ericwang915 PDF Reader Skill
Extract text and metadata from PDF files using PyPDF2.
When to Use
✅ USE this skill when:
- "Read this PDF"
- "Extract pages 2-4 from report.pdf"
- "What's in this PDF?"
- "Get PDF metadata"
- User wants to read or summarize content from a PDF
When NOT to Use
❌ DON'T use this skill when:
- Scanned/image PDFs (no embedded text) → use OCR tools
- PDF editing or creating → use PDF manipulation libraries
- Extracting images or embedded media → use specialized PDF tools
Usage/Commands
python {skill_path}/read_pdf.py PATH_TO_PDF [options]
Options:
--pages 1-5— extract only specific pages (1-indexed, supports ranges)--metadata— include PDF metadata (author, title, creation date)--format json— output as JSON--summary— show page count and character count overview only
Examples
- "Read this PDF" →
python {skill_path}/read_pdf.py document.pdf - "Extract pages 2-4 from report.pdf" →
python {skill_path}/read_pdf.py report.pdf --pages 2-4 - "What's in this PDF?" →
python {skill_path}/read_pdf.py file.pdf --summary - "Get PDF metadata" →
python {skill_path}/read_pdf.py file.pdf --metadata
Notes
- Install dependency:
pip install PyPDF2 - Works best with PDFs that have embedded text (not scanned images)