This page was last updated on August 11, 2025.

This site, AI-Generated Notes, was launched in October 2024 as an experiment in using AI to filter content and accelerate learning.

View the latest summaries on the home page.

If you're looking for mdy's original/human writing, visit mdynotes.com.


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More information on each prompt below.


Summary Maker Prompt

In use from Oct 2024 to June 2025

  • The AI Summaries are generated by Google's AI Studio using the Gemini 1.5 Pro model (Oct 2024 to May 2025) or Gemini 2.5 Flash model (June 2025 onwards).
  • AI Studio also provides the image-creation prompts for the cover images, which are generated by Midjourney.
  • Prompt used: summarymaker_prompt-v1.0.md

Fact Extraction Prompt

Used March 2025


Integrated Transcript Cleanup and ShowNotes Generator Prompt

Used July 2025

Shownotes Generator Prompt

Used August 2025

  • A subset of the Integrated Transcript Cleanup and Shownotes Generator prompt above (it omits the Transcript Cleanup step). Meant to be used with longform articles or papers.
  • Prompt used: shownotes-generator-prompt-v1.0.md

Finally, there are some cases where the blog post is an AI-generated article or outline that's a tailored adaptation of a more substantial piece elsewhere. See example.

In such cases, the actual prompt and model used to generate the article will be provided on the article page itself.