AI summaries are useful, but I agree: summaries only reduce the “reading/organizing” effort — they don’t solve “what should I do next” or “why does this matter to my current goals”.

What I’m exploring is the step after summarization: take the summary and explicitly link it to an active goal/project, then force a small decision:

1. ignore it

2. save as reference for Project X

3. extract 1 concrete next action (with a reason and a link back)

If you don’t use Obsidian, what would make this actually work for you: a daily “priority digest” that you pull on your own time, or a lightweight way to attach summaries to your current projects (calendar/tasks) so they resurface later?

Details in my HN profile/bio if you’re curious.