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I built a free tool that summarizes PDFs with page references - saved me hours during lit review

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Hey everyone!

Got tired of skimming 50+ papers for my lit review, so I built BriefPDF.

What it does

  • Upload any PDF → get structured summary with actual page citations
  • Ask follow-up questions about the document
  • Locate source text with highlighting
  • Export to Markdown or clean PDF

Key features

✅ One-line summary
✅ Key points with [p.4] citations
✅ Ask follow-up questions
✅ Export to Markdown/PDF

It's free for 3 summaries/month, handles research papers, annual reports, contracts, whatever.

The page reference feature was the killer for me since I can actually verify claims.

Link: https://getbriefpdf.com

Not trying to spam - genuinely curious if others would find this useful. What documents do you spend the most time reading?

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