pdf agent skill by anthropics
Handles PDF tasks including extracting text and tables, merging, splitting, watermarking, creating PDFs, filling forms, extracting images, and running OCR on scanned files.
At a glance
| Publisher | Anthropic Official |
|---|---|
| Repository | anthropics/skills (17 listed skills) |
| Category | Documents and Office Files |
| License | Proprietary |
| Last commit | October 9, 2026 (repository) |
| SKILL.md | 308 lines, 927 words |
| Bundled files | 12 files, including scripts |
| Quality score | 86/100 · B Passes all seven graded checks |
| Security scan | Not scanned |
| README badge | Get the badges for this listing |
Before you install
Read from the skill's files at the directory's October 19, 2026 snapshot: what ships with it, what its code reads, and the terms it is published under.
- Bundled scripts: 8 script files (8 Python). Your agent may run them, so read them first.
- Commands in SKILL.md: its code blocks run
pip install, which fetches or runs software from outside the skill folder. - License: Proprietary. Its terms restrict copying the files; read them before you use the skill.
How to use pdf
Anthropic publishes pdf under its own license terms, which restrict copying the files.
Anthropic distributes its document skills through its own Claude Code plugin marketplace. Its repository README gives these commands:
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills
/plugin install document-skills@anthropic-agent-skillsSource: Anthropic's documentation.
How the author describes it
Use this skill whenever the user wants to do anything with PDF files. This includes reading or extracting text/tables from PDFs, combining or merging multiple PDFs into one, splitting PDFs apart, rotating pages, adding watermarks, creating new PDFs, filling PDF forms, encrypting/decrypting PDFs, extracting images, and OCR on scanned PDFs to make them searchable. If the user mentions a .pdf file or asks to produce one, use this skill.
From the description field of SKILL.md. Agents read this line to decide when to load the skill.
Sections in SKILL.md
- Overview
- Quick Start
- Python Libraries
- pypdf - Basic Operations
- pdfplumber - Text and Table Extraction
- reportlab - Create PDFs
- Command-Line Tools
- pdftotext (poppler-utils)
- qpdf
- pdftk (if available)
- Common Tasks
- Extract Text from Scanned PDFs
- Add Watermark
- Extract Images
- Password Protection
- Quick Reference
Files in the skill folder
LICENSE.txtSKILL.mdforms.mdreference.mdscripts/check_bounding_boxes.pyscripts/check_fillable_fields.pyscripts/convert_pdf_to_images.pyscripts/create_validation_image.pyscripts/extract_form_field_info.pyscripts/extract_form_structure.pyscripts/fill_fillable_fields.pyscripts/fill_pdf_form_with_annotations.py
Suede Skill Check: 86/100 · B
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The rubric totals 100 points; published scores are capped at 99. Security scan: not scanned.
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What to review next
- Boundary clause: 0 of 4 points. 4 when the description says when not to use the skill (“Not for …”, “Do not use …”, “Use … instead”).
- Example request: 0 of 3 points. 3 when the description quotes an example request (3–60 characters in quotation marks).
- Reference files: 0 of 3 points. 3 when the skill folder ships a references/, reference/ or docs/ folder.
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pdf passes the required frontmatter check and all seven graded checks, which cover the SKILL.md format, a declared license and a commit in the last year. Those checks earn 56 of the score’s points; the rest come from description quality, instruction depth, bundled files, maintenance and curated-list citations. How the score works.
See the checks and points
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Frontmatter parses and declares a name and a description | Pass |
| Name uses lowercase letters, digits and hyphens, 64 characters or fewer | Pass |
| Name matches the skill's folder name | Pass |
| Description is between 50 and 1,024 characters | Pass |
| Description says when an agent should use the skill | Pass |
| SKILL.md body is 500 lines or fewer | Pass |
| A license is declared in the frontmatter or the repository | Pass |
| Repository has a commit in the last 12 months | Pass |
| Score component | Points |
|---|---|
| Structural checks | 56 of 56 |
| Description length | 5 of 5 |
| Boundary clause | 0 of 4 |
| Example request | 0 of 3 |
| Instruction depth | 7 of 7 |
| Reference files | 0 of 3 |
| Bundled scripts | 2 of 2 |
| Recent maintenance | 9 of 9 |
| Curated-list citations | 7 of 7 |
| Tool permissions declared | 0 of 2 |
| Compatibility declared | 0 of 2 |
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Where this skill is cited
anthropics/skills appears in 7 curated lists: BehiSecc/awesome-claude-skills, ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills, heilcheng/awesome-agent-skills, hesreallyhim/awesome-claude-code, karanb192/awesome-claude-skills, skillmatic-ai/awesome-agent-skills, travisvn/awesome-claude-skills.