How do I install the Gemini PDF skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add majiayu000/gemini-pdf in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Gemini PDF safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. Independent scanners report: SkillSpector: PASS, Skill Scanner: PASS. Capability flags: docs only. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Gemini PDF?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Gemini PDF free to use?

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Who published Gemini PDF?

majiayu000 (@majiayu000) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Gemini PDF by majiayu000 — Agent Skill

Name: Gemini PDF
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: majiayu000

Gemini PDF

Process multimodal documents using Gemini CLI, leveraging Gemini's superior multimodal capabilities. Use for PDFs, scanned documents, image-heavy documents, or any file where visual understanding matters. Ideal for extracting content from complex layouts, tables, diagrams, handwritten notes, or mixed text/image documents. Triggers on PDF processing, document extraction, "use Gemini for this", or when document has visual complexity that benefits from multimodal understanding.

majiayu000 Updated Sep 9, 2026 567 repo stars

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Gemini Document Processing

Delegate document processing to Gemini CLI for superior multimodal understanding. Use when documents have visual complexity - layouts, tables, diagrams, scans, mixed content.

Basic Usage

Reference file paths directly in your prompt - Gemini reads them via its file system tools:

gemini "Convert this to markdown: /path/to/document.pdf"

# Save output
gemini "Convert to markdown: /path/to/doc.pdf" > output.md

Common Tasks

Faithful Conversion:

gemini "Convert this PDF to clean markdown. Preserve all content including headers, lists, tables. Output only markdown, no commentary: /path/to/document.pdf"

Table Extraction:

gemini "Extract all tables as markdown tables: /path/to/document.pdf"

Structured Extraction:

gemini "Extract and structure as markdown:
- [list the fields you want]
- [be specific about format]
File: /path/to/document.pdf"

Diagram/Image Description:

gemini "Describe the diagrams and figures in this document: /path/to/document.pdf"

When to Use Gemini vs Other Tools

Use Gemini:

Scanned documents / OCR needed
Complex layouts (multi-column, mixed content)
Tables, diagrams, charts
Handwritten content
Image-heavy documents

Use pypdf/pdfplumber:

Simple text-only PDFs
Programmatic batch processing
When you need raw text extraction without interpretation

---name: gemini-pdfdescription: Process multimodal documents using Gemini CLI, leveraging Gemini's superior multimodal capabilities. Use for PDFs, scanned documents, image-heavy documents, or any file where visual understanding matters. Ideal for extracting content from complex layouts, tables, diagrams, handwritten notes, or mixed text/image documents. Triggers on PDF processing, document extraction, "use Gemini for this", or when document has visual complexity that benefits from multimodal understanding.--- # Gemini Document Processing Delegate document processing to Gemini CLI for superior multimodal understanding. Use when documents have visual complexity - layouts, tables, diagrams, scans, mixed content. ## Basic Usage Reference file paths directly in your prompt - Gemini reads them via its file system tools: ```bash gemini "Convert this to markdown: /path/to/document.pdf" # Save output gemini "Convert to markdown: /path/to/doc.pdf" > output.md ``` ## Common Tasks **Faithful Conversion:** ```bash gemini "Convert this PDF to clean markdown. Preserve all content including headers, lists, tables. Output only markdown, no commentary: /path/to/document.pdf" ``` **Table Extraction:** ```bash gemini "Extract all tables as markdown tables: /path/to/document.pdf" ``` **Structured Extraction:** ```bash gemini "Extract and structure as markdown: - [list the fields you want] - [be specific about format] File: /path/to/document.pdf" ``` **Diagram/Image Description:** ```bash gemini "Describe the diagrams and figures in this document: /path/to/document.pdf" ``` ## When to Use Gemini vs Other Tools **Use Gemini:** - Scanned documents / OCR needed - Complex layouts (multi-column, mixed content) - Tables, diagrams, charts - Handwritten content - Image-heavy documents **Use pypdf/pdfplumber:** - Simple text-only PDFs - Programmatic batch processing - When you need raw text extraction without interpretation

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