PDF tools
Pulls text and tables out of PDFs, merges or splits them, fills in forms, and makes scanned documents searchable.
Once it is installed, just type this
Merge these three PDFs into one file and move the tables inside them to Excel.
Change the request to fit your own work. With PDF tools installed, your AI handles this kind of request the way the skill describes.
In short
PDF tools is a skill written by Anthropic and published under the Apache-2.0 license.
Catalog field: Decks, docs, spreadsheets. Its original name is pdf and its source is anthropics/skills.
Departments we suggest it for: Legal, Finance, Operations, People, Management.
Details
- Written by
- Anthropic
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Original name
- anthropics/skills/pdf
- Field
- Decks, docs, spreadsheets
- Original source
- anthropics/skills
How to install it
The PDF tools skill is installed through Skillducks. Its license (Apache-2.0) allows copying, so the skill is installed directly, with the author's name and license attached.
You see which skill will be installed first, and nothing is installed without your approval.
Needs extra setup. Needs Python on your computer. Reading scanned documents needs an extra package.
You can also download this skill as a zip file (24 KB) and upload it to Claude yourself.
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Start with PDF tools
Signing up is free. You see what will be installed before setup starts.