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TL;DR Compressor

Compresses a document, thread, transcript, or pasted text into a scannable TL;DR briefing.

Content & WritingBeginner★ 1,411⑂ 50AI score 7/10Last updated: Sep 6, 2026

What it does

Turns long source material into a short, fixed-shape briefing:

  • One-line TL;DR that carries the whole thing, including any decision, deadline, or ask
  • 3–7 key points, bolded subject plus a short clause, preserving every load-bearing number, name, date, threshold, and condition in the source's own wording
  • Action items only when the source actually contains them: who owns what, by when
  • Open questions flagged rather than resolved by guessing

The governing rule is "faithful, not creative": no new claims, no inferred conclusions, no spin. A thin source gets a thin TL;DR and says so. Contested or two-sided claims stay attributed to whoever made them. Length scales with the source rather than filling a template.

Who it's for

  • Anyone who needs the outcome of a sprawling Slack or email thread fast
  • People turning meeting transcripts or auto-captions into usable notes
  • Readers wading through reports, terms, or research papers before deciding
  • Anyone burned by summaries that quietly drop numbers or caveats

Examples

  1. Point it at a 20-page quarterly report PDF → one-line TL;DR, six key points with metrics intact, and action items per owner
  2. Paste a 40-comment decision thread → final decision and deadline in the first line, opposing views attributed to their authors
  3. Feed an hour-long meeting transcript → separated into what was agreed, what stayed unclear, and follow-ups

· · · Install guide · · ·

Try it now, no install

Paste this into Claude to use the skill without installing anything.

Read the instructions in this file and follow them to help me:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alexgreensh/attention-span/HEAD/skills/tldr/SKILL.md

What I want: (describe your task here)

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↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.

Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Install in Claude Code

Let Claude do it — paste this into Claude Code

Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart.
Copy the skills/tldr folder from the GitHub repo alexgreensh/attention-span into my ~/.claude/skills/tldr/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/alexgreensh/attention-span.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r attention-span/skills/tldr ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/alexgreensh/attention-span.git
  3. Create the skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skill in: cp -r attention-span/skills/tldr ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Confirm ~/.claude/skills/tldr/SKILL.md exists.
  6. Restart Claude Code.
  7. Because model invocation is disabled (disable-model-invocation: true), call it explicitly — e.g. "use the tldr skill on this file" — and always name the one thing to compress (a path, a link, or pasted text).
View source on GitHub ↗License: AGPL-3.0