davila7 Process PDF files using the bundled scripts.
Capabilities
- Text extraction: read text content from any PDF page or page range → see extraction guide for multi-column layouts, page ranges, table extraction, and OCR limitations
- Form filling: fill PDF form fields programmatically and flatten the result → see forms guide for listing fields, setting values, checkboxes, radio buttons, and flattening
- Merging and splitting: combine multiple PDFs, reorder pages, add bookmarks, or split into individual pages → see merging guide for all merge and split operations
Quick reference
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
| Extract all text | python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/extract.py <input.pdf> |
| Extract page range | python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/extract.py <input.pdf> --pages 2-5 |
| Fill form | python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/fill_form.py <input.pdf> <output.pdf> field=value ... |
| Merge PDFs | python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/merge.py <out.pdf> <in1.pdf> <in2.pdf> ... |
Instructions
- Identify which operation the user needs: extraction, form filling, or merging/splitting.
- Read the relevant reference file for detailed instructions and edge case handling.
- Run the appropriate script from
${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/. - If a required library (
pypdf,pdfplumber) is not installed, offer to install it withpip install <library>before retrying. - Report the output file path or print the extracted text to the user.