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Pdf Extract

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Extract text from PDF files for LLM processing

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About This Skill

# PDF Extract

Extract text from PDF files for LLM processing. Uses `pdftotext` from the poppler-utils package to convert PDF documents into plain text.

Commands

```bash # Extract all text from a PDF pdf-extract "document.pdf"

# Extract text from specific pages pdf-extract "document.pdf" --pages 1-5 ```

Install

```bash sudo dnf install poppler-utils ```

Use Cases

  • Extract text from PDF files for LLM processing and analysis
  • Convert full PDFs or specific page ranges to plain text output
  • Prepare PDF content for AI agent ingestion in RAG and document analysis workflows
  • Quickly extract text from academic papers, reports, and business documents
  • Pipe PDF text to other tools for downstream text processing

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • + Extremely popular with 10,500+ downloads and 13 stars — the most-used PDF text extraction skill
  • + Minimal and focused — does one thing well with a simple two-command interface
  • + Based on pdftotext from poppler-utils, a battle-tested PDF processing tool

Cons

  • - Text-only extraction — no support for tables, images, or structured output
  • - Requires poppler-utils system package to be installed

Frequently Asked Questions

What does Pdf Extract do?

Extract text from PDF files for LLM processing

What platforms support Pdf Extract?

Pdf Extract is available on Claude Code, OpenClaw.

What are the use cases for Pdf Extract?

Extract text from PDF files for LLM processing and analysis. Convert full PDFs or specific page ranges to plain text output. Prepare PDF content for AI agent ingestion in RAG and document analysis workflows.

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