Which AI model is used?

Claude by Anthropic: Sonnet at Standard quality and the largest available Claude model at Deep quality. Self-hosted deployments can fall back to a local Ollama model.

How much does a summary cost?

10 units at Standard, 30 at Deep; a cached repeat of the same source and quality is 1 unit. Pro includes 2,000 units a month.

Is the original file sent to the AI?

No, only the extracted text; the file itself is never stored.

Can I use it without a paid plan?

AI features need Pro or API. Extraction, PDF editing, the Markdown editor, TTS and dictation are on the free plan.

Pro and API plans

AI Summary, Ask and Create

Understand a 45-minute video or a 90-page report in minutes, with every point linked back to the second or page it came from.

Summarize a source with AI See pricing and plans

Published 24 September 2026 · Reviewed 24 September 2026

Who it is for

Consultants and analysts
Content creators
Researchers
Newsletter and LinkedIn writers

The problem

Pasting a transcript into a chat window works once. It loses the timestamps, cannot say where an answer came from, and every source has to be fetched by hand first.

How GistCite solves it

Any transcript, document, web page or recording in your history can be summarized, questioned and turned into drafts. Summaries include an overview, key points, chapters, action items, quotes and questions; Ask This Source answers with citations; Create From Source drafts a LinkedIn post, blog, newsletter, executive brief, video script, presentation outline or content ideas.

Capabilities

Summary with chapters

Overview, key points, chapters that deep-link to the timestamp or page, action items, quotes and questions.

Benefit: Decide in two minutes whether the source deserves an hour.

Summarize a source with AI

Ask This Source

A question about the source answered with citations to the page or second.

Benefit: Verify before you quote.

Ask a question about a source

Create From Source

Seven draft formats with tone and length options, downloadable as files.

Benefit: A first draft that starts from what was actually said.

Create a draft from a source

Two qualities, priced up front

Standard runs on Claude Sonnet for 10 units; Deep runs on the largest Claude model for 30. Cached repeats cost 1.

Benefit: Choose the cost per source, not per month.

See what AI actions cost

Benefits

Citations point to the page anchor or the timestamp, so a claim can be checked in one click.
The cost of an action is shown before it runs and reported after it in the response headers.
Works on every source type the toolkit extracts, from the same history.

How it works

Step 1
Extract a source
A transcript, document, web page or recording lands in your history.
Step 2
Choose an action
Summary, Ask, or Create, at Standard or Deep quality.
Step 3
Use the output
Copy, download, or open the cited point in the source.

Integrations and formats

Claude by Anthropic (primary model)
Local Ollama fallback for self-hosted deployments
REST API
Markdown, DOCX and PDF export

Security and data handling

Read the full picture on the security and compliance page.

Only the extracted text of a source is sent to the model, never the original file.
Uploads are processed in memory and never written to disk or object storage; only the extracted text is kept.
Every extraction endpoint is rate-limited per IP; signed-in use is metered against the plan's monthly quota.
TLS in transit; passwords bcrypt-hashed; API keys stored only as SHA-256 digests.

Evidence

Summaries run on Claude models with structured JSON output; the model in use is documented on the pricing page. Check this
Every summary item carries a timestamp or page reference from the extraction it was built on. Check this

Worked examples

Independent podcaster

From a one-hour podcast episode to a newsletter, captions and three clips

One public episode on YouTube becomes a transcript, a chaptered summary, a newsletter draft, SRT captions and three short clips, all from one upload.

Read the independent podcaster walkthrough

Independent consultant

From a 120-page annual report to a cited two-page brief

A public annual report PDF becomes page-anchored Markdown, a set of extracted tables, answers with page citations, and an executive brief a client can verify.

Read the independent consultant walkthrough

Pricing

Plans: Pro and API
Cost per action: 10 units at Standard, 30 at Deep, 1 for a cached repeat. Ask and clip ideas run at Standard.
How it is priced: AI features are part of Pro ($15/month list) and API; the free plan covers extraction only.

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