Hive PDF

Hive PDF is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by aden-hive in hive.

10.9K stars5.7K forkson aden-hive/hiveAdded 2026/08/15Repository updated 2026/08/13

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Install Hive PDF

Copy Hive PDF into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/aden-hive/hive/tree/main/core/framework/skills/_default_skills/pdf ~/.claude/skills/pdf

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: core/framework/skills/_default_skills/pdf/SKILL.md in aden-hive/hive
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/pdf
Collection: One of 24 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What Hive PDF does

Hive PDF reads, writes, merges, splits, rotates, watermarks, encrypts, and OCRs PDF files. Use it when you need to extract text/tables/images, create or modify PDFs, combine or split PDFs, OCR a scanned PDF, password-protect a PDF, or render PDF pages as images.

Hive PDF is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Hive PDF comes from a repository tagged agent, agent-framework, agent-skills, anthropic and automation.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

from pypdf import PdfReader, PdfWriter

# Read a PDF
reader = PdfReader("document.pdf")
print(f"Pages: {len(reader.pages)}")

# Extract text
text = ""
for page in reader.pages:
    text += page.extract_text()

Python Libraries

pypdf - Basic Operations

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Hive PDF

What else does aden-hive publish alongside Hive PDF?
Hive PDF is one of 24 skills that DirSkills catalogs from aden-hive/hive, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Background Job Control, Browser Edge Cases and Chart Creation Foundations. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Hive PDF does, and is maintained by aden-hive in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the aden-hive/hive page.
How does Hive PDF compare to other Automation skills?
Hive PDF ranks #160 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Hive PDF against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.