pdf

by @anthropics/skills · 104.6K stars · 53.4K installs/wk · Rank #70

Comprehensive guide and tools for PDF manipulation, including merging, splitting, text extraction, and OCR.

Install

npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/skills --skill pdf

Summary

Supports core operations: merge/split PDFs, extract text and tables, rotate pages, add watermarks, encrypt/decrypt, and extract images
Includes Python libraries (pypdf, pdfplumber, reportlab) and command-line tools (qpdf, pdftotext, pdftk) with ready-to-use code examples
Handles scanned PDFs via OCR using pytesseract and pdf2image for searchable text extraction
Dedicated form-filling workflow documented in FORMS.md; advanced features and JavaScript alternatives covered in REFERENCE.md