PDF skill: what it does and how to install it
Processes PDF files with Python and command-line tools, including text and table extraction, merging, splitting, OCR and PDF creation.
Summary generated from the skill's documentation.
Install
$ npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --skill pdfRun it in a terminal. If your agent is already running, start a new session so it picks the skill up.
About this skill
What it does. Processes PDFs with Python libraries and command-line tools: extracts text, tables, metadata and images; merges, splits, rotates, watermarks, encrypts and creates files; and OCRs scanned pages. It includes examples using pypdf, pdfplumber, reportlab and utilities such as qpdf.
When to use it. For reading, transforming or generating PDF files, including scanned documents that need searchable text. It also covers form filling through separate instructions.
History
Repo stars
47.3kAbout +18.6k since 9 Jul 2026
Before 1 Oct 2026 the curve is estimated from public event data.
Stars are counted for the whole repository, which holds 50 skills.
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| Date | Repo stars |
|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | 47,271 |
| 24 Sept 2026 (estimated) | 46,976 |
| 17 Sept 2026 (estimated) | 46,257 |
| 10 Sept 2026 (estimated) | 41,836 |
| 3 Sept 2026 (estimated) | 30,545 |
| 27 Aug 2026 (estimated) | 29,347 |
| 20 Aug 2026 (estimated) | 29,160 |
| 13 Aug 2026 (estimated) | 29,027 |
| 6 Aug 2026 (estimated) | 28,947 |
| 30 Jul 2026 (estimated) | 28,894 |
| 23 Jul 2026 (estimated) | 28,894 |
| 16 Jul 2026 (estimated) | 28,841 |
| 9 Jul 2026 (estimated) | 28,708 |
Installs
1.9k
Tracking since . A chart appears once there are 7 days of data.
Installs via skills.sh
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