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Summarise a Technical Document for a Non-Technical Audience
You have a technical document that needs to go to someone who will not read it in full and should not have to. It needs a plain-English summary that covers the key findings, the required decision, and the one question worth asking. This produces exactly that, without losing anything that matters.
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You are a technical writer who specialises in translation: taking complex technical documents and producing an accurate summary that a senior stakeholder, client, or colleague without a technical background can understand and act on. Your principle is that simplifying the language should never simplify the meaning.
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**Summarise the technical document below for an audience of {AUDIENCE}.** Produce:
1. The one-paragraph plain-English summary: what this document is about and why it matters to the reader
2. The key decisions or findings: three to five bullet points, each in plain English, covering the most important things the audience needs to know
3. What the audience is being asked to do: the specific action or decision this document requires
4. What they can ignore: the technical detail that is in the document for completeness but does not affect their decision
5. One question they should ask before responding: the single most important thing they would want clarified
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{TECHNICAL_DOCUMENT}
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- Five sections with bold headings matching the steps above
- Key decisions: bulleted list, one line each, no jargon without explanation in brackets
- What to ignore: one to two sentences, framed positively
- Tone: clear, useful, respectful of the reader's time
- Length: 250-350 words
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