Does it cut whole sentences?

Yes, when a sentence only repeats what the paragraph already says. A sentence with a number, a name or a decision is tightened, not removed.

Will my paragraphs merge?

No. Each paragraph keeps its place, so the result drops back into your document.

Which languages does it support?

Every language. Length is counted in words for any script, and facts are checked the same way.

Paragraph shortener

Tight paragraphs, nothing specific lost

Set a target and paste your paragraphs. The paragraph shortener removes sentences that repeat each other, tightens the rest and keeps each paragraph in its place, with every number, name and deadline checked.

Shorten it

6 free pages a month. No card.

A long document is condensed into a shorter note.

Made for

Cover letters and application answers with a limit
Product descriptions and bios
Report sections that grew too long

Before and after

Example: 64 → 41 words · every fact kept

Original

Maria Lopez is a highly experienced and passionate data scientist with a strong background in machine learning. She has worked in the field of data science for over 9 years. During her career, she has led a team of 12 analysts at Contoso, where she built the company’s first fraud model. The fraud model she built reduced chargebacks by 18% in its first year.

Result

Maria Lopez is a data scientist with over 9 years in the field and a background in machine learning.

At Contoso she led 12 analysts and built the company’s first fraud model, which cut chargebacks by 18% in its first year.

Kept: over 9 years
Kept: 12 analysts
Kept: Contoso
Kept: 18%

How Shorten works

Step 01
Empty sentences go first
Sentences that repeat what the passage already says are cut without a rewrite.
Step 02
Each passage gets a target
Your length applies to every passage, so nothing is squeezed to make room for another.
Step 03
The rest is tightened
Repetition, padding and wordy phrasing go; sentences that share a subject merge.
Step 04
Facts are checked
If the target and the facts conflict, the facts win and the passage comes as close as they allow.

Options

Target length: Keep 20% to 90% of the original. Default 50%.
Write in: Keep the language, or translate while shortening.

From code, terminal or agent

# REST API
curl https://readable.md/api/v1/transform \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $READABLE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "tool": "shorten", "text": "…", "length": 0.4 }'

# Command line
readable shorten report.md --length 0.4 --out short.md

# MCP tool: shorten

API, MCP and CLI docs

Questions

Does it cut whole sentences?: Yes, when a sentence only repeats what the paragraph already says. A sentence with a number, a name or a decision is tightened, not removed.
Will my paragraphs merge?: No. Each paragraph keeps its place, so the result drops back into your document.
Which languages does it support?: Every language. Length is counted in words for any script, and facts are checked the same way.