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.
Install
$ agentstack add skill-telagod-code-abyss-processing-pdfs ✓ scanned · ✓ verified, works with Claude Code, Cursor, and more.
Security review
✓ PassedNo issues found. Passed automated security review. · v0.1.0 How review works →
- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
From automated source analysis of v0.1.0. “Used” means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it’s unsafe.
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Declared compatibility
Compatibility is declared by the source manifest. End-to-end runtime verification is coming, see below.
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PDF Processing
Essential PDF operations using Python libraries and CLI tools.
Decision Matrix
| Task | Best Tool | Reference | |------|-----------|-----------| | Merge / split / metadata / rotate | pypdf | [recipes.md](references/recipes.md) | | Extract text (layout preserved) | pdfplumber | [recipes.md](references/recipes.md) | | Extract tables | pdfplumber | [recipes.md](references/recipes.md) | | Create new PDF | reportlab | [recipes.md](references/recipes.md) | | Batch CLI ops | qpdf / pdftk | [recipes.md](references/recipes.md) | | OCR scanned PDFs | pytesseract + pdf2image | [advanced.md](references/advanced.md) | | Add watermark / extract images / encrypt | pypdf / pdfimages | [advanced.md](references/advanced.md) | | Fill PDF forms | pdf-lib / pypdf | [FORMS.md](FORMS.md) | | Advanced pypdfium2 / pdf-lib JS | — | [REFERENCE.md](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 |
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: telagod
- Source: telagod/code-abyss
- License: MIT
- Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/code-abyss
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.