# pdf

> Claude/Codex skill by [@anthropics](https://omgskills.com/library/anthropics/index.md) · 183k stars · 229k installs · Updated 2026-10-09

Use this skill whenever the user wants to do anything with PDF files. This includes reading or extracting text/tables from PDFs, combining or merging multiple PDFs into one, splitting PDFs apart, rotating pages, adding watermarks, creating new PDFs, filling PDF forms, encrypting/decrypting PDFs, extracting images, and OCR on scanned PDFs to make them searchable. If the user mentions a .pdf file or asks to produce one, use this skill.

Tags: agent-skills

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/anthropics/skills /tmp/skills && ln -s /tmp/skills/skills/pdf ~/.claude/skills/pdf
```

## From README

PDF Processing Guide Overview 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. Python Libraries pypdf - Basic Operations Merge PDFs Split PDF Extract Metadata Rotate Pages pdfplumber - Text and Table Extraction Extract Text with Layout Extract Tables Advanced Table Extraction reportlab - Create PDFs Basic PDF Creation Create PDF with Multiple Pages Subscripts and Superscripts IMPORTANT: Never use Unicode subscript/superscript characters (₀₁₂₃₄₅₆₇₈₉, ⁰¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹) in ReportLab PDFs. The built-in fonts do not include these glyphs, causing them to render as solid black boxes. Instead, use ReportLab's XML markup tags in Paragraph objects: For canvas-drawn text (not Paragraph objects), manually adjust font the size and position rather than using Unicode subscripts/superscripts.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/library/anthropics/skills/pdf/
- GitHub: https://github.com/anthropics/skills
- Author: [@anthropics](https://omgskills.com/library/anthropics/index.md)

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