Comprehensive PDF manipulation toolkit for extracting text and tables, creating new PDFs, merging/splitting documents, and handling forms. When Claude needs to fill in a PDF form or programmatically process, generate, or analyze PDF documents at scale.
Files
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Installation
Download the skill files
Download the ZIP file containing all skill files.
Extract to your skills folder
Unzip and move the files to one of these locations:
Global (all projects)
~/.claude/skills/pdf/Project-specific
.claude/skills/pdf/Use the skill
Invoke the skill in Claude Code:
/pdfOr mention the skill in your prompt and Claude will use it automatically.
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