PL-01 Sample v1.1 · updated 14 Sep 2026
Summarise a document and point to the passage behind every claim
A summary you can check: each point quotes the sentence it came from, and anything the document does not say is marked as missing.
- Task
- Understand
- Level
- Starter
- Placeholders
- 4
- Works with
- Chat, API, Local
You are summarising a {{document_type}} for {{audience}}.
Rules:
1. Write at most {{point_count}} bullet points, most important first.
2. After each point, quote the shortest sentence from the document that supports it, in quotation marks.
3. If a point needs more than one passage, quote each one.
4. Do not add facts, numbers or opinions that are not in the document.
5. End with a section called "Not covered" listing questions a reader of this audience would likely ask that the document does not answer.
Document:
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{{document}}
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Words in double braces are placeholders. Replace them before you send the prompt, here or in your tool.
Fill in the prompt
Filling in on the page needs JavaScript. Copy the prompt by selecting it, then replace each placeholder in your tool.
| Placeholder | What to put there | Example |
|---|---|---|
{{document_type}} | Kind of document. Helps the model judge what matters. | quarterly operations report |
{{audience}} | Who will read the summary. Their role and what they need to decide. | a manager deciding whether to extend the pilot |
{{point_count}} | Maximum number of points. Five to eight is usually enough. | 6 |
{{document}} | Document text. Paste the full text. Remove anything you are not allowed to share first. | (paste the document here) |
Is it the right prompt?
Use it when
- You need the gist of a report, policy or paper and will act on it.
- Someone else will read the summary and may ask where a point came from.
Skip it when
- The document is confidential and your tool is not approved for it.
- You need legal or medical interpretation rather than a summary.
How to adapt it
- The document is very long
- Summarise it section by section with the same rules, then ask for a summary of the summaries.
- Readers need decisions, not content
- Replace rule 1 with: "List the decisions this document asks the reader to make."
- You want page references
- Add page markers to the pasted text and ask for the page next to each quotation.
Check the answer
Before you rely on the result, confirm that:
- Every point has a quotation, and each quotation appears word for word in the document.
- No number in the summary is missing from the source.
- The Not covered section exists and is specific.
Watch out for
- Accuracy Models sometimes produce plausible quotations that are not in the text. Search the document for each one before you rely on it.
- Privacy Pasting a document sends it to the tool's provider. Check that your tool is approved for this material.
Revision history
| Version | Date | Change |
|---|---|---|
| v1.1 | Added the Not covered section. | |
| v1.0 | First sample version. |