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A comprehensive PDF toolkit that allows Claude to extract text and tables, create new PDFs, merge and split documents, and handle form fields. This production-grade skill powers Claude's PDF capabilities and demonstrates advanced document manipulation patterns.

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Document Processing
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>Overview

Strengths

  • +Official Anthropic skill
  • +Form handling
  • +Table extraction

Considerations

  • !OCR not included
  • !Complex PDFs may need tuning

>About this Skill

What is the PDF Skill?

The PDF skill provides Claude Code with a complete toolkit for working with PDF documents. From text extraction to document creation, merging, splitting, and form handling, this skill covers every aspect of PDF manipulation needed in modern workflows.

Key Features

  • Extract text, tables, and structured data from PDF files
  • Create new PDF documents with custom layouts and formatting
  • Merge multiple PDFs into single documents
  • Split large PDFs into smaller, focused files
  • Fill and process PDF form fields programmatically
  • Add watermarks, headers, and page numbers

Use Cases

  • Invoice Processing: Extract data from invoices for accounting automation
  • Document Assembly: Combine multiple PDFs into comprehensive packages
  • Form Automation: Pre-fill forms with data from databases or spreadsheets
  • Report Distribution: Generate and prepare PDFs for automated distribution

How to Get Started

Install the PDF skill and begin processing documents immediately. The skill handles common PDF operations through simple commands, making complex document workflows accessible without deep PDF library knowledge.

Why Use This Skill?

PDFs are everywhere in business workflows, and manual processing is time-consuming and error-prone. The PDF skill automates these tasks with precision, enabling you to process hundreds of documents in the time it would take to handle one manually. This skill is essential for any workflow involving document automation.

>Technical Details

Language
Python
Created
Sep 22, 2025
Updated
Jan 15, 2026
install.sh

Clone the repository to your local machine

$git clone https://github.com/anthropics/skills.git && cd skills/skills/pdf

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