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Summarize Garrison

v1.0.0

Summarize URLs or files with the summarize CLI (web, PDFs, images, audio, YouTube).

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LicenseMIT-0 · Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.
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Purpose & Capability
Name/description match the declared requirements: the skill requires a 'summarize' CLI binary and the SKILL.md documents exactly how to call it for URLs, PDFs, images, audio, and YouTube. Requiring provider API keys (OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Google) and optional Firecrawl/Apify tokens is consistent with a summarization tool that forwards content to LLMs and extraction services.
Instruction Scope
SKILL.md is instruction-only and tells the agent to run the summarize CLI on URLs and local files; it references ~/.summarize/config.json and environment variables for model keys and optional FIRECRAWL/APIFY keys. This is coherent, but implies local files and scraped content will be transmitted to third-party LLMs/extraction services—an expected functional behavior but a privacy/data-exfiltration risk for sensitive inputs. There are no instructions to read unrelated system files or secrets.
Install Mechanism
Install uses a Homebrew formula 'steipete/tap/summarize' (third-party tap). Installing a binary from a non-core tap is relatively common but carries more provenance risk than an official core formula or vetted release; the installer will place a binary on disk (normal for a CLI). No direct arbitrary URL downloads or archive extraction were specified.
Credentials
The registry metadata lists no required env vars, and SKILL.md documents optional/expected provider API keys (OPENAI_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, XAI_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY and aliases) plus optional FIRECRAWL_API_KEY and APIFY_API_TOKEN. These environment variables are appropriate for a tool that calls external LLM/APIs and extraction services; the number and types of keys requested are proportionate to the stated functionality.
Persistence & Privilege
Skill is not always-enabled, does not request elevated or cross-skill configuration changes, and is instruction-only (no embedded code that modifies agent settings). No indications it writes to or modifies other skills' configurations.
What to consider before installing
Before installing: 1) Understand that the summarize CLI will send local files and fetched webpage/audio/video content to external LLM providers and optional services (Firecrawl/Apify)—do not use on sensitive data unless you trust those endpoints and policies. 2) The brew install comes from a third‑party tap (steipete/tap) rather than Homebrew core—verify the tap and review the formula/binary provenance (or build from source) before trusting it. 3) Confirm which API keys you set are limited in scope and rotate/revoke them if you later uninstall. 4) Note a small packaging inconsistency in the included _meta.json owner/version metadata—this could be an innocuous packaging issue but worth verifying the publisher/homepage (https://summarize.sh) before proceeding. 5) If unsure, test the tool on non-sensitive inputs and inspect the installed binary or formula source first.

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License

MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.

Runtime requirements

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Install

Install summarize (brew)
Bins: summarize
brew install steipete/tap/summarize

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