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Processing Pdfs

telagod/processing-pdfs

Processes PDF files. Extracts text and tables, fills forms, merges and splits documents, batch-processes files, converts to images, and generates PDFs programmatically. Use when working with .pdf files. Do NOT use for Word documents, spreadsheets, or presentations.

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/telagod/code-abyss --skill processing-pdfs

The instruction itself

5 sections, as written by the author

PDF Processing

Essential PDF operations using Python libraries and CLI tools.

Decision Matrix

| Task | Best Tool | Reference |

|------|-----------|-----------|

| Merge / split / metadata / rotate | pypdf | recipes.md |

| Extract text (layout preserved) | pdfplumber | recipes.md |

| Extract tables | pdfplumber | recipes.md |

| Create new PDF | reportlab | recipes.md |

| Batch CLI ops | qpdf / pdftk | recipes.md |

| OCR scanned PDFs | pytesseract + pdf2image | advanced.md |

| Add watermark / extract images / encrypt | pypdf / pdfimages | advanced.md |

| Fill PDF forms | pdf-lib / pypdf | FORMS.md |

| Advanced pypdfium2 / pdf-lib JS | — | REFERENCE.md |

Quick Start

from pypdf import PdfReader
reader = PdfReader("document.pdf")
print(f"Pages: {len(reader.pages)}")
text = "".join(page.extract_text() for page in reader.pages)

Workflow

  • Identify task — text extraction? table? creation? form? Pick row from matrix above.
  • Load reference — recipes.md covers 90% of tasks; advanced.md for OCR / encrypt; FORMS.md for forms.
  • Implement — copy-adapt recipe; verify output.
  • Validate — open in a viewer or grep extracted text.

Library Selection

| Library | Use for |

|---------|---------|

| pypdf | Merge, split, metadata, encryption, rotation |

| pdfplumber | Text extraction with layout, tables |

| reportlab | Generate PDFs programmatically |

| pdf2image + pytesseract | OCR scanned documents |

| qpdf / pdftk (CLI) | Batch ops, no Python needed |

How to use it

Copy the folder

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

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