# Unstructured Document Partitioning and ETL Library for LLM Pipelines > Unstructured is an open-source library for ingesting and partitioning PDFs, HTML, Office documents, emails, and other unstructured inputs into structured elements and metadata. It is commonly used as a preprocessing layer for RAG, search, extraction, and downstream AI pipelines. - Skill: `agentskillexchange/unstructured-document-partitioning-and-etl-library-for-llm-p` (Agent Skill) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/unstructured-document-partitioning-and-etl-library-for-llm-p` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/unstructured-document-partitioning-and-etl-library-for-llm-p/raw - Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS) - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Web & Frontend - Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange) - Updated: 2026-09-08 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/unstructured-document-partitioning-and-etl-library-for-llm-p --- # Unstructured Document Partitioning and ETL Library for LLM Pipelines Unstructured is an open-source library for ingesting and partitioning PDFs, HTML, Office documents, emails, and other unstructured inputs into structured elements and metadata. It is commonly used as a preprocessing layer for RAG, search, extraction, and downstream AI pipelines. ## Prerequisites Python 3.11+ ## Installation Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment: - docker pull downloads.unstructured.io/unstructured-io/unstructured:latest - docker run -dt --name unstructured downloads.unstructured.io/unstructured-io/unstructured:latest - docker exec -it unstructured bash - make docker-build Requirements and caveats from upstream: - ![https://pypi.python.org/pypi/unstructured/](https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/unstructured.svg) - ![https://pypi.python.org/pypi/unstructured/](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/unstructured.svg) - ![https://github.com/Naereen/badges/](https://badgen.net/badge/Open%20Source%20%3F/Yes%21/blue?icon=github) Basic usage or getting-started notes: - ## :eight_pointed_black_star: Quick Start - [Run the library in a container](https://github.com/Unstructured-IO/unstructured#run-the-library-in-a-container) or - ### Run the library in a container - Source: https://github.com/Unstructured-IO/unstructured - Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Unstructured-IO/unstructured/HEAD/README.md ## Documentation - https://docs.unstructured.io/ ## Source - [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/unstructured-document-partitioning-etl-library-llm-pipelines/)