Find and summarize files in Google Drive with Comet Assistant
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- by Joydeep Debnath (@isentropicsoul)
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What went wrong: Stopped reading the document about halfway and left out several points from its summary.
Outcome
Comet Assistant kept trying until it found the right files in Google Drive and found a way around opening them, but its summary skipped parts of a PRD after reading only about half.
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Here's a task I'd like your help with. Read it all the way through before you start. Goal: Find specific documents in my Google Drive and summarize them fully against the points I care about. Check with me first: Which files (names or keywords), and what points should the summary cover? What I'll give you: - File names or keywords ([KEYWORDS]) - The points to cover ([POINT 1], [POINT 2], ...) - Access to my Drive (I'll sign in myself) Rules: - If you can't open a file directly, try the preview or 'View details' and tell me what worked. - Read every page of each file before summarizing. Tell me the page or section count you read. - Cover every point on my list. If a point isn't in the document, say so instead of skipping it. - Don't decide something isn't important. Include all of it and flag what's minor. - Don't edit, move or share any file. Output: For each file: the name, how much you read, and a summary organised by my points, with any gaps called out. If anything here is unclear or missing, ask me instead of guessing. You'll know it worked when: every point on my list is covered or clearly marked as missing from the document.
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Find the PRD files in my Google Drive and summarize the key points about lead-generation features and gaps.
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Here's a task I'd like your help with. Read it all the way through before you start. Goal: Find specific documents in my Google Drive and summarize each one completely against the points I care about. Quick check first: tell me if anything below is missing or unclear. Inputs (fill in or confirm): - File names or keywords ([KEYWORDS]) - The points to cover ([POINT 1], [POINT 2]…) - Summary length per file Rules: - List matching files with owner and last-modified date and confirm which ones to read. - Read every page or section to the end; note the page count you read vs the document's total. - Summarize under each point; write 'not covered in this document' rather than leaving a point out. - Quote the key sentence for each point with a page or heading reference. What went wrong before, and how to avoid it: - Last time it stopped about halfway and left points out: track pages read vs total and finish each file. - Missing points must be marked explicitly, so gaps are visible. If you get stuck: If a file is too long to read in one pass, read it in parts and tell me which parts you've done; never summarize unread sections. If a login, CAPTCHA or two-step code appears, stop and ask me to handle it; never guess or store passwords. Verify before you finish: Before finishing, re-scan the last third of each document and check nothing there changes your summary. Output: Per file: title, link, pages read/total, a table of point → summary → quote/reference. Done when: every point has an answer or an explicit 'not covered', and you read each file to the end.
Source
https://x.com/isentropicsoul/status/1944094115819307191
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