# Summarize this Topic → Write a Summary for this Topic

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/summarize-this-topic-write-a-summary-for-this-topic/25460>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [20 Fevereiro , 2015 19:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summarize-this-topic-write-a-summary-for-this-topic/25460 "2015-02-20T19:10:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![markschmucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/markschmucker/32/141599_2.png) [@markschmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markschmucker)\
**Post date:** [13 Março , 2019 22:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summarize-this-topic-write-a-summary-for-this-topic/25460/15 "2019-03-13T22:36:58Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> You can already sort of do that… either:
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> - edit the first post to include the summary
> - edit the second post to be a summary
> 
> Or, eventually:
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> - add another post and then manually. as staff, change the date on it so it sorts under the first post (not currently possible, but I think it should be)

Could a webhook help automate this for new topics? I have a webhook, and receive a topic event with posts\_count=1, so I know it’s a new topic. Immediately after that, I receive a post event with post\_number=1.

At that point, I assume I could easily create a second post via the API as a placeholder for the summary. But I would very much prefer to have the summary as the first post- can I juggle the posts at this point somehow, via the API? Maybe delete the first post, add my summary post, and re-post the first post?

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