This skill provides a suite of tools for manipulating PDF documents.
Capabilities
Merge: Combine multiple PDF files into one.
Split: Divide a PDF into separate pages or page ranges.
Compress: Reduce file size by optimizing images and content streams.
Watermark: Add text or image watermarks to pages.
Extract Text: Pull text content from a PDF.
Extract Tables: Identify and extract tabular data into structured formats.
Vision OCR: Convert PDF pages to images and run Groq Vision OCR on each page. (Uses the external groq-vision-ocr skill; ensure it is installed and configured.)
Dependencies
Python 3.10+
pypdf
pdfminer.six
reportlab
Pillow
pdf2image
1---2name: pdf-operations3description: PDF Operations4---5# PDF Operations67This skill provides a suite of tools for manipulating PDF documents.89## Capabilities10- **Merge**: Combine multiple PDF files into one.11- **Split**: Divide a PDF into separate pages or page ranges.12- **Compress**: Reduce file size by optimizing images and content streams.13- **Watermark**: Add text or image watermarks to pages.14- **Extract Text**: Pull text content from a PDF.15- **Extract Tables**: Identify and extract tabular data into structured formats.16- **Vision OCR**: Convert PDF pages to images and run Groq Vision OCR on each page. *(Uses the external `groq-vision-ocr` skill; ensure it is installed and configured.)*1718## Dependencies19- Python 3.10+20- `pypdf`21- `pdfminer.six`22- `reportlab`23- `Pillow`24- `pdf2image`
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