Summarize

by saffron-health

Summarize is a Writing skill for Claude Code, published by saffron-health in libretto.

877 stars67 forkson saffron-health/librettoAdded 2026/08/22Repository updated 2026/08/21

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Install Summarize

Copy Summarize into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/saffron-health/libretto/tree/main/.agents/skills/summarize ~/.claude/skills/summarize

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/saffron-health/libretto.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: .agents/skills/summarize/SKILL.md in saffron-health/libretto
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/summarize
Collection: One of 23 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Writing — 1012 skills

What Summarize does

Summarize creates concise Slack-ready writeups from a spec or current changes. Use it when you need a short problem-and-solution summary for team communication.

Summarize is cataloged under Writing on DirSkills. Summarize comes from a repository tagged automation, browser, claude-code, codex and rpa.

Documentation

README

From the original repository

Summarize the given spec or current changes into a format suitable for sharing on Slack.

Read the spec file or use git diff to understand the current changes if no spec is provided.

Output the summary in this exact format:

**Problem:** Right now, we ...
- <bullet point explaining issue>
- <bullet point explaining issue>
- ...

**Solution:** <one sentence explaining the solution>
- <bullet point explaining change>
- <bullet point explaining change>
- ...

Guidelines:

Write concisely using active voice
Focus on what matters to teammates who have no context
Do not reference "this spec" or "this PR" - explain the problem and solution directly
Keep bullet points short and scannable
Use technical terms appropriately but avoid jargon

Frequently asked about Summarize

What else does saffron-health publish alongside Summarize?
Summarize is one of 23 skills that DirSkills catalogs from saffron-health/libretto, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Address Review, CLI Development and Errore. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Summarize does, and is maintained by saffron-health in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the saffron-health/libretto page.
How does Summarize compare to other Writing skills?
Summarize ranks #528 by stars among the 1012 Writing skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Article Writing, Social Media Content Calendar and Knowledge Comic Creator. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Summarize against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.