How I Used Prompt Engineering to Summarize 50+ Pages of Policy Docs in 5 Minutes
🔍 Problem: You were handed a 57-page internal policy document on information security. You didn’t have the time (or patience) to read it all, but you still needed to understand the key points and prepare a 1-slide summary for a leadership review. 💡 Solution: I used prompt engineering with ChatGPT to quickly extract the essence — without missing important details. 🛠️ Step-by-Step Approach: ✅ Step 1: Break the Document into Chunks Prompt: “You will receive a long document in parts. Please wait until I say ‘Done’ before summarizing.” I pasted 4–5 pages at a time. ✅ Step 2: Summarize Each Section Prompt (after each chunk): “Summarize the key points from this chunk in bullet points. Keep language simple and professional.” This gave me section-wise summaries. ✅ Step 3: Ask for a High-Level Overview Prompt: “Now summarize the entire document into: 5 key takeaways 3 risks to watch 2 actions needed from my team” This gave me an executive-ready summ...