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# 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](/using-zerowork/using-building-blocks/ask-chatgpt.md) building block, you can first shorten the content used for the prompt. See TaskBot set-up here: [Ask ChatGPT](/using-zerowork/using-building-blocks/ask-chatgpt.md#example-set-up).