// Use this skill for PDF generation, conversion, inspection, extraction, editing, form filling, OCR, redaction, or render comparison. Triggers include requests to create a PDF, convert Markdown or HTML or LaTeX or DOCX or PPTX to PDF, extract text or tables or images, fill or inspect forms, OCR scans, compare revisions, or redact content.
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| description | Use this skill for PDF generation, conversion, inspection, extraction, editing, form filling, OCR, redaction, or render comparison. Triggers include requests to create a PDF, convert Markdown or HTML or LaTeX or DOCX or PPTX to PDF, extract text or tables or images, fill or inspect forms, OCR scans, compare revisions, or redact content. |
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Use the repo-local toolkit under tools/pdfs/. The default operating loop is:
Even if the user wants a PDF deliverable, PDF is not always the right authoring format.
python3 tools/pdfs/scripts/lo_convert_to_pdf.py ...If you are hand-tuning line breaks in a programmatically generated PDF, stop and reconsider whether DOCX or PPTX is the better source format.
Render before and after any meaningful change:
python3 tools/pdfs/scripts/render_pdf.py input.pdf --out_dir /tmp/pdf-renders-in --dpi 200
python3 tools/pdfs/scripts/compare_renders.py before.pdf after.pdf --out_dir /tmp/pdf-diff --dpi 200
Rendered PNGs are the source of truth for layout QA. Do not trust extracted text alone for tables, forms, spacing, or clipping.
python3 tools/pdfs/scripts/pdf_inspect.py input.pdf
python3 tools/pdfs/scripts/pdf_extract.py text input.pdf --method pdfplumber
python3 tools/pdfs/scripts/pdf_extract.py tables input.pdf
python3 tools/pdfs/scripts/pdf_extract.py forms input.pdf --include_widgets
python3 tools/pdfs/scripts/pdf_edit.py paginate input.pdf -o output.pdf
python3 tools/pdfs/scripts/pdf_edit.py merge a.pdf b.pdf -o merged.pdf
python3 tools/pdfs/scripts/pdf_edit.py rotate input.pdf -o rotated.pdf --pages 1 --degrees 90
python3 tools/pdfs/scripts/pdf_preflight.py input.pdf
python3 tools/pdfs/scripts/pdf_redact.py text input.pdf redacted.pdf --text "secret" --ignore_case
python3 tools/pdfs/scripts/ocr_pdf.py scan.pdf -o searchable.pdf --force
python3 tools/pdfs/scripts/md_to_pdf.py input.md -o output.pdf
python3 tools/pdfs/scripts/html_to_pdf.py input.html -o output.pdf
python3 tools/pdfs/scripts/latex_to_pdf.py input.tex -o output.pdf
python3 tools/pdfs/scripts/lo_convert_to_pdf.py input.docx -o output.pdf
Best-effort Python path:
python3 tools/pdfs/scripts/pdf_edit.py fill-form in.pdf --values values.json -o out.pdf
If the form is stubborn, use the Node helpers:
bash tools/pdfs/js/install_deps.sh
node tools/pdfs/js/extract_form_fields.mjs --input in.pdf
node tools/pdfs/js/fill_form.mjs --input in.pdf --values values.json --output out.pdf --flatten
tools/pdfs/tasks/js_tools.md: Node helpers for forms and PDF.js extractiontools/pdfs/tasks/forms_debugging.md: widget-level debugging workflowtools/pdfs/troubleshooting/common.md: renderer and OCR troubleshootingtools/pdfs/examples/smoke_test.md: runnable smoke flowstools/pdfs/scripts/render_pdf.py: render PDF pages to PNGstools/pdfs/scripts/compare_renders.py: render and diff two PDFstools/pdfs/scripts/pdf_inspect.py: metadata and structure overviewtools/pdfs/scripts/pdf_extract.py: text, tables, images, attachments, annotations, formstools/pdfs/scripts/pdf_edit.py: merge, split, rotate, crop, paginate, encrypt, optimize, fill-formtools/pdfs/scripts/pdf_preflight.py: warnings and normalization hintstools/pdfs/scripts/pdf_redact.py: true redactiontools/pdfs/scripts/ocr_pdf.py: OCR wrappertools/pdfs/scripts/md_to_pdf.py: Markdown to PDFtools/pdfs/scripts/html_to_pdf.py: HTML to PDFtools/pdfs/scripts/latex_to_pdf.py: LaTeX to PDFtools/pdfs/scripts/lo_convert_to_pdf.py: LibreOffice-based conversiontools/pdfs/js/*.mjs: PDF.js and pdf-lib helpers- over typographic dashes in generated content when renderer compatibility is uncertain.Create or update a Routa Canvas artifact for the current task. Use when the user wants a live visual or interactive canvas generated from a Routa session.
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Use this skill for creating, editing, and reviewing DOCX files, including generation, formatting, content controls, tracked changes, comments, accessibility checks, redaction, rendering, and diff-based QA workflows.
Use this skill as reference material when creating or editing presentation slide decks.
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