PDF Skill

Overview

PDF Skill is one of Anthropic's official Claude Skills, specifically designed to teach AI Agents how to handle various PDF file operations. This Skill contains complete PDF processing code scripts and best practices, enabling Claude to:

• 📄 Extract text content from PDFs
• ✂️ Split multi-page PDFs into separate files
• 🔗 Merge multiple PDFs into a single document
• 📝 Create new PDF files
• 🔍 Parse PDF metadata and structure

Core Features

1. Text Extraction

Extract text content from PDFs using PyPDF2 or pdfplumber libraries, supporting multi-page documents and complex layouts.

2. PDF Merging

Combine multiple PDF files into one document while preserving original formatting and page order.

3. PDF Splitting

Split large PDFs into multiple smaller files by page range or sections.

4. PDF Creation

Create new PDF documents from text, images, or other formats.

Use Cases

• Document Management: Batch processing and organizing PDF files
• Content Extraction: Extract text from scanned documents or e-books
• Report Generation: Automatically create and merge report documents
• Data Processing: Extract structured data from PDF forms

Technical Implementation

This Skill is based on the Python ecosystem, primarily using:

• PyPDF2: PDF reading, writing, and manipulation
• pdfplumber: Advanced text and table extraction
• reportlab: PDF creation and generation

Installation & Usage

Activate this Skill in Claude Code or any Skills-enabled environment, and Claude will automatically gain PDF processing capabilities.

Summary

PDF Skill is an essential tool for document-intensive tasks, providing reliable and efficient PDF operations through officially maintained scripts and best practices.