> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://wwwpoc.ibm.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Document Summarization

> Summarize a long document using a Granite model.

This recipe shows how to summarize a long document using Granite. The document used in the recipe is H.D. Thoreau's "Walden" from Project Gutenberg.

You will need a Replicate API token to run this recipe in Colab. Instructions for obtaining this credential can be found [here](/granite/docs/use-cases/getting-credentials).

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