# Shorten Content Length

This action shortens the content length.

**Example of shortening text to 20 characters:**\
"This text needs to be drastically shortened" ⟶ "This text needs to b"

#### Use Case Example

To save your token expenditure when using the [ask-chatgpt](https://docs.zerowork.io/using-zerowork/using-building-blocks/ask-chatgpt "mention") building block, you can first shorten the content used for the prompt. See TaskBot set-up here: [#example-set-up](https://docs.zerowork.io/using-zerowork/ask-chatgpt#example-set-up "mention").