glm-summarize

Lightweight summarizer for YouTube videos and URLs using GLM.

Install

cd /Users/jc/Desktop/playground/glm-summarize
npm install
npm run build
npm link

Required env vars

export APIFY_API_TOKEN=...
export Z_AI_BASE_URL=...
export Z_AI_API_KEY=...

Usage

# YouTube
glm-summarize "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYO8JoXzMWw" --language ja --length medium

# URL
glm-summarize "https://example.com/article" --language en --length long

# Force summary even if content is short
glm-summarize "https://..." --force

# Skip cache
glm-summarize "https://..." --no-cache

Options

| Flag | Default | Description | |------|---------|-------------| | --model | zai/glm-5 | Model to use | | --language | auto | Output language (en, ja, zh, etc.) | | --length | medium | short|medium|long|xl or char count | | --timeout | 120000 | Timeout in ms | | --no-cache | - | Disable extraction cache | | --force | - | Force summary even if content is short |

Features

• Smart default: Returns content as-is if shorter than target length
• 7-day cache: Extracted content cached in ~/.glm-summarize/cache/
• Retry logic: Auto-retry on failure (1 retry by default)
• Structured output: Summary + key points + notable quotes
• Timing metrics: Shows extraction and summarization time