pdf-extract

name	pdf-extract
description	Fast, zero-AI text extraction from PDFs that have a text layer (digitally created PDFs from Word, Typst, WeasyPrint, wkhtmltopdf, LaTeX, etc). Uses pymupdf (fitz) - instant and deterministic. Use when you need to quickly pull raw text from a known text-layer PDF, e.g. "extract text from this PDF", "read this PDF", "get the content of", "what does this PDF say", "quickly read this PDF". Do NOT use for scanned/image PDFs or when you need structured output (tables, headings, OCR, AI analysis) - use the pdf-processing-pro skill in this plugin for those cases.
allowed-tools	Bash, Read, Write

PDF Text Extraction

Extract text from PDF files using pymupdf via uv run --with pymupdf.

Prerequisites

• uv installed - see https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/
• No venv or pre-installation needed - uv run --with handles caching automatically

Extract text from a single PDF

uv run --with pymupdf python3 -c "
import fitz
doc = fitz.open('/path/to/file.pdf')
for page in doc:
    text = page.get_text().strip()
    if text:
        print(text)
        print()
"

Extract and save to file

uv run --with pymupdf python3 -c "
import fitz

doc = fitz.open('/path/to/file.pdf')
pages = []
for page in doc:
    text = page.get_text().strip()
    if text:
        pages.append(text)

with open('/path/to/output.txt', 'w') as f:
    f.write('\n\n'.join(pages))

print(f'Extracted {len(pages)} pages')
"

Extract specific pages