Use React Summary
An NPM package that gives React apps a reusable text-summary hook backed by generative AI.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/use-react-summary
Problem
Many React apps need a quick way to summarize long text, but wiring an AI SDK, loading state, error handling, and Markdown output repeatedly creates unnecessary setup work.
What I Built
Use React Summary is an NPM package that exposes a useSummary hook for AI-powered text summarization. Developers pass text and an optional word count, then receive summarized Markdown output plus loading and error states.
Technical Decisions
The package uses Google Generative AI and returns a React-friendly API. It keeps the hook small, handles common failure states, and outputs Markdown so summaries can be rendered cleanly in content-heavy interfaces.
Outcome
It was built as part of a pair of NPM packages that reached 300+ monthly downloads, with a focus on making AI integration easier for frontend developers.