--- title: How to Summarize Large Documents with LangChain and OpenAI description: Learn how to summarize large documents using LangChain and OpenAI with the use of large language models. Discover the limitations of large document... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-summarize-large-documents-with-langchain-and-openai-uod6syz0q twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Summarize Large Documents with LangChain and OpenAI | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to summarize large documents using LangChain and OpenAI with the use of large language models. Discover the limitations of large document... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-summarize-large-documents-with-langchain-and-openai-uod6syz0q og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/UOD6SyZ0Q.png og:image:alt: How to Summarize Large Documents with LangChain and OpenAI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to Summarize Large Documents with LangChain and OpenAI **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 13 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn how to summarize large documents using LangChain and OpenAI with the use of large language models. Discover the limitations of large document summarization, the process of summarizing large documents using K-means clustering, and how to set up the environment and pre-process the text. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#langchain](https://daily.dev/tags/langchain), [#unsupervised-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/unsupervised-learning) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-summarize-large-documents-with-langchain-and-openai-uod6syz0q) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How to Summarize Large Documents with LangChain and OpenAI","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-summarize-large-documents-with-langchain-and-openai-uod6syz0q","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-summarize-large-documents-with-langchain-and-openai-uod6syz0q"},"datePublished":"2024-04-22T16:47:34.897Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:13:33.132Z","description":"Learn how to summarize large documents using LangChain and OpenAI with the use of large language models. Discover the limitations of large document...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b8114848f4a6063526ace8d905962ea9?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b8114848f4a6063526ace8d905962ea9?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The New Stack","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The New Stack","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/newstack","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-summarize-large-documents-with-langchain-and-openai-uod6syz0q","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":4},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"openai,langchain,unsupervised-learning","timeRequired":"PT13M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The New Stack","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How to Summarize Large Documents with LangChain and OpenAI"}]} ```