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AI Document Summarizer

Upload PDFs and get structured summaries, key points and action items, with a review step before anything is saved.

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What's included

  • React client
  • Node.js API
  • Sample PDFs

Setup instructions

  1. Install Node.js 20+.
  2. Copy .env.example to .env and add your model API key.
  3. Run npm install and npm run dev.

You will need your own model API key.

About this project

A document tool that turns long PDFs into structured summaries: a short overview, key points and a list of action items. Users can review and edit the result before saving it.

It demonstrates the practical side of AI features: extracting text reliably, splitting long inputs, asking for structured output and validating what comes back.

Features

  • PDF upload with progress
  • Text extraction and chunking
  • Structured summary output
  • Editable review step
  • Export to Markdown

What you will learn

  • Extracting text from PDFs
  • Chunking long documents
  • Requesting and validating structured JSON
  • Designing a human-in-the-loop UI

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About this video

Episode
E01
Category
AI
Published
Apr 16, 2026
Video length
10 min
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  • React
  • Node.js
  • AI
  • TypeScript

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