Agent skill · software engineering · sickn33
pdf-official
This guide covers essential PDF processing operations using Python libraries and command-line tools. For advanced features, JavaScript libraries, and detailed examples, see reference.md. If you need to fill out a PDF form, read forms.md and follow its instructions.
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific Python code snippets for PDF processing that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires pdfplumber, pypdf, reportlab installed locally. About 4k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 44,571 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
PDF Processing Guide Overview This guide covers essential PDF processing operations using Python libraries and command-line tools. For advanced features, JavaScript libraries, and detailed examples, see reference.md. If you need to fill out a PDF form, read forms.md and follow its instructions. Quick Start Python Libraries pypdf - Basic Operations Merge PDFs Split PDF Extract Metadata Rotate Pages pdfplumber - Text and Table Extraction Extract Text with Layout Extract Tables Advanced Table Extraction reportlab - Create PDFs Basic PDF Creation Create PDF with Multiple Pages Command-Line Tools pdftotext (poppler-utils) qpdf pdftk (if available) Common Tasks Extract Text from Scanned PDFs Add Watermark Extract Images Password Protection Quick Reference Task Best Tool Command/Code ------ ----------- -------------- Merge PDFs pypdf writer.addpage(page) Split PDFs pypdf One page per file Extract text pdfplumber page.extracttext() Extract tables pdfplumber page.extracttables() Create PDFs reportlab Canvas or Platypus Command line merge qpdf qpdf --empty --pages ... OCR scanned PDFs pytesseract Convert to image first Fill PDF forms pdf-lib or pypdf (see forms.md) See forms.md Next Steps For advanced pypdfium2 usage, see reference.md For JavaScript libraries (pdf-lib), see reference.md If you need to fill out a PDF form, follow the instructions in forms.md For troubleshooting guides, see reference.md When to Use This skill is applicable to execute the workflow or actions described in the overview. Limitations Use this skill only when the task clearly matches the scope described above. Do not treat the output as a substitute for environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review. Stop and ask for clarification if required inputs, permissions, safety boundaries, or success criteria are missing.
How to use it
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