Nested PDF Merger

Nested PDF Merger

This repository wraps the external nestedpdfmerger CLI.

Do not implement PDF merging logic in this repository. Do not modify anything under reference/.

Requirements

This skill requires the nestedpdfmerger command to be installed and available on PATH.

Expected installation command:

pip install nestedpdfmerger

Expected CLI entrypoint:

nestedpdfmerger INPUT_DIR -o OUTPUT.pdf [options]

Alternative module invocation:

python -m nestedpdfmerger INPUT_DIR -o OUTPUT.pdf [options]

When to use

Use this skill when the user wants to:

• Merge PDF files from a folder tree into one output PDF.
• Preserve the folder hierarchy as PDF bookmarks.
• Preview merge order with --dry-run.
• Exclude directories, change sort order, or disable bookmarks.

Workflow

1. Confirm the input directory and desired output path.
2. Prefer --dry-run first when the user wants to validate merge order.
3. Run the CLI with the smallest set of flags needed.
4. If the command fails because the binary is missing, tell the user to install it with pip install nestedpdfmerger.

Supported flags

• -o, --output PATH
• --sort {natural,alpha,mtime}
• --reverse
• --exclude NAME [NAME ...]
• --exclude-hidden
• --no-bookmarks
• --dry-run
• --strict
• --verbose
• --quiet
• --version

Examples

Preview merge order:

nestedpdfmerger ./reports --dry-run

Merge with explicit output:

nestedpdfmerger ./reports --output merged.pdf

Merge while excluding folders:

nestedpdfmerger ./reports --output merged.pdf --exclude Backup Data