Get summaries of your PDFs via ChatPDF with just one hotkey.
Requires a ChatPDF API key, which is (currently) free for 5000 PDF pages / 500 requests per month.
➡️ Download the latest release.
The workflow auto-updates via Alfred's workflow-update mechanism.
Get a ChatPDF API key:
- Go to https://www.chatpdf.com/
- Scroll to the bottom of the page.
- In the footer, click
My Account. You are prompted to create an account if you do not have one yet. - In
My Account, expand theDevelopersettings. You can find your API key there:
Note
Advanced Users: Instead of entering the API key directly, you can also
enter .zshenv into the API key field. The workflow then uses the key
exported as CHATPDF_API_KEY in your .zshenv.
- Use the Universal Action or the hotkey while having selected a PDF file in Finder.
Please cite this software project as (APA):
Grieser, C. (2023). PDF summarizer for Alfred [Computer software].
https://github.com/chrisgrieser/pdf-summarizer-alfredFor other citation styles, use the following metadata:
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