DocuDive AI
Generate an AI on top of any PDF or body of text
Load up any document and DocuDive will generate a custom AI on top of this data so you can quickly find info, summarize content and simplify jargon.
Types of documents
DocuDive is most useful when working with long documents and texts written with inaccessible language. This also accepts images and scanned documents. This usually includes but isn’t limited to research papers, textbooks, annual reports, instruction manuals and legal documents.
Writing Good Prompts
Be explicit
The trick to interacting with data on DocuDive is to be explicit. If you’re not getting a desired response, simply ask for more of what you want.
Let’s say you want to summarize a research paper. Instead of saying “Summarize” or “Summarize this research paper”, say something like “Explain this research paper to me in simple terms. What method did the researchers use? What did they find? Why does it matter?”.
The latter prompt will provide a much better overview of the paper because we’re giving the AI more hints about what we want. We’re using the words “method”, “find” and “matter”, so now it knows to look in the methods, findings and rationale sections of the paper. See here for more useful prompts.
Response length
If you’re looking for more or less detail in a response, head into the settings, adjust the max length to suit your needs and then append something like “Please be as detailed as possible” to the end of the prompt for more detail or “Please keep your responses brief” for less detail.
Reading level
Working with a topic that’s new to you? Append “Explain it like I’m five” to your prompt and DocuDive will do exactly that.
What if you’re familiar with the field but still want to remove some of the complexities in the language? I’ve found that simply increasing the age in “Explain it like I’m [age]” tends to do the trick. Or you can say something like “Explain it at a high-school reading level” or “post-graduate reading level”.
If you don’t specify a reading level in the prompt, DocuDive will default to the level used in the source text.
Break things up
You’ll get much more detailed responses if you break up requests when interacting with DocuDive’s AI. For example, if you’re preparing for an exam and you want to get some practice questions with model answers from your textbook, instead of saying “Write 20 practice questions with detailed model answers”, first ask for a list of practice questions and then paste them back into the text input one at a time or in groups of two or three. I’m working on a feature to make this process easier in the future, but for now, this is the way to go.
Useful Prompts
Summarizing and simplifying
- Explain this research paper to me like I’m [reading level]. What method did the researchers use? What did they find? Why does it matter?
- Summarizing a book? Try asking for a summary of the first and last chapters. Most non-fiction books will outline in the first chapter and summarize in the last.
- What does [word / phrase / equation / paragraph] mean? Explain it in terms a [reading level] would understand.
Getting more or less detail
- […]. Please be as detailed as possible.
- […]. Please keep your response brief.
Reading levels
- [question / prompt]. Explain it in terms a [reading level] would understand.
- 5-year-old: very simple language that anyone could understand.
- 12-year-old: still simple but sounds a little less patronizing.
- 16-year-old: quick and to the point with some complexities in the language.
Retrieving info and answering specific questions
- Where can I find information about […]?
- Does this document mention […]?
Working with research papers
- Hypothesis
- Describe the aim of the research paper (i.e., what did the authors set out to do?)
- What is the research question or problem being investigated?
- What are the hypothesis or research objectives of the study?
- Methods
- Describe the original research that was reported in the paper (i.e., what kind of methodology was used?)
- What was the experimental design?
- How many subjects were there?
- What was the duration of the study?
- Findings
- Describe the main findings from this research (i.e., what kind of data were presented, how was it analyzed and what did this analysis reveal?)
- Discussion
- Explain why the research reported in this paper matters (i.e., what did the authors argue was the contribution that their work made to advancing our understanding of interruptions research?)
- Are there any ethical concerns or considerations related to the study?
Preparing for an exam
Load up your textbooks.
- Write [number] practice questions
- Write [number] practice questions about [topic]
- Give me a detailed model answer to this [practice question]. Answer with these marking criteria in mind: [marking criteria].
- Write [number] questions for flashcards with answers based on the topics in the document.
Translation
DocuDive’s model works best with English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese (traditional and simplified).
- […]. Please answer in [language].
- Please translate this [word / phrase / paragraph] into [language].
Working with code
Work in a technical field (e.g. data science)? You can ask how to implement certain methods mentioned in the book or research paper.
- How do I implement [coding pattern] in [language]
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