diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index 79491584..c344a7fc 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ en:
 
     ai_bot:
       default_pm_prefix: "[Untitled AI bot PM]"
+      topic_not_found: "Summary unavailable, topic not found!"
       command_summary:
         categories: "List categories"
         search: "Search"
diff --git a/lib/modules/ai_bot/anthropic_bot.rb b/lib/modules/ai_bot/anthropic_bot.rb
index bdf75998..d42e1eb6 100644
--- a/lib/modules/ai_bot/anthropic_bot.rb
+++ b/lib/modules/ai_bot/anthropic_bot.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ module DiscourseAi
         ).dig(:completion)
       end
 
-      def submit_prompt_and_stream_reply(prompt, prefer_low_cost: false, &blk)
+      def submit_prompt(prompt, prefer_low_cost: false, &blk)
         DiscourseAi::Inference::AnthropicCompletions.perform!(
           prompt,
           model_for,
diff --git a/lib/modules/ai_bot/bot.rb b/lib/modules/ai_bot/bot.rb
index d439d3e3..0de5ab43 100644
--- a/lib/modules/ai_bot/bot.rb
+++ b/lib/modules/ai_bot/bot.rb
@@ -55,10 +55,7 @@ module DiscourseAi
 
         setup_cancel = false
 
-        submit_prompt_and_stream_reply(
-          prompt,
-          prefer_low_cost: prefer_low_cost,
-        ) do |partial, cancel|
+        submit_prompt(prompt, prefer_low_cost: prefer_low_cost) do |partial, cancel|
           reply = update_with_delta(reply, partial)
 
           if redis_stream_key && !Discourse.redis.get(redis_stream_key)
@@ -139,6 +136,7 @@ module DiscourseAi
         rendered_system_prompt = system_prompt(post)
 
         total_prompt_tokens = tokenize(rendered_system_prompt).length
+
         messages =
           conversation.reduce([]) do |memo, (raw, username)|
             break(memo) if total_prompt_tokens >= prompt_limit
@@ -227,6 +225,14 @@ module DiscourseAi
         TEXT
       end
 
+      def tokenize(text)
+        raise NotImplemented
+      end
+
+      def submit_prompt(prompt, prefer_low_cost: false, &blk)
+        raise NotImplemented
+      end
+
       protected
 
       attr_reader :bot_user
@@ -243,10 +249,6 @@ module DiscourseAi
         raise NotImplemented
       end
 
-      def submit_prompt_and_stream_reply(prompt, prefer_low_cost: false, &blk)
-        raise NotImplemented
-      end
-
       def conversation_context(post)
         context =
           post
@@ -262,9 +264,15 @@ module DiscourseAi
 
         result = []
 
+        first = true
         context.each do |raw, username, custom_prompt|
           if custom_prompt.present?
-            custom_prompt.reverse_each { |message| result << message }
+            if first
+              custom_prompt.reverse_each { |message| result << message }
+              first = false
+            else
+              result << custom_prompt.first
+            end
           else
             result << [raw, username]
           end
@@ -280,10 +288,6 @@ module DiscourseAi
           user_ids: bot_reply_post.topic.allowed_user_ids,
         )
       end
-
-      def tokenize(text)
-        raise NotImplemented
-      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/categories_command.rb b/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/categories_command.rb
index d5433bf4..edbce74a 100644
--- a/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/categories_command.rb
+++ b/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/categories_command.rb
@@ -21,29 +21,21 @@ module DiscourseAi::AiBot::Commands
     end
 
     def process(_args)
-      info =
-        +"Name, Slug, Description, Posts Year, Posts Month, Posts Week, id, parent_category_id\n"
+      columns = {
+        name: "Name",
+        slug: "Slug",
+        description: "Description",
+        posts_year: "Posts Year",
+        posts_month: "Posts Month",
+        posts_week: "Posts Week",
+        id: "id",
+        parent_category_id: "parent_category_id",
+      }
 
-      @count = 0
-      Category
-        .where(read_restricted: false)
-        .limit(100)
-        .pluck(
-          :id,
-          :parent_category_id,
-          :slug,
-          :name,
-          :description,
-          :posts_year,
-          :posts_month,
-          :posts_week,
-        )
-        .map do |id, parent_category_id, slug, name, description, posts_year, posts_month, posts_week|
-          @count += 1
-          info << "#{name}, #{slug}, #{(description || "").gsub(",", "")}, #{posts_year || 0}, #{posts_month || 0}, #{posts_week || 0},#{id}, #{parent_category_id} \n"
-        end
+      rows = Category.where(read_restricted: false).limit(100).pluck(*columns.keys)
+      @count = rows.length
 
-      info
+      format_results(rows, columns.values)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/command.rb b/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/command.rb
index e3255857..505bea26 100644
--- a/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/command.rb
+++ b/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/command.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ module DiscourseAi
           end
         end
 
+        attr_reader :bot_user, :args
+
         def initialize(bot_user, args)
           @bot_user = bot_user
           @args = args
@@ -89,6 +91,41 @@ module DiscourseAi
           chain_next_response
         end
 
+        def format_results(rows, column_names = nil)
+          rows = rows.map { |row| yield row } if block_given?
+
+          if !column_names
+            index = -1
+            column_indexes = {}
+
+            rows =
+              rows.map do |data|
+                new_row = []
+                data.each do |key, value|
+                  found_index = column_indexes[key.to_s] ||= (index += 1)
+                  new_row[found_index] = value
+                end
+                new_row
+              end
+            column_names = column_indexes.keys
+          end
+          # two tokens per delimiter is a reasonable balance
+          # there may be a single delimiter solution but GPT has
+          # a hard time dealing with escaped characters
+          delimiter = "¦"
+          formatted = +""
+          formatted << column_names.join(delimiter)
+          formatted << "\n"
+
+          rows.each do |array|
+            array.map! { |item| item.to_s.gsub(delimiter, "|").gsub(/\n/, " ") }
+            formatted << array.join(delimiter)
+            formatted << "\n"
+          end
+
+          formatted
+        end
+
         protected
 
         attr_reader :bot_user, :args
diff --git a/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/google_command.rb b/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/google_command.rb
index 5fb36fda..94afca93 100644
--- a/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/google_command.rb
+++ b/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/google_command.rb
@@ -42,20 +42,15 @@ module DiscourseAi::AiBot::Commands
 
       @last_num_results = parsed.dig("searchInformation", "totalResults").to_i
 
-      formatted_results = []
-
-      results.each do |result|
-        formatted_result = {
+      format_results(results) do |result|
+        {
           title: result["title"],
           link: result["link"],
           snippet: result["snippet"],
           displayLink: result["displayLink"],
           formattedUrl: result["formattedUrl"],
         }
-        formatted_results << formatted_result
       end
-
-      formatted_results
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/search_command.rb b/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/search_command.rb
index 0f71bf59..04b38901 100644
--- a/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/search_command.rb
+++ b/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/search_command.rb
@@ -74,23 +74,44 @@ module DiscourseAi::AiBot::Commands
     end
 
     def process(search_string)
+      limit = nil
+
+      search_string =
+        search_string
+          .strip
+          .split(/\s+/)
+          .map do |term|
+            if term =~ /limit:(\d+)/
+              limit = $1.to_i
+              nil
+            else
+              term
+            end
+          end
+          .compact
+          .join(" ")
+
       @last_query = search_string
       results =
         Search.execute(search_string.to_s, search_type: :full_page, guardian: Guardian.new())
 
+      posts = results.posts
+      posts = posts[0..limit - 1] if limit
+
       @last_num_results = results.posts.length
 
-      results.posts[0..10]
-        .map do |p|
+      if posts.blank?
+        "No results found"
+      else
+        format_results(posts) do |post|
           {
-            title: p.topic.title,
-            url: p.url,
-            raw_truncated: p.raw[0..250],
-            excerpt: p.excerpt,
-            created: p.created_at,
+            title: post.topic.title,
+            url: post.url,
+            excerpt: post.excerpt,
+            created: post.created_at,
           }
         end
-        .to_json
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/summarize_command.rb b/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/summarize_command.rb
index 6b86ee00..b11008fb 100644
--- a/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/summarize_command.rb
+++ b/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/summarize_command.rb
@@ -40,30 +40,135 @@ module DiscourseAi::AiBot::Commands
         topic = nil if !topic || !Guardian.new.can_see?(topic)
       end
 
-      rows = []
+      @last_summary = nil
 
       if topic
         @last_topic_title = topic.title
-        if guidance.present?
-          rows << ["Given: #{guidance}"]
-          rows << ["Summarise: #{topic.title}"]
+
+        posts =
           Post
-            .joins(:user)
             .where(topic_id: topic.id)
-            .order(:post_number)
             .where("post_type in (?)", [Post.types[:regular], Post.types[:small_action]])
             .where("not hidden")
-            .limit(50)
-            .pluck(:raw, :username)
-            .each { |raw, username| rows << ["#{username} said: #{raw}"] }
-        end
+            .order(:post_number)
+
+        columns = ["posts.id", :post_number, :raw, :username]
+
+        current_post_numbers = posts.limit(5).pluck(:post_number)
+        current_post_numbers += posts.reorder("posts.score desc").limit(50).pluck(:post_number)
+        current_post_numbers += posts.reorder("post_number desc").limit(5).pluck(:post_number)
+
+        data =
+          Post
+            .where(topic_id: topic.id)
+            .joins(:user)
+            .where("post_number in (?)", current_post_numbers)
+            .order(:post_number)
+            .pluck(*columns)
+
+        @last_summary = summarize(data, guidance, topic)
       end
 
-      if rows.blank?
+      if !@last_summary
         "Say: No topic found!"
       else
-        "#{rows.join("\n")}"[0..2000]
+        "Topic summarized"
       end
     end
+
+    def custom_raw
+      @last_summary || I18n.t("discourse_ai.ai_bot.topic_not_found")
+    end
+
+    def chain_next_response
+      false
+    end
+
+    def bot
+      @bot ||= DiscourseAi::AiBot::Bot.as(bot_user)
+    end
+
+    def summarize(data, guidance, topic)
+      text = +""
+      data.each do |id, post_number, raw, username|
+        text << "(#{post_number} #{username} said: #{raw}"
+      end
+
+      summaries = []
+      current_section = +""
+      split = []
+
+      text
+        .split(/\s+/)
+        .each_slice(20) do |slice|
+          current_section << " "
+          current_section << slice.join(" ")
+
+          # somehow any more will get closer to limits
+          if bot.tokenize(current_section).length > 2500
+            split << current_section
+            current_section = +""
+          end
+        end
+
+      split << current_section if current_section.present?
+
+      split = split[0..3] + split[-3..-1] if split.length > 5
+
+      split.each do |section|
+        # TODO progress meter
+        summary =
+          generate_gpt_summary(
+            section,
+            topic: topic,
+            context: "Guidance: #{guidance}\nYou are summarizing the topic: #{topic.title}",
+          )
+        summaries << summary
+      end
+
+      if summaries.length > 1
+        messages = []
+        messages << { role: "system", content: "You are a helpful bot" }
+        messages << {
+          role: "user",
+          content:
+            "concatenated the disjoint summaries, creating a cohesive narrative:\n#{summaries.join("\n")}}",
+        }
+        bot.submit_prompt(messages, temperature: 0.6, max_tokens: 500, prefer_low_cost: true).dig(
+          :choices,
+          0,
+          :message,
+          :content,
+        )
+      else
+        summaries.first
+      end
+    end
+
+    def generate_gpt_summary(text, topic:, context: nil, length: nil)
+      length ||= 400
+
+      prompt = <<~TEXT
+        #{context}
+        Summarize the following in #{length} words:
+
+        #{text}
+      TEXT
+
+      system_prompt = <<~TEXT
+        You are a summarization bot.
+        You effectively summarise any text.
+        You condense it into a shorter version.
+        You understand and generate Discourse forum markdown.
+        Try generating links as well the format is #{topic.url}/POST_NUMBER. eg: [ref](#{topic.url}/77)
+      TEXT
+
+      messages = [{ role: "system", content: system_prompt }]
+      messages << { role: "user", content: prompt }
+
+      result =
+        bot.submit_prompt(messages, temperature: 0.6, max_tokens: length, prefer_low_cost: true)
+      result.dig(:choices, 0, :message, :content)
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/tags_command.rb b/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/tags_command.rb
index 5ab26c17..501159f8 100644
--- a/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/tags_command.rb
+++ b/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/tags_command.rb
@@ -21,18 +21,18 @@ module DiscourseAi::AiBot::Commands
     end
 
     def process(_args)
-      info = +"Name, Topic Count\n"
-      @last_count = 0
-      Tag
-        .where("public_topic_count > 0")
-        .order(public_topic_count: :desc)
-        .limit(100)
-        .pluck(:name, :public_topic_count)
-        .each do |name, count|
-          @last_count += 1
-          info << "#{name}, #{count}\n"
-        end
-      info
+      column_names = { name: "Name", public_topic_count: "Topic Count" }
+
+      tags =
+        Tag
+          .where("public_topic_count > 0")
+          .order(public_topic_count: :desc)
+          .limit(100)
+          .pluck(*column_names.keys)
+
+      @last_count = tags.length
+
+      format_results(tags, column_names.values)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/modules/ai_bot/open_ai_bot.rb b/lib/modules/ai_bot/open_ai_bot.rb
index 33c5080e..dea47379 100644
--- a/lib/modules/ai_bot/open_ai_bot.rb
+++ b/lib/modules/ai_bot/open_ai_bot.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,29 @@ module DiscourseAi
         { temperature: 0.4, top_p: 0.9, max_tokens: max_tokens }
       end
 
+      def submit_prompt(
+        prompt,
+        prefer_low_cost: false,
+        temperature: nil,
+        top_p: nil,
+        max_tokens: nil,
+        &blk
+      )
+        params =
+          reply_params.merge(
+            temperature: temperature,
+            top_p: top_p,
+            max_tokens: max_tokens,
+          ) { |key, old_value, new_value| new_value.nil? ? old_value : new_value }
+
+        model = prefer_low_cost ? "gpt-3.5-turbo" : model_for
+        DiscourseAi::Inference::OpenAiCompletions.perform!(prompt, model, **params, &blk)
+      end
+
+      def tokenize(text)
+        DiscourseAi::Tokenizer::OpenAiTokenizer.tokenize(text)
+      end
+
       private
 
       def build_message(poster_username, content, system: false)
@@ -65,15 +88,6 @@ module DiscourseAi
           max_tokens: 40,
         ).dig(:choices, 0, :message, :content)
       end
-
-      def submit_prompt_and_stream_reply(prompt, prefer_low_cost: false, &blk)
-        model = prefer_low_cost ? "gpt-3.5-turbo" : model_for
-        DiscourseAi::Inference::OpenAiCompletions.perform!(prompt, model, **reply_params, &blk)
-      end
-
-      def tokenize(text)
-        DiscourseAi::Tokenizer::OpenAiTokenizer.tokenize(text)
-      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/bot_spec.rb b/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/bot_spec.rb
index dbea6d2a..836cc800 100644
--- a/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/bot_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/bot_spec.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ RSpec.describe DiscourseAi::AiBot::Bot do
       )
 
       prompt << { role: "assistant", content: "!search test search" }
-      prompt << { role: "user", content: "results: []" }
+      prompt << { role: "user", content: "results: No results found" }
 
       OpenAiCompletionsInferenceStubs.stub_streamed_response(
         prompt,
diff --git a/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/command_spec.rb b/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/command_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5a407bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/command_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require_relative "../../../../support/openai_completions_inference_stubs"
+
+RSpec.describe DiscourseAi::AiBot::Commands::Command do
+  fab!(:bot_user) { User.find(DiscourseAi::AiBot::EntryPoint::GPT3_5_TURBO_ID) }
+  let(:command) { DiscourseAi::AiBot::Commands::Command.new(bot_user, nil) }
+
+  describe "#format_results" do
+    it "can generate efficient tables of data" do
+      rows = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+      column_names = %w[first second third]
+
+      formatted =
+        command.format_results(rows, column_names) { |row| ["row ¦ 1", row + 1, "a|b,\nc"] }
+
+      expect(formatted.split("\n").length).to eq(6)
+      expect(formatted).to include("a|b, c")
+    end
+
+    it "can also generate results by returning hash per row" do
+      rows = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+      column_names = %w[first second third]
+
+      formatted =
+        command.format_results(rows, column_names) { |row| ["row ¦ 1", row + 1, "a|b,\nc"] }
+
+      formatted2 =
+        command.format_results(rows) do |row|
+          { first: "row ¦ 1", second: row + 1, third: "a|b,\nc" }
+        end
+
+      expect(formatted).to eq(formatted2)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/google_command_spec.rb b/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/google_command_spec.rb
index 6717499e..1fac77be 100644
--- a/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/google_command_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/google_command_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ require_relative "../../../../support/openai_completions_inference_stubs"
 
 RSpec.describe DiscourseAi::AiBot::Commands::GoogleCommand do
   fab!(:bot_user) { User.find(DiscourseAi::AiBot::EntryPoint::GPT3_5_TURBO_ID) }
-  fab!(:bot) { DiscourseAi::AiBot::Bot.as(bot_user) }
 
   describe "#process" do
     it "can generate correct info" do
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ RSpec.describe DiscourseAi::AiBot::Commands::GoogleCommand do
         "https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?cx=cx&key=abc&num=10&q=some%20search%20term",
       ).to_return(status: 200, body: json_text, headers: {})
 
-      google = described_class.new(bot, post)
+      google = described_class.new(bot_user, post)
       info = google.process("some search term")
 
       expect(google.description_args[:count]).to eq(1)
diff --git a/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/search_command_spec.rb b/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/search_command_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37717400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/search_command_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require_relative "../../../../support/openai_completions_inference_stubs"
+
+RSpec.describe DiscourseAi::AiBot::Commands::SearchCommand do
+  fab!(:bot_user) { User.find(DiscourseAi::AiBot::EntryPoint::GPT3_5_TURBO_ID) }
+
+  before { SearchIndexer.enable }
+  after { SearchIndexer.disable }
+
+  describe "#process" do
+    it "can handle limits" do
+      post1 = Fabricate(:post)
+      _post2 = Fabricate(:post, user: post1.user)
+      _post3 = Fabricate(:post, user: post1.user)
+
+      # search has no built in support for limit: so handle it from the outside
+      search = described_class.new(bot_user, post1)
+
+      results = search.process("@#{post1.user.username} limit:2")
+
+      # title + 2 rows
+      expect(results.split("\n").length).to eq(3)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/summarize_command_spec.rb b/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/summarize_command_spec.rb
index 7a51b3cb..d61f9a22 100644
--- a/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/summarize_command_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/commands/summarize_command_spec.rb
@@ -4,18 +4,22 @@ require_relative "../../../../support/openai_completions_inference_stubs"
 
 RSpec.describe DiscourseAi::AiBot::Commands::SummarizeCommand do
   fab!(:bot_user) { User.find(DiscourseAi::AiBot::EntryPoint::GPT3_5_TURBO_ID) }
-  fab!(:bot) { DiscourseAi::AiBot::Bot.as(bot_user) }
 
   describe "#process" do
     it "can generate correct info" do
       post = Fabricate(:post)
 
-      summarizer = described_class.new(bot, post)
+      WebMock.stub_request(:post, "https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions").to_return(
+        status: 200,
+        body: JSON.dump({ choices: [{ message: { content: "summary stuff" } }] }),
+      )
+
+      summarizer = described_class.new(bot_user, post)
       info = summarizer.process("#{post.topic_id} why did it happen?")
 
-      expect(info).to include("why did it happen?")
-      expect(info).to include(post.raw)
-      expect(info).to include(post.user.username)
+      expect(info).to include("Topic summarized")
+      expect(summarizer.custom_raw).to include("summary stuff")
+      expect(summarizer.chain_next_response).to eq(false)
     end
 
     it "protects hidden data" do
@@ -26,10 +30,12 @@ RSpec.describe DiscourseAi::AiBot::Commands::SummarizeCommand do
       topic = Fabricate(:topic, category_id: category.id)
       post = Fabricate(:post, topic: topic)
 
-      summarizer = described_class.new(bot, post)
+      summarizer = described_class.new(bot_user, post)
       info = summarizer.process("#{post.topic_id} why did it happen?")
 
       expect(info).not_to include(post.raw)
+
+      expect(summarizer.custom_raw).to eq(I18n.t("discourse_ai.ai_bot.topic_not_found"))
     end
   end
 end