Read - Read PDF files (the SDK handles PDF parsing automatically)
Bash - Use pdftotext for advanced PDF processing
Examples
Extract text from a PDF
Read the file /path/to/document.pdf and summarize its contents.
Search for specific content
Find all mentions of "revenue" in /path/to/report.pdf.
Notes
PDF files are automatically parsed when using the Read tool
For scanned PDFs (images), OCR may be required
Large PDFs may be processed in chunks
1---2name: pdf3description: PDF Skill4---5# PDF Skill67Extract and process text content from PDF files.89## Usage1011Use this skill when you need to:12- Extract text from PDF documents13- Analyze PDF content14- Search within PDF files1516## Tools Available1718- `Read` - Read PDF files (the SDK handles PDF parsing automatically)19- `Bash` - Use `pdftotext` for advanced PDF processing2021## Examples2223### Extract text from a PDF24```25Read the file /path/to/document.pdf and summarize its contents.26```2728### Search for specific content29```30Find all mentions of "revenue" in /path/to/report.pdf.31```3233## Notes3435- PDF files are automatically parsed when using the Read tool36- For scanned PDFs (images), OCR may be required37- Large PDFs may be processed in chunks
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