pdf-processing

name	pdf-processing
description	Extract text and tables from PDF files, fill forms, merge documents. Use when working with PDF files or when the user mentions PDFs, forms, or document extraction.

PDF Processing

This skill provides utilities for working with PDF documents.

Quick Start

Use pdfplumber to extract text from PDFs:

import pdfplumber

with pdfplumber.open("document.pdf") as pdf:
    text = pdf.pages[0].extract_text()
    print(text)

Available Operations

1. Text Extraction: Extract text content from PDF pages
2. Table Extraction: Extract tabular data from PDFs
3. Form Filling: Fill PDF forms with provided data
4. Document Merging: Combine multiple PDFs into one

Advanced Features

Form filling: See FORMS.md for complete guide

Utility scripts:

• Run scripts/analyze_form.py to extract form fields
• Run scripts/extract_text.py to extract text from a PDF

Best Practices

1. Always validate PDF files before processing
2. Handle password-protected PDFs gracefully
3. Check for scanned PDFs that may require OCR