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Author: anthropics

Comprehensive PDF manipulation toolkit for extracting text and tables, creating new PDFs, merging/splitting documents, and handling forms. When Claude needs to fill in a PDF form or programmatically process, generate, or analyze PDF documents at scale.

TL;DR

Toolkit for PDF manipulation: extract, create, merge, split, and protect PDFs.

What Is It

Extract text and tables from PDFs
Create, merge, split, and modify PDFs
Add watermarks and passwords
Handle forms and metadata

Key Features

Extract text and tables with layout preservation
Merge, split, and rotate pages
Generate new PDFs with reportlab
Support for OCR on scanned PDFs
Password protection and form handling
Command-line and Python tool support

How to Use

1.Install required libraries (pypdf, pdfplumber, reportlab)
2.Use appropriate tool (pypdf, pdfplumber, or CLI) for task
3.Apply operations (extract, merge, rotate, etc.) via code or CLI
4.Save output to new PDF file

Guardrails & Gotchas

FORBIDDEN: Do not use without proper permissions for protected files
MUST: Always validate input file existence before processing
MUST: Handle password-protected files with correct credentials
MUST: Test on small files first to avoid errors

GitHub Stats

Author

@anthropics

Repository

anthropics/skills

Stars

19642

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