Summarize a web page from its link
Paste one or more links into zeng.ist and press the arrow. The readable text of each public page is fetched, ads and navigation are stripped, and you get one brief across all of them. Up to 10 links per run, free, no account, and the summary itself is written on your device whenever your browser can.
What happens to a link
A page cannot be read from inside your browser the way a file can, because websites block other sites from reading them. So the link is fetched by the Zengist server, reduced to the article text, and handed back to your browser. The server keeps nothing: no copy of the page and no record of the address.
From there the run is the same as for a file. On a browser that can run a model, the summary is written on your device. The page text is the only thing that ever travelled, and it is public by definition.
Pages behind a login, paywalled articles, and pages that draw their content with scripts after loading come back empty or short. For those, select the text on the page and paste it in instead; pasted text is read entirely on your device.
How to do it
- Click the link tool on the card and paste the address. Add more addresses, one per line, for a multi-source brief.
- Optionally write the task: what are the main arguments, is this worth reading, pull out the numbers.
- Press the arrow. Each link gets a line at the end of the brief, so you can see which page said what.
Good to know
- Up to 10 links per run; links and files can be mixed in the same run.
- Only public pages. Private, login-only and paywalled pages return nothing useful.
- Long articles are chunked and combined, so length is not a problem on your device.
- Pasting the text instead of the link keeps everything on your device.
Tips
- Comparing coverage: paste three articles on the same story and ask where they disagree.
- Research: paste the sources and ask for the claims each one makes, with the page named.
- Documentation: paste a long reference page and ask only for the part you need.
Questions
Why does a link need the server when a file does not?
Browsers stop one website from reading another. The Zengist server fetches the page's readable text and returns it; that is all it does, and it keeps no copy. The summary is still written on your device when your browser can run a model.
Can it read a page that needs a login?
No. The server has no access to your accounts. Copy the text from the page and paste it in; pasted text never leaves your device on an on-device run.
Can I summarize several pages at once?
Yes, up to 10 links per run, alone or together with files. The brief ends with one line per source.
Try it now. Also: pdfs, word documents, screenshots and images. Every question in one place in the FAQ; stuck on something, see help.