Article Summary

Summarize web articles with ChatGPT and Claude

One click, in the tab you are already in. Highlight first and the summary is about what you flagged, not about the first three paragraphs.

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In short

What is Glasp's article summary?

Glasp summarizes any web article with ChatGPT or Claude without leaving the tab. Highlight the passages that matter first and Glasp hands them to the model as context, so the summary is shaped by your reading rather than by the article's opening argument. Summaries are stored with the source and your notes, and export to Notion, Obsidian, Markdown or CSV. Free monthly quota, no credit card.

Price
Free monthly quota, no card
Models
OpenAI GPT + Anthropic Claude
Exports
Notion, Obsidian, MD, CSV, JSON
A summary of your reading, not of the URL

How to summarize an article

  1. 01

    Open the article with Glasp installed

    Add Glasp to Chrome, Safari, Edge or Firefox and open any article you want to get through.

  2. 02

    Highlight the parts that matter

    Optional, but this is what makes the summary yours: your passages are passed to the model as context.

  3. 03

    Summarize and keep it

    Pick a model and click summarize. The summary is stored with the article and your highlights, and exports with them.

What you get

Faster than reading it twice

Highlight, then summarize

Select the passages that matter as you read. Those highlights are handed to the model with the page, so the summary is built around what you stopped at rather than around the lede.

Highlighting passages in a web article before summarizing it with Glasp

Choose the model

Summarize with the GPT family or with Claude, and change your mind per article.

Choosing between ChatGPT and Claude to summarize a web article

The summary stays with the article

Months later the article comes back with its summary, your highlights and your notes attached — not as a bookmark you no longer recognize.

A Glasp AI-powered summary card generated from a highlighted article
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What readers say

  • “I love Glasp! I use it every time I read online articles. Highlighting with Glasp enforces me to actually read rather than scan through an article. I retain so much more info and can easily revisit my previously read articles to recall details and notes I've made.”
    Olive
    Product Designer
  • “I've researched every highlighting tool from Liner and Hypothesis to Instapaper and Pocket, and Glasp is the best hands-down. First, it creates a whole category of its own with social highlighting. This is important because it helps learners get recognized for finding amazing highlights, and it helps them connect with others who are learning the same thing at the same time. Also, it has the best highlighting workflow. While reading an article, you can select text in order to highlight and annotate without having to go to a different page. Furthermore, all of your highlights for a specific article appear on a right sidebar as you're reading, and they're easy to copy and paste into another note-taking app.”
    Michael Simmons
    Bestselling Author
  • “I used Instapaper but ended up hating it and stopped. There just wasn't a tool for me to continue using until Glasp. I was hooked immediately for the ease of use (highlight directly on the article web page), organized feed, and learning from others' highlights and notes. It makes sticking to learning something so easy and you can no longer find any excuses. Highly recommended to anyone who loves reading awesome articles or want to start forming such habit.”
    Puppy Tsai
    Product Manager

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Answers

Frequently asked questions

What is Glasp's article summary?

It summarizes a web article with ChatGPT or Claude without leaving the tab the article is open in. If you have highlighted passages first, Glasp passes them to the model as context, so the summary reflects the parts you flagged rather than the opening paragraphs.

Is it free?

Yes. Every Glasp account includes a free monthly AI quota with no credit card. The pricing page has higher limits for heavy use.

Which models can I use?

Models from OpenAI (the GPT family) and Anthropic (Claude), refreshed as better ones ship.

Can I get the summary in another language?

Yes. Ask for it in the language you want and the model produces it there, whatever language the article is in.

Does it work behind a paywall or a login?

If the article renders in your browser, Glasp can summarize what is on the page. It does not bypass paywalls.

Can I export the summary?

Yes. Summaries travel with your highlights into Notion, Obsidian, Roam Research and mem.ai, or download as Markdown, HTML, CSV, plain text or JSON.

What about PDFs and YouTube videos?

The same summarizer runs on both. See the PDF summary page for documents and the YouTube summary page for video, or the AI summary page for how personalization works across all of them.

More questions? Read the docs or email hi [at] glasp.co.

Get through the tabs

Add Glasp to your browser and summarize the article you already have open. It's free.