PDF Key Points
Pull the key takeaways from any PDF in seconds.
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When you need the takeaways, not the whole story, PDF.chat pulls the key points from any document into a clean, scannable list — each one tied to the page it came from.
It's a TL;DR you can trust: ask for the main points, the action items, or just the risks, and dig into any of them by chatting with the document.
How to pdf key points
Common uses
- Pull the key findings from a report before a meeting
- Extract the action items from a long email thread or memo
- List the main risks or obligations in a contract
- Get a bulleted TL;DR of a research paper
Frequently asked questions
Use this via the API
Run this tool programmatically with a single POST. Authenticate with the API token from your account page.
curl -X POST https://pdf.chat/api/v1/ocr/ \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
-F "file=@your-file.pdf" \
-F "tool=pdf-key-points"Files of 5 pages or fewer return the result inline; otherwise poll the job, then download it as md:
curl -L "https://pdf.chat/api/v1/ocr/JOB_UUID/download/?format=md" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" -o result.mdThen ask questions about the document, with answers cited to the page:
curl -X POST https://pdf.chat/api/v1/chat/JOB_UUID/ \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"message": "Summarize this document"}'