Summarize any PDF or long document in seconds
A 30-page vendor agreement, a 50-page report, a research paper. Crade reads what is on your screen and gives you the structured summary: what it is about, the key points, what to act on.
This Agreement is entered into between Acme Corp. ("Client") and Nova Solutions LLC ("Vendor").
1. Term. This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and continue for a period of twenty-four (24) months, unless terminated earlier in accordance with Section 4.
2. Services. Vendor agrees to provide the services described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated by reference.
3. Compensation. Client shall pay Vendor a monthly fee of $4,200 within thirty (30) days of invoice receipt.
4. Termination. Either party may terminate this Agreement with thirty (30) days prior written notice to the other party.
5. Confidentiality. Each party agrees to maintain the confidentiality of proprietary information disclosed during the term of this Agreement.
6. Liability. Total liability under this Agreement shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
7. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.
8. Non-Compete. Vendor agrees not to provide substantially similar services to direct competitors of Client during the term and for twelve (12) months thereafter.
Summarize this PDF for me
12-page vendor agreement. Key points: • 2-year term, auto-renews • 30-day cancellation notice required • Liability capped at $50K • ⚠️ Section 8 non-compete is unusually broad
Long documents are designed to be authoritative, not readable. The trade-off is that reading one takes 30 minutes, and you remember 10% of it a day later. Crade reads the document on your screen and gives you the structured summary: the executive overview, the key points, the things that need your attention. You can read the full version if you need to, but most of the time the summary is enough.
What you put on your screen
- A PDF open in Preview, Acrobat, or your browser's PDF viewer
- A long Word or Google Doc
- A whitepaper, research paper, or industry report
- A long email or thread you need to act on
- A wiki page or documentation that goes on forever
What you say to Crade
Or focused: "What are the key terms?", "Is there anything I should be worried about?", "Give me the 5 most important points".
Step-by-step: how to do this in Crade
Open the document
PDF in Preview/Acrobat/browser, Word doc, Google Doc. Scroll through it once to load all the pages.
Click the Crade icon
Expand Crade. Floats above the document.
Ask for the summary
"Summarize this for me". Crade reads what is visible and gives you the structured summary.
Scroll for more depth
For long documents, Crade summarises what is on screen. Scroll to deeper sections and ask: "Now summarise section 4".
Ask for action items
"What needs my attention?", "What should I respond to?". Crade gives you the next-action list.
Save the summary
Copy to Notion, send to a colleague, paste into your meeting prep. Crade can save it as a file on Pro Agent mode.
What you get back
A structured summary: one-line description of what the document is, key points in bullet form, anything unusual or important highlighted, and (if relevant) suggested next actions. Length matched to the document. Short for a 5-page contract, longer for a 50-page report.
Tips for better summaries
- Tell Crade what you care about. "Focus on the financial terms" or "Tell me about the data section" gives you a targeted summary instead of generic.
- For multi-section documents, summarise section by section rather than the whole thing at once. More focused, more accurate.
- Ask Crade to flag the unusual. "What is non-standard about this contract?" surfaces the parts you would otherwise miss.
- For research papers, ask for the methodology critique: "What are the limitations the authors mention?".
- Use Crade to prep questions. "Based on this report, what should I ask in the meeting?".
Free vs Pro vs Premium
- Free ($0): reads documents and summarises them. Plenty for occasional report or contract review.
- Pro ($7.99/mo or $49.99/yr): higher daily usage, Agent mode (Crade saves summaries to files). Right tier for analysts and knowledge workers.
- Premium ($19.99/mo or $149.99/yr): 10x more daily usage. Right tier for researchers, executives, anyone whose job is reading.
Frequently asked questions
Can Crade read a 200-page document?
Yes, but in chunks. Crade reads what is on screen at the moment of the prompt. For a 200-page report, scroll to each section and ask for summaries; the chat keeps the context so they accumulate into one understanding.
How accurate is the summary?
Very accurate for the meaning. Specific numbers, dates, and quoted text should always be spot-checked against the original. AI summarisation occasionally paraphrases numbers in a way that loses precision.
Does it work for scanned PDFs?
Yes, Crade reads images. OCR quality depends on the scan. Clean scans are fine, blurry old scans struggle. If Crade is unsure, it tells you.
Can Crade summarise a slide deck?
Yes. Open the deck in Keynote, PowerPoint, or Google Slides and ask Crade to summarise. For presenter notes, switch to presenter view first so the notes are visible.
Is the summary accurate enough to skip reading the original?
For most low-to-medium-stakes documents, yes. For anything you will sign, vote on, or be quoted on, read the original after the summary so you know what is in it firsthand.
The whole loop in one sentence
Document on screen, one prompt, structured summary back. From 30 minutes of skimming to 30 seconds of reading exactly what matters.
A screenshot of a slide. A photo of a printed report. A frame from a YouTube video. Crade reads the table on your screen and gives you the rows in CSV format, ready to paste into a spreadsheet.
Three plans, three products, three job offers, three Airbnbs. Open them in separate tabs or windows. Crade reads them all and tells you which one fits your situation best, and why.
A revenue dashboard, an A/B test result, a CSV in a spreadsheet, a customer table. Crade reads what is on screen and tells you what is going on, what to act on, and what is just noise.