PDF Text Extraction

Extract high-quality text from PDFs using two OCR engines:

• asta pdf-extraction olmocr — cloud-based extraction via olmOCR (best for large batches, S3, and complex layouts)
• asta pdf-extraction remote — quick single-file extraction via the Asta remote OCR API

Installation

This skill requires the asta CLI:

# Install/reinstall at the correct version
PLUGIN_VERSION=0.16.0
if [ "$(asta --version 2>/dev/null | grep -oE '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+')" != "$PLUGIN_VERSION" ]; then
  uv tool install --force git+https://github.com/allenai/asta-plugins.git@v$PLUGIN_VERSION
fi