PDF Processing

PDF Processing is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by OpenCoworkAI in open-cowork.

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Install PDF Processing

Copy PDF Processing 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/OpenCoworkAI/open-cowork/tree/main/.claude/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/OpenCoworkAI/open-cowork.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: .claude/skills/pdf/SKILL.md in OpenCoworkAI/open-cowork
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/pdf
Collection: One of 5 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What PDF Processing does

PDF Processing is a comprehensive toolset for extracting text and tables, creating new PDFs, merging/splitting documents, and handling forms. Use it when you need to fill in a PDF form or programmatically process, generate, or analyze PDF documents at scale.

PDF Processing is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. PDF Processing comes from a repository tagged ai-agent, ai-coding, ai-tools, anthropic and claude-code.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

PDF Processing Guide

Overview

This guide covers essential PDF processing operations using Python libraries and command-line tools. For advanced features, JavaScript libraries, and detailed examples, see REFERENCE.md. If you need to fill out a PDF form, read FORMS.md and follow its instructions.

Quick Start

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 PDF Processing

What else does OpenCoworkAI publish alongside PDF Processing?
PDF Processing is one of 5 skills that DirSkills catalogs from OpenCoworkAI/open-cowork, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Docx, PowerPoint and Skill Creator. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way PDF Processing does, and is maintained by OpenCoworkAI in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the OpenCoworkAI/open-cowork page.
How does PDF Processing compare to other Automation skills?
PDF Processing ranks #506 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 PDF Processing against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.