Get a summary of the current page using OpenAI and save it to Google Docs
This is a Bardeen playbook. It's a pre-built automation template you can run in one-click to perform a repetitive task. Get started with our free Chrome extension.
How does this automation work?
Bardeen's automation workflow provides a seamless way to summarize web content and save it to Google Docs. This is immensely useful for research, data sourcing, and personal productivity. With the ability to extract and summarize information from any webpage, you can now have a concise version of the data stored in your Google Docs for future reference. This eliminates the need for manual copy-pasting and summarizing, thereby saving time and increasing efficiency.
Here is how this workflow works:
- Get current page as HTML: The first step involves capturing the HTML of the current webpage you're on. This provides the raw data for the next steps.
- Convert HTML to text: The HTML captured from the previous step is then converted into plain text, making it easier for subsequent processing.
- Get a summary of the text: The plain text is then fed into OpenAI, an artificial intelligence platform, to generate a summary of the content. This provides a concise version of the webpage's content.
- Add text to Google Doc: The summarized text is then appended to a specified Google Doc. Google Docs is a versatile online word processor that allows for real-time collaborative editing.
With this workflow, you can quickly and efficiently summarize and store important information from webpages directly into Google Docs.
How to run the playbook
Effortlessly streamline your text summarization process with this automation. No more manual struggle with lengthy content – this automation leverages OpenAI to condense text from the currently opened page into concise summaries.
Are you constantly overwhelmed by information overload? This automation addresses this pain point by distilling the key points from any text, making it easier for you to grasp essential insights quickly.
For professionals dealing with research articles, news, or extensive reports, this automation is a valuable time-saver. It ensures you can focus on the crucial details without losing hours reading through lengthy content. Simply let the automation do the heavy lifting and have your summarized text promptly saved in a Google doc.
Boost your productivity and efficiency with this hassle-free text summarization automation.
Let’s set it up!
Step 1: Pin the playbook and integrate Google Docs
First, click the “Pin it” button at the top of this page to save this automation. You will be redirected to download the browser extension if you don’t have the Bardeen extension installed. Bardeen will also prompt you to integrate Google Docs, if you haven’t done so already.
Step 2: Run the playbook and get a summary of a page and save it to Google Docs
Activate Bardeen (or hit Option + B on Mac or ALT + B on PC on your keyboard) and run this playbook. Navigate to the page you want a summary of. Bardeen will ask you to specify a Google Doc.
It will then summarize text from the currently opened page using OpenAI and save it in the Google Doc you specified.
You can also edit the playbook and add your next action to further customize the automation.
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FAQs
You can create a Bardeen Playbook to scrape data from a website and then send that data as an email attachment.
Unfortunately, Bardeen is not able to download videos to your computer.
Exporting data (ex: scraped data or app data) from Bardeen to Google Sheets is possible with our action to “Add Rows to Google Sheets”.
There isn't a specific AI use case available for automatically recording and summarizing meetings at the moment
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