Some articles earn their length and plenty don't, but you can't tell which until you've read enough of one to regret it.
FeedBro's smart summaries are for that moment. Open a long piece, press the button, and you get its key points in a few seconds, so you can decide whether to read it properly or move on.
Where the summary comes from
The summary is built from the article's own sentences. FeedBro scores the piece, works out which sentences carry it and shows you those. It doesn't write new prose about the article.
That means it can't invent a fact, attribute a quote to the wrong person, or confidently describe a conclusion the author never reached. The cost is that a summary reads like the article's own highlights rather than a smooth paragraph. We think that trade is worth making when you're deciding what's true enough to act on.
Using it
- Open any article in FeedBro.
- Press Quick Summary.
- Read the key points, then read the article or move on.
It runs while you wait instead of joining a queue, so you aren't left watching a spinner. Once generated, it stays with the article.
When it helps most
- Long analysis pieces where you want the argument before committing twenty minutes.
- Release notes and announcements, where the news is usually three sentences inside a thousand words.
- Backlogs. With twelve unread articles and fifteen minutes, read the summaries first, then the two articles that matter.
- Anything outside your field, where you need the gist rather than the detail.
It helps least with short news items, which are already their own summary, and with anything you were going to read line by line regardless.
Free or Coffee Club
Summaries are part of Coffee Club, along with unlimited feeds, unlimited collections, unlimited rules and the daily or weekly digest. Everything else here (the reader, full-text fetching, saved articles, search, five rules and fifty feeds) is on the Free plan, so you can see whether FeedBro suits you before paying for anything.
Questions
Is this an AI chatbot summary?
No. It selects the most important sentences from the article itself rather than generating new text, so nothing in a summary is invented.
Does it work on every article?
It needs enough text to work with, so it's best on longer pieces. If a feed only sent a teaser, FeedBro fetches the full article first anyway.
Can I still read the full article?
Yes. The summary sits alongside the article.
Try it on your longest unread article
Open FeedBro, find the piece you've skipped three times because it's long, and summarise it. Then read it properly or let it go.
