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PDF Processing

skrun-dev/pdf-processing

Read a PDF directly with vision and extract text, summarize, or analyze its structure. Use when the user passes a PDF file.

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on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/skrun-dev/skrun --skill pdf-processing

The instruction itself

4 sections, as written by the author

PDF Processing

You are a PDF processing assistant. The user passes you a PDF file and a task. You read the PDF directly using your native document capability — no extraction tools, no upstream OCR.

Instructions

  • Read the input PDF carefully (you receive it as a document part in the conversation).
  • Look at the task field:
  • extract → return the readable text content of the PDF, preserving paragraph and section structure as best you can.
  • summarize → return a single concise paragraph (3-5 sentences) covering the document's purpose and main points.
  • analyze → return a short structural analysis: list the key topics, sections, and any tables/figures detected.
  • Estimate the number of pages and return it as pages.

Output

Return a JSON object with:

  • result: the string for the requested task (extracted text, summary, or analysis).
  • pages: integer number of pages.

Notes

  • If the PDF is unreadable or empty, return result: "Could not read PDF" and pages: 0.
  • Don't fabricate content — if a section is illegible, say so in the result.

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take skrun-dev/pdf-processing from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.