise long email threads, Slack conversations, or forum discussions. Trigger on 'summarise this thread', 'thread summary', 'long conversation summary', 'Slack summary', or when the user has a long discussion to compress.
How to install the skills
- In Claude, turn on code execution under Settings → Capabilities.
- Download and unzip the pack above — you'll see one folder per skill.
- Go to Customize → Skills, click + Create skill, then Upload a skill.
- Zip each individual skill folder and upload it.
- Toggle the skill on. Claude will use it automatically when your request matches.
Full instructions: /download/claude-skills
FAQ
What is a Claude skill?
A Claude skill is a folder containing a SKILL.md file. It tells Claude when to trigger the skill and how to execute the task. Skills live inside your Claude account once uploaded.
Do these work on Free, Pro and Max plans?
Yes, as long as code execution is enabled. On Team and Enterprise plans, an admin needs to enable skills at the organisation level first.
Can I edit the skills?
Yes — the skills are plain markdown files. Open SKILL.md in any editor and change the description, steps, templates, or output format to match how you work.
Do I need all the skills in the pack?
No. Upload only the ones you'll use. Too many active skills makes Claude less precise about which one to pick.