PR's PDF Agent

# PDF Agent

• Summary
• Use `pdfagent` to perform PDF operations (merge, split, compress, convert, OCR, etc.) with detailed usage metering in the output.
• Best for local, self-hosted processing where inputs/outputs must stay on disk.
• This skill ships source code in `pdfagent/` and runs via `uv run` from `scripts/pdfagent_cli.py` (no PyPI publish required).

• Requirements
• `uv` installed and on PATH.
• System tools as needed by specific commands: `qpdf`, `ghostscript`, `poppler` (`pdftoppm`), `libreoffice`, `chromium` (for HTML -> PDF), and `ocrmypdf`.

• Core Usage
• Merge PDFs with usage metrics:
• `uv run {baseDir}/scripts/pdfagent_cli.py merge file1.pdf file2.pdf --out merged.pdf --json`
• Split a PDF by ranges:
• `uv run {baseDir}/scripts/pdfagent_cli.py split input.pdf --range "1-3,5" --out-dir out_dir --json`
• Compress a PDF with a preset:
• `uv run {baseDir}/scripts/pdfagent_cli.py compress input.pdf --preset ebook --out compressed.pdf --json`
• Convert images to PDF:
• `uv run {baseDir}/scripts/pdfagent_cli.py jpg-to-pdf image1.jpg image2.png --out output.pdf --json`
• OCR a scanned PDF:
• `uv run {baseDir}/scripts/pdfagent_cli.py ocr scan.pdf --lang eng --out scan_ocr.pdf --json`
• Agent mode for multi-step instructions:
• `uv run {baseDir}/scripts/pdfagent_cli.py agent "merge then rotate 90 degrees every other page" -i file1.pdf -i file2.pdf --out out.pdf --json`
• Dependency/binary check:
• `uv run {baseDir}/scripts/pdfagent_cli.py doctor --json`

• Notes
• Use `--json` for machine-readable outputs (includes `usage` and `outputs`).
• For encrypted PDFs, pass `--password` or per-file `--passwords`.
• If a conversion tool is missing, `pdfagent` may use a fallback path and will note it in output or logs.
• Optional Python deps are still command-specific:
• `uv run --with pdf2docx --with camelot-py[cv] --with pdfplumber --with pyhanko {baseDir}/scripts/pdfagent_cli.py <command> ...`