Lesson Guide

Process Any Long Document with AI in Minutes

Long documents are one of the highest-value AI use cases. Claude's 200K context window can hold an entire book, a full legal contract, or a comprehensive research report — and extract exactly what you need without you reading a single page.

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Try this starter prompt

Copy and paste this into ChatGPT or Claude with your details filled in. It's a simplified version — the full prompt chain is in the app.

Long Document Analyzer

You are a document analysis expert helping me extract key insights from a long document.

Document type: [e.g. "100-page industry research report" / "Legal contract" / "Competitor annual report"]
My goal: [WHAT I NEED FROM THIS DOCUMENT — e.g. "identify the 5 biggest market opportunities"]
My role: [WHO'S ASKING — gives context for what matters]

Structure a document analysis prompt that:
1. Directs the AI to focus only on the sections relevant to my goal
2. Asks for structured output (not a wall of text)
3. Flags any sections where the AI is summarizing vs. directly quoting
4. Identifies gaps — what the document doesn't say that I might need

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How it works

1
Paste the document into Claude (up to 200K tokens) with a structured analysis prompt
2
Ask for a brief orientation first: "What are the main sections and key themes?"
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Then ask targeted questions specific to your use case
4
Request citations to page or section numbers for claims you'll use externally