Summarize This Long Article
Stay informed without reading every word. Highlight any article in Safari or Apple News, run this shortcut, and LM Mini returns a tight summary — on-device or through your connected model.
One-tap install
Build the shortcut below (2 minutes), then share to iCloud from Shortcuts.app to enable one-tap install for others. Update website/data/shortcuts.json with your icloudUrl and re-run this generator.
Siri Phrase
"Hey Siri, summarize with LM Mini"
Run once after installing, then Siri learns this phrase.
How the shortcut works
- Open the article in Safari or Apple News.
- Tap Share and choose this shortcut from the Share Sheet.
- The shortcut fetches the page text and sends it to LM Mini.
- LM Mini summarizes with your active model and shows or speaks the result.
Key features
- Works from Safari, Apple News, Reeder, Mail, and any Share Sheet app
- Bullets, paragraph, or tweet-length summary styles
- Runs on-device with GGUF/MLX models or via LM Studio / cloud providers
- No article text leaves your device when using on-device mode
Recommended models
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct, Qwen 3 4B, or Qwen 2.5 7B (8 GB+ RAM)
Qwen 3 8B (MLX), Llama 3.2 3B (MLX), or DeepSeek R1 Distill 7B+
Tune temperature (0.7) and top-p (0.9) in LM Mini → Settings → Model Parameters. See the full on-device model catalog.
Build it in 60 seconds
- Create a new shortcut and enable Show in Share Sheet (URLs or Articles).
- Add Get Contents of Web Page using the Share Sheet input.
- Add Make HTML from Rich Text or Get Text from Input.
- Add Summarize with LM Mini — pass the text, choose bullets style.
- Finish with Show Result or Speak Text.
URL scheme (power users)
Add an Open URLs action in Shortcuts.app:
lmmini://shortcut/summarize?text=TEXT&style=bulletsNeed LM Mini? Free on iOS and Android — on-device GGUF/MLX, LM Studio Connect, voice, and more.
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