pdf-processing

name	pdf-processing
description	Extract text and tables from PDF files, fill PDF forms, and merge multiple PDFs. Use when working with PDF documents or when the user mentions PDFs, forms, or document extraction.
license	Apache-2.0
compatibility	Requires Python 3.11+ and the pypdf package
metadata	{"author":"skref-examples","version":"1.0"}

PDF Processing

Procedural knowledge for common PDF tasks.

Extract text

Use scripts/extract.py to pull the text layer from a PDF:

python scripts/extract.py input.pdf

Fill forms

Map field names to values and write a filled copy. See references/forms.md for the field-mapping conventions.

Merge

Concatenate several PDFs in order, preserving bookmarks where possible.