Summarize Text in Google Sheets & Excel — =VERVE("textsummarizer", A2, 3)

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 300+ 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 — these inputs, and the values they land in your sheet.

textsummarizer.xlsxlive

B1fx=VERVE("textsummarizer")

Original Words

Summary Words

Percent Difference

44.78

Summary

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Example resultpulled live from APIVerve10 credits / cell

Ways to use it

Clean a column of text

Fill =VERVE("textsummarizer", A2, 3) 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.

=VERVE("textsummarizer", A2, 3)

Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same function, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE("textsummarizer", A2, 3)

Fields you can pull

Add a field name as the last argument to land just that value in the cell.

Original Words=VERVE("textsummarizer", A2, 3, "originalWords")
Summary Words=VERVE("textsummarizer", A2, 3, "summaryWords")
Percent Difference=VERVE("textsummarizer", A2, 3, "percentDifference")
Summary=VERVE("textsummarizer", A2, 3, "summary")

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", A2, 3) 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", A2, 3) 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.

Summarize Text

Clean a column of text

Analyze at scale

Compose with other formulas

Summarize Text, answered

Put Summarize Text in your next spreadsheet. Add the extension, paste the formula, and the cell keeps itself current.

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