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read_document_text WHEN TO USE: You need to understand content for questions, analysis, or summarization. Works for editor documents and PDFs. Prefer this over read_document_content unless you need raw JSON. Read the full text content of a document as plain text. Works for both HERO editor documents and external PDFs. For editor documents, clause numbering and headings are preserved. For PDFs, returns server-extracted text (no formatting structure) — this is the ONLY way to read a PDF; never try to download or parse the PDF file yourself. Use this when you need to read the actual content rather than just structural metadata, or when clause-specific tools don’t return enough context.

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Parameters

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string
The document ID. Falls back to context documentId if omitted.
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integer
default:50000
Max characters to return (default 50000). Minimum: 1000.