AI Summary Maker — every topic in your source in one typeset PDF
Upload a PDF, slides, notes, or a recording. Scholarly plans the Summary from the whole source, writes a section for every major topic, and ends it with a study guide you can review from.
Free to start · Built only from your own material
Used by 200,000+ people turning their own material into something they can learn from
How it works
From source to Summary in three steps
You choose the source and anything it should focus on. Scholarly does the planning, writing, and layout.
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Add your source
Upload a PDF, slide deck, notes, a recording, or a video, or start from a topic.
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Scholarly plans the coverage
It reads the whole source, lists every major topic, and assigns each one to a section before any text is written.
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Get a typeset Summary
Sections are written in parallel, typeset as a PDF, and reviewed once for gaps and errors before you get it.
What you get
A Summary you can learn from, not a paragraph recap
Each Summary teaches the material in the order and depth the source calls for.
Full coverage
A coverage list of every major topic, plus anything you asked for, is checked in code so no section goes missing.
Teaching blocks
Key terms, key-idea boxes, worked examples, common mistakes, tables, and formulas where the material calls for them.
A closing study guide
A review checklist, questions with model answers, and practice prompts, so you can check what you learned.
Your language
Headings, labels, and the study guide follow the language of your document.
Grounded in the source
Each section is written from the pages it covers, and a final review checks figures and claims against the source.
Reuse the same source
Turn the same material into flashcards, a quiz, a podcast, or a video lecture from the same workspace.
Why a planned Summary
Why most AI summaries miss things
A chat summary reads your file once and writes until it runs out of room. Long PDFs get a strong first half and a thin second half, and the topic you needed is often the one that was skipped.
Scholarly works the other way round. Before anything is written, it lists every major topic in the source and gives each one a section. Code checks that list, so a topic cannot quietly drop out. Each section is then written from the pages it covers, not from memory.
The result reads like a well-made briefing or course pack: an overview, one section per topic, worked examples where they help, and a closing study guide. It works the same for a textbook chapter, a policy manual, a certification syllabus, or a research report.
Who it is for
Built for material you need to understand
Use it wherever a long document has to become something you can learn from and share.
Certification and licensure prep
Turn a syllabus, review manual, or chapter into a Summary that covers every exam topic.
Work documents and onboarding
Condense a policy, SOP, or product manual into a Summary a new teammate can learn from.
Research and reports
Get a structured Summary of a paper or report, written from the document itself.
FAQ
AI Summary Maker questions
What is an AI Summary in Scholarly?
It is a typeset PDF built from your own source. Scholarly plans the coverage from the whole document, writes one section per major topic with key terms, examples, and tables where useful, and ends with a study guide section of review points, questions with answers, and practice prompts.
How is this different from the PDF summarizer?
Every PDF you upload gets a free quick summary to read in the app. The AI Summary Maker creates a full Summary: a planned, typeset document that teaches every topic in depth and ends with a study guide. You can open the full Summary from the quick summary tab of any PDF.
Is a Summary the same as a study guide?
Every Summary ends with a study guide section, so you get both in one document. If you want to build a study guide around your own template, use the study guide maker.
What sources can I use?
PDFs, slide decks, notes, recordings, videos, and websites. You can also start from a topic, in which case the Summary is written from well-established knowledge without invented statistics or citations.
Does it work in languages other than English?
Yes. Headings, labels, and the study guide follow the language of your document.
Is the AI Summary Maker free?
You can make a Summary on the free plan using your AI Creation Credits, with no credit card needed. Paid plans include more credits each week and support longer documents.
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Turn your next long document into a Summary
Upload a source and get a typeset Summary that covers every topic and ends with a study guide.
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