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Free AI Article Summarizer

Paste an article URL or the text itself and get a clean, structured summary in seconds: a 2-3 sentence TL;DR, the key points as self-contained bullets, and the takeaways worth acting on. No signup, no fluff.

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Free · 10 AI runs per day · No signup required

How it works

Step 1

Paste a URL or text

Drop in an article link, or paste the text directly — the tool detects which one you gave it.

Step 2

We read the article

In URL mode we fetch the page and extract the article body, stripping navigation and boilerplate.

Step 3

AI distills the signal

The full text is condensed into a TL;DR, 5-8 key points, and 2-3 action-oriented takeaways.

Step 4

Copy and reuse

Copy the TL;DR, the bullets, or the full summary as markdown — ready for notes, newsletters, or social posts.

Why it matters

Summaries are how ideas actually travel.

Most people never read the full article — they read the summary someone else wrote. A tight TL;DR plus key points is the unit of sharing on social media, in team Slack channels, and in newsletters. Being able to produce a faithful summary in seconds turns every long read into something you can pass along, cite, or act on the same day.

Key points beat highlights for retention.

Highlighting passages keeps the author's framing; rewriting them as self-contained bullet points forces compression, and compression is what makes information stick. Each key point here is one complete sentence that stands on its own — you can lift any single bullet into a doc or a post without dragging context along.

Structured summaries are AI-search currency.

AI engines extract and synthesize — they reward content that leads with the answer and structures its points cleanly. Studying how a good summary compresses an article (TL;DR first, discrete points, explicit takeaways) is also a masterclass in how to structure your own content so engines can extract and cite it.

With Meev

Meev writes the articles worth summarizing.

This tool compresses other people's articles. Meev publishes your own — researched, quality-gated posts that lead with the answer, structure points for extraction, and earn citations across every major AI search surface.

  • Every article opens with a definitional, extractable intro — the TL;DR is built in
  • Quality firewall checks structure, depth, and factual grounding before anything publishes
  • Weekly topic planning finds the questions your audience is actually asking

Frequently asked

Should I paste a URL or the article text?

Either works. Paste a URL and the tool fetches the page and extracts the article body automatically. If the page is heavily scripted, paywalled, or the extraction comes back thin, paste the text directly instead — text mode always works because there's nothing to fetch.

How long an article can it handle?

Up to 20,000 characters of pasted input, and the first ~12,000 characters of extracted text are summarized — roughly a 2,000-word article. For very long pieces, the summary covers the opening sections, which is where most articles state their argument; you can also paste the specific sections you care about.

Will the summary match the author's intent?

The summarizer is extractive-leaning — it's instructed to stay grounded in the text and never add facts or framing the author didn't write. It's reliable for understanding and note-taking, but as with any AI summary, skim the original before republishing or quoting the summary as the author's position.

Can I use the summaries for social posts or newsletters?

Yes — that's one of the best uses. The TL;DR works as a link-share caption, the key points convert directly into a thread or newsletter blurb, and the takeaways make strong closing lines. Add your own take and credit the source article when you share.

Does it work on paywalled pages?

No. If an article sits behind a paywall or login, the fetcher only sees the teaser, and you'll get an error saying not enough text could be extracted. If you have legitimate access to the article, paste the text instead — text mode bypasses fetching entirely.

How many free runs do I get?

Free AI tool runs are shared across all Meev tools and reset daily. Re-summarizing a URL or text you've already run is served from cache and doesn't count against your quota.

Stop fixing pages one at a time.

Meev tracks your visibility across every major AI search surface and publishes quality-gated content that earns citations — automatically.

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