fx=VERVE("textsummarizer", "A news article can include accounts of eyewitnesses to the happening event. It can contain photographs, accounts, statistics, graphs, recollections, interviews, polls, debates on the topic, etc. Headlines can be used to focus the reader's attention on a particular (or main) part of the article. The writer can also give facts and detailed information following answers to general questions like who, what, when, where, why and how.")
What this pulls
Condense cell text into a summary. =VERVE("textsummarizer", A2, 3) returns a 3-sentence summary down a column — Google Sheets or Excel.
It's one of 250+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE() function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 10 credits per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.
See it in a cell
A real example — the input you type, and the values you can pull from it. Click any cell to see the formula behind it.
textsummarizer.xlsxsample data
B2fx=VERVE("textsummarizer", A2, "summary")
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A news article can include accounts of eyewitnesses to the happening event. It can contain photographs, accounts, statistics, graphs, recollections, interviews, polls, debates on the topic, etc. Headlines can be used to focus the reader's attention on a particular (or main) part of the article. The writer can also give facts and detailed information following answers to general questions like who, what, when, where, why and how.
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click any cell to see its formula10 credits / cell
Ways to use it
Clean a column of text
Fill =VERVE("textsummarizer", "Artificial intelligence is transforming industries worldwide. Machine learning algorithms can now process vast amounts of data to identify patterns and make predictions. This technology is being applied in healthcare, finance, transportation, and many other sectors.") beside messy text and get the normalized, analyzed, or translated version back — data cleaning without leaving the grid.
Analyze at scale
Score or classify a whole column of responses, reviews, or messages in one fill instead of one-by-one.
Compose with other formulas
Nest Summarize Text's output inside your existing SUM, IF, or CONCAT logic like any other cell value.
Use it in your sheet
The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.
Google SheetsAdd-on
Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.
fx=VERVE("textsummarizer", "A news article can include accounts of eyewitnesses to the happening event. It can contain photographs, accounts, statistics, graphs, recollections, interviews, polls, debates on the topic, etc. Headlines can be used to focus the reader's attention on a particular (or main) part of the article. The writer can also give facts and detailed information following answers to general questions like who, what, when, where, why and how.")
Microsoft ExcelAdd-in
Same source, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Excel namespaces it as VERVE.CALL. Drag to fill a whole column.
fx=VERVE.CALL("textsummarizer", "A news article can include accounts of eyewitnesses to the happening event. It can contain photographs, accounts, statistics, graphs, recollections, interviews, polls, debates on the topic, etc. Headlines can be used to focus the reader's attention on a particular (or main) part of the article. The writer can also give facts and detailed information following answers to general questions like who, what, when, where, why and how.")
Optional inputs
Tune the result by adding name=value before the field argument — in any order. Leave one out and its default applies.
sentences
The length of the summary (number of sentences)
fx=VERVE("textsummarizer", "A news article can include accounts of eyewitnesses to the happening event. It can contain photographs, accounts, statistics, graphs, recollections, interviews, polls, debates on the topic, etc. Headlines can be used to focus the reader's attention on a particular (or main) part of the article. The writer can also give facts and detailed information following answers to general questions like who, what, when, where, why and how.", "sentences", "3")
Fields you can pull
Add a field name as the last argument to land just that value in the cell.
Original WordsPremium
fx=VERVE("textsummarizer", "A news article can include accounts of eyewitnesses to the happening event. It can contain photographs, accounts, statistics, graphs, recollections, interviews, polls, debates on the topic, etc. Headlines can be used to focus the reader's attention on a particular (or main) part of the article. The writer can also give facts and detailed information following answers to general questions like who, what, when, where, why and how.", "field", "originalWords")
Summary WordsPremium
fx=VERVE("textsummarizer", "A news article can include accounts of eyewitnesses to the happening event. It can contain photographs, accounts, statistics, graphs, recollections, interviews, polls, debates on the topic, etc. Headlines can be used to focus the reader's attention on a particular (or main) part of the article. The writer can also give facts and detailed information following answers to general questions like who, what, when, where, why and how.", "field", "summaryWords")
Percent DifferencePremium
fx=VERVE("textsummarizer", "A news article can include accounts of eyewitnesses to the happening event. It can contain photographs, accounts, statistics, graphs, recollections, interviews, polls, debates on the topic, etc. Headlines can be used to focus the reader's attention on a particular (or main) part of the article. The writer can also give facts and detailed information following answers to general questions like who, what, when, where, why and how.", "field", "percentDifference")
Summary
fx=VERVE("textsummarizer", "A news article can include accounts of eyewitnesses to the happening event. It can contain photographs, accounts, statistics, graphs, recollections, interviews, polls, debates on the topic, etc. Headlines can be used to focus the reader's attention on a particular (or main) part of the article. The writer can also give facts and detailed information following answers to general questions like who, what, when, where, why and how.", "field", "summary")
Premium marks data included on paid plans. On the Free plan a marked field is withheld and a marked input is ignored — either way the cell reads #PREMIUM(name) instead of a value, so a gated answer can never be mistaken for a real one. Everything unmarked works on every plan. Compare plans
Summarize Text, answered
Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.
How do I pull Summarize Text into a spreadsheet?
Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in with your key, and type =VERVE("textsummarizer", "Artificial intelligence is transforming industries worldwide. Machine learning algorithms can now process vast amounts of data to identify patterns and make predictions. This technology is being applied in healthcare, finance, transportation, and many other sectors.") into any cell. The same function works in Google Sheets and Excel — no scripts, no API wiring.
How many credits does each Summarize Text cell cost?
Each resolved cell costs 10 credits. Filling a column of ten rows costs ten times that; a cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a static sheet doesn't keep charging.
Can I fill a whole column at once?
Yes. Reference a range instead of a single cell — e.g. point Summarize Text at A2:A50 — and it returns a value for every row in one call, or just drag =VERVE("textsummarizer", "Artificial intelligence is transforming industries worldwide. Machine learning algorithms can now process vast amounts of data to identify patterns and make predictions. This technology is being applied in healthcare, finance, transportation, and many other sectors.") down like any spreadsheet function.
Does Summarize Text work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?
Yes. It's the same =VERVE() function with the same arguments and the same key in both — build a sheet in one and it behaves identically in the other.
How current is the data?
Summarize Text is served live from APIVerve's production data engine, and cells recalculate on the refresh cadence you choose — every open, hourly, or every 30 minutes.
Where does the data come from, and what shows on my bill?
VerveSheets runs on APIVerve, our production data engine; Summarize Text is one of 300+ sources on the same key. Invoices and card statements show APIVERVE.
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