PDF Processing

PDF Processing is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by freestylefly in wesight.

890 stars206 forkson freestylefly/wesightAdded 2026/08/22+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/06

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Install in seconds

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/freestylefly/wesight/tree/main/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/freestylefly/wesight.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: SKILLs/pdf/SKILL.md in freestylefly/wesight
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/pdf
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What PDF Processing does

PDF Processing extracts text and tables, creates new PDFs, and merges, splits, rotates, or encrypts documents. Use it when Claude needs to fill forms or process PDF files programmatically at scale.

PDF Processing is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. PDF Processing comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, agent-workspace, ai-agent, ai-agents and claude-code.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

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 freestylefly publish alongside PDF Processing?
PDF Processing is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from freestylefly/wesight, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Article Writer, Canvas Design and Content Planner. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way PDF Processing does, and is maintained by freestylefly in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the freestylefly/wesight page.
How does PDF Processing compare to other Automation skills?
PDF Processing ranks #930 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.