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.

Assume the skill directory itself is the working directory when running bundled files from this skill.

Quick CLI (legacy doc_utils)

This skill bundles a simple CLI (doc_utils.py) copied from the older pdf skill, so you can do common PDF operations quickly.

# Read PDF → JSON
python3 ./doc_utils.py read path/to/file.pdf

# Merge PDFs
python3 ./doc_utils.py merge merged.pdf a.pdf b.pdf