Prompt Shortener
100% PrivateAI & Prompt ToolsShorten a long prompt to a target length with visible rules, without cutting sentences in half.
Runs entirely in your browser. Your input is not uploaded to Ovatly or anywhere else.
Rule-based only: this tool applies the fixed rules listed below and shows you everything it removed. It does not use AI and it never rewrites your sentences or changes numbers.
Filler words it can remove: just, really, very, actually, basically, literally, simply, quite.
Phrase swaps: "due to the fact that" becomes "because"; "in spite of the fact that" becomes "although"; "at this point in time" becomes "now"; "in the event that" becomes "if"; "for the purpose of" becomes "for"; "with regard to" becomes "about"; "a large number of" becomes "many"; "has the ability to" becomes "can"; "is able to" becomes "can"; "in order to" becomes "to".
- 1Paste the prompt you want to shorten.
- 2Choose which rules to apply; the exact filler list and phrase swaps are shown on the page.
- 3Optionally set a maximum word target.
- 4Read the shortened prompt and the What changed report before copying.
Input: "In order to improve your writing, you should just practise every day." (12 words) The phrase rule swaps "in order to" for "to" and the filler rule removes "just". Output: "To improve your writing, you should practise every day." (9 words) Report: filler words removed: just. Phrases swapped: "in order to" to "to". Sentences dropped: 0.
- Sentence dropping respects sentence boundaries. The one exception is reported honestly: if even the first sentence alone exceeds your target, it is cut at a word boundary, marked with "...", and the report says so.
- Filler removal only matches whole words from the visible list (just, really, very, actually, basically, literally, simply, quite). If one of those words carries real meaning in your text, untick the rule.
- Because the rules are mechanical, always reread the result: a swapped phrase can change emphasis even when it keeps the facts.
No. Nothing is summarized or paraphrased by a model. The tool applies the fixed text rules listed on the page and reports each one it used.
About this tool
The Prompt Shortener reduces a long prompt with fixed, visible rules only: it collapses extra whitespace, swaps a published list of long phrases for shorter equivalents ("in order to" becomes "to"), removes a published list of filler words, and, if you set a word target, drops whole trailing sentences rather than cutting one in the middle. A report shows exactly what was removed, swapped or dropped. It never uses AI, never rewrites your meaning, and never changes numbers.
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