How do I install the Progressive Summarization Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/progressive-summarization/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at https://claudskills.com/install/.

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

ClaudSkills / Content / content-misc

Progressive Summarization

Category: Content · Sub-category: content-misc · Last updated: 2026-05-21

This skill should be used when the user says "summarize this note", "progressive summarization", "distill this", "bold the key points", "highlight the important parts", "executive summary", "layer 2", "layer 3", "layer 4", "make this scannable", "TL;DR this article", "distill my notes", or pastes a raw note, article, transcript, or long text and wants it condensed into layered, scannable summaries. Applies Tiago Forte's Progressive Summarization technique.

From the source SKILL.md

Apply Tiago Forte's Progressive Summarization technique to transform raw captures into scannable, layered notes. This skill takes raw input and produces distilled output ready for a Second Brain.

What this skill does

Progressive Summarization is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the content-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/progressive-summarization/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Progressive Summarization Claude Code skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 69,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/progressive-summarization
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/progressive-summarization/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/progressive-summarization/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/progressive-summarization/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/progressive-summarization/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\progressive-summarization\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/radesjardins/RAD-Claude-Skills/blob/HEAD/plugins/rad-para-second-brain/skills/progressive-summarization/SKILL.md
License: Apache-2.0
Author: radesjardins

Progressive Summarization

From the source SKILL.md

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Manual install (2 steps)

One-click install via the desktop app

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