summarize.md

id	summarize
title	summarize

Function: summarize()

function summarize<TAdapter, TStream>(options): SummarizeActivityResult<TStream>;

Defined in: packages/typescript/ai/src/activities/summarize/index.ts:156

Summarize activity - generates summaries from text.

Supports both streaming and non-streaming modes.

Type Parameters

TAdapter

TAdapter extends SummarizeAdapter<string, object>

TStream

TStream extends boolean = false

Parameters

options

SummarizeActivityOptions<TAdapter, TStream>

Returns

SummarizeActivityResult<TStream>

Examples

import { summarize } from '@tanstack/ai'
import { openaiSummarize } from '@tanstack/ai-openai'

const result = await summarize({
  adapter: openaiSummarize('gpt-4o-mini'),
  text: 'Long article text here...'
})

console.log(result.summary)

const result = await summarize({
  adapter: openaiSummarize('gpt-4o-mini'),
  text: 'Long article text here...',
  style: 'bullet-points',
  maxLength: 100
})

const result = await summarize({
  adapter: openaiSummarize('gpt-4o-mini'),
  text: 'Long technical document...',
  focus: ['key findings', 'methodology']
})

for await (const chunk of summarize({
  adapter: openaiSummarize('gpt-4o-mini'),
  text: 'Long article text here...',
  stream: true
})) {
  if (chunk.type === 'content') {
    process.stdout.write(chunk.delta)
  }
}