Agent skill · writing content · aiskillstore
pdf-processing
Extract text and tables from PDF files, fill forms, merge documents. Use when working with PDF files or when the user mentions PDFs, forms, or document extraction.
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific commands and techniques for extracting and manipulating PDF content that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires pdfplumber, pypdf2 installed locally. About 1k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 405 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
PDF Processing Skill This skill provides capabilities for working with PDF documents. Quick Start Use pdfplumber to extract text from PDFs: Capabilities Text Extraction Extract text from single or multiple pages Preserve layout and formatting Handle multi-column documents Table Extraction Identify and extract tables Convert to structured data (CSV, JSON) Handle complex table layouts Form Operations Fill PDF forms programmatically Extract form field values Create fillable forms Document Operations Merge multiple PDFs Split PDFs by page Rotate pages Add watermarks Best Practices 1. Always check if the PDF is encrypted before processing 2. Handle OCR cases for scanned documents 3. Validate extracted data for accuracy 4. Use appropriate libraries (pdfplumber for extraction, PyPDF2 for manipulation)
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills aiskillstore/pdf-processing