Summarize a Document

⏱️ Estimated time: 3 minutes

You don't always need to read an entire document to get what you need. Glean can summarize any document in seconds — helping you quickly decide if it's worth a deeper read.

Step 1 — Find a Document

In the search bar, type: Coverly product roadmap

From the search results, find a document that looks like it might be long or detailed (e.g. a SharePoint document or Confluence page).

Step 2 — Summarize from Search Results

Hover over a search result and click the Summarize button (or click into the result and select Summarize from the action menu).

Glean will generate a concise AI summary of the document's key points in a few seconds.

Step 3 — Chat with a Document

Want to go deeper? You can also ask questions about a specific document using Glean Assistant:

1. Click Assistant in the left sidebar
2. Type @ and start typing the name of a document you found — Glean will autocomplete it
3. Ask a question like: What are the key milestones mentioned in this document?

Glean will answer your question using only the content of that document, with citations pointing back to the exact section.

What to Notice

• Summaries are instant — no need to read a 20-page document to get the key points
• Citations link back to the exact section of the source document
• Document Q&A lets you interrogate a document conversationally, as if you were asking a colleague who read it