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Title

One-line summary

The prompt

Summarize the document below for someone who will not read the original.

Audience for the summary: [WHO WILL READ IT AND WHAT THEY ALREADY KNOW]
Maximum length: [E.G. 200 WORDS / HALF A PAGE / 5 BULLETS]

Format:
1. Gist — one sentence stating what this document is and what it wants.
2. Key points — 3 to 7 bullets. Each bullet must stand alone: a reader should understand it without the other bullets.
3. Numbers, names, and dates — every figure, deadline, amount, or named party that appears, exactly as stated. Do not round or paraphrase these.
4. Asks and decisions — anything the document requests, proposes, or commits to, and who is expected to act.
5. What this summary omits — one or two sentences on what someone loses by reading the summary instead of the original (nuance, caveats, sections skipped).

Rules:
- Use only what is in the document. No outside knowledge, no filling gaps with plausible assumptions.
- If the document is ambiguous or contradicts itself on a point, say so plainly rather than picking one reading.
- Keep the document's meaning even where it is inconvenient — do not smooth over hedges, conditions, or exceptions attached to its claims.

Document:
[PASTE THE FULL TEXT]

Write it so someone can paste it straight into Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini and fill the [BRACKETS].