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AI PDF Summarizer

Summarise long PDFs, pull out action items and risks, or ask questions about a document — using your own AI key, with text extracted right in your browser.

  • No training on your data
  • Region: global
Using Google Gemini● no key
Add your API key in ⚙️ Settings to activate AI features. Your key stays in this browser and requests go straight to your provider.

Drop a PDF to analyse

Text is extracted on your device — only the text is sent to your AI provider

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AI PDF Summarizer — Overview

About this tool

What is AI PDF Summarizer?

AI PDF Summarizer reads a long document so you can decide whether you need to. The PDF's text is extracted inside your browser, then sent to the AI provider whose own key you supply — MyToolyard never sees the document or the key.

Six modes cover the ways people actually interrogate documents: an executive summary, tight key points, a table of action items with owners and deadlines, a risk and red-flag review, a plain-English rewrite, and a direct question-and-answer mode.

The extracted text stays visible and editable before anything is sent, so you can trim it, restrict it to a page range, or paste in text you OCR'd yourself.

What it does

What does AI PDF Summarizer do?

Document analysis on your terms, with your own key:

  • Six analysis modes including action items, risks and plain English
  • Ask-a-question mode answered strictly from the document
  • Page-range selection to analyse one chapter or section
  • Editable extracted text — review exactly what gets sent
  • Markdown output with page citations, copyable or downloadable
  • Bring your own key: no subscription, no per-document charge
How to use

How to use AI PDF Summarizer

  1. 1
    Add your API key

    Open Settings and paste a key from your chosen provider. It is stored in this browser only and requests go straight to the provider.

  2. 2
    Drop the PDF

    Text is extracted locally and shown for review. Narrow it to a page range for long documents.

  3. 3
    Choose a mode and run

    Pick a summary style or ask a question, then copy the Markdown result or download it as a .md file.

Good to know

Privacy & cost

Your API key stays in your browser — requests go directly to your chosen provider. Usage is billed to your account, not ours, so you stay in full control of model choice and spend.

Use cases & scenarios

Where it fits

Triaging a long report

Get an executive summary and key points before committing to a hundred pages.

Contract review prep

Surface obligations, deadlines and unusual clauses so your read-through is focused rather than blind.

Studying dense material

Ask direct questions of a textbook chapter, or get a plain-English rewrite of jargon-heavy sections.

Value & benefits

Why people pick this tool

  • Bring your own key — no subscription, no per-page pricing
  • Text extracted in your browser; only text reaches your provider
  • Your key is stored locally and never sent to MyToolyard
  • Editable input so you control exactly what is analysed
AI integration & provider setup

Bring your own key (BYOK)

AI PDF Summarizer uses your own AI provider via Bring-Your-Own-Key. Your key is stored only in this browser's localStorage and sent directly to the provider you choose — MyToolyard never sees, logs, or proxies your traffic.

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  1. Open ⚙️ Settings in the top-right of the page.
  2. Paste an API key from your chosen provider's dashboard.
  3. Save — the key persists in this browser only. Return here and run the tool.
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Frequently asked questions

FAQs

Final thoughts

The bottom line

Document AI is normally sold per document or per seat, with your file uploaded to somebody else's store. Extracting text locally and using your own key inverts that: you pay your provider's raw rate, and the file itself never leaves your machine.

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