PDF Processing
anthropics/skills
Handles everyday PDF jobs in Python and on the command line: extract text and tables, merge, split, rotate, watermark, fill forms, encrypt and OCR.
Handles PDF tasks with Python libraries and command-line tools: extract text and tables, merge, split, rotate, create, fill forms and more.
SKILL.md written in Chinese; this summary is our English description.
Install PDF Processing Guide
$ npx skills add agentscope-ai/QwenPaw --skill pdf -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install agentscope-ai/QwenPaw pdf --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/agentscope-ai/QwenPaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/qwenpaw/agents/skills/pdf-zh .claude/skills/pdf && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "pdf" agent skill from https://github.com/agentscope-ai/QwenPaw/tree/main/src/qwenpaw/agents/skills/pdf-zh into .claude/skills/pdf/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pdf", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/agentscope-ai/QwenPaw/tree/main/src/qwenpaw/agents/skills/pdf-zhType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add agentscope-ai/QwenPaw --skill pdf -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install agentscope-ai/QwenPaw pdf --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/agentscope-ai/QwenPaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/qwenpaw/agents/skills/pdf-zh .agents/skills/pdf && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "pdf" agent skill from https://github.com/agentscope-ai/QwenPaw/tree/main/src/qwenpaw/agents/skills/pdf-zh into .agents/skills/pdf/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pdf", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add agentscope-ai/QwenPaw --skill pdf -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install agentscope-ai/QwenPaw pdf --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/agentscope-ai/QwenPaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/qwenpaw/agents/skills/pdf-zh .cursor/skills/pdf && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "pdf" agent skill from https://github.com/agentscope-ai/QwenPaw/tree/main/src/qwenpaw/agents/skills/pdf-zh into .cursor/skills/pdf/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pdf", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/agentscope-ai/QwenPaw.git --path src/qwenpaw/agents/skills/pdf-zh--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add agentscope-ai/QwenPaw --skill pdf -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install agentscope-ai/QwenPaw pdf --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/agentscope-ai/QwenPaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/qwenpaw/agents/skills/pdf-zh .gemini/skills/pdf && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "pdf" agent skill from https://github.com/agentscope-ai/QwenPaw/tree/main/src/qwenpaw/agents/skills/pdf-zh into .gemini/skills/pdf/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pdf", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install agentscope-ai/QwenPaw pdfInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add agentscope-ai/QwenPaw --skill pdf -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/agentscope-ai/QwenPaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/qwenpaw/agents/skills/pdf-zh .github/skills/pdf && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "pdf" agent skill from https://github.com/agentscope-ai/QwenPaw/tree/main/src/qwenpaw/agents/skills/pdf-zh into .github/skills/pdf/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pdf", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add agentscope-ai/QwenPaw --skill pdf -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install agentscope-ai/QwenPaw pdf --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/agentscope-ai/QwenPaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/qwenpaw/agents/skills/pdf-zh .opencode/skills/pdf && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "pdf" agent skill from https://github.com/agentscope-ai/QwenPaw/tree/main/src/qwenpaw/agents/skills/pdf-zh into .opencode/skills/pdf/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pdf", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
pdf- GitHub stars
- 35k
- Token cost
- ~1.8k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 157 words
- Files
- 12 (incl. scripts)
- Skills in repo
- 20
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Proprietary
At a glance
Handles PDF tasks with Python libraries and command-line tools: extract text and tables, merge, split, rotate, create, fill forms and more.
- Extracting text or tables from a PDF
- SKILL.md covers 前置要求, 概述, 快速入门 and Python 库, plus 4 more sections
- Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls qpdf, pdftotext and python
- Merging, splitting or rotating PDF pages
What it does
The skill is a Chinese-language PDF guide built on pypdf for reading, merging, splitting, rotating and metadata, pdfplumber for text and table extraction, reportlab for creating PDFs, and command-line tools from poppler-utils (`pdftotext`, `pdftoppm`) and qpdf. Scripts are run from the skill directory. For advanced features and JavaScript libraries it points to a reference file, and for filling forms it points to `forms.md`. The description also lists watermarks, encryption and OCR for scanned files.
Bundled scripts check fillable fields, extract form field information and structure, fill fillable fields, fill forms through annotations, convert PDFs to images, check bounding boxes and create validation images. One warning: never use Unicode subscript or superscript characters in ReportLab output, because the built-in fonts render them as black boxes, and use XML markup tags in Paragraph objects instead. The licence is listed as proprietary, so check its terms before reuse.
When your agent uses it
- Extracting text or tables from a PDF
- Merging, splitting or rotating PDF pages
- Filling in a PDF form
- Creating a new PDF report
Example prompts
- “Extract all the tables from invoice-batch.pdf into CSV files.”
- “Merge cover.pdf and body.pdf into one document and rotate the last page.”
- “Fill in the fillable fields of application-form.pdf with the details in applicant.json.”
- “Run OCR on scan.pdf so the text becomes searchable.”
Requirements
- Python with pypdf, pdfplumber and reportlab
- poppler-utils (`pdftotext`, `pdftoppm`) and qpdf for command-line work
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f389534. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Ships 8 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
qpdfpdftotextpython
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
PDF Processing Guide loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 40 tokens; SKILL.md has 157 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Its licence (Proprietary) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 157 words (~1,750 tokens).
“本指南涵盖了使用 Python 库和命令行工具进行 PDF 处理的基本操作。有关高级功能、JavaScript 库和详细示例，请参阅 REFERENCE.md。如果需要填写 PDF 表单，请阅读 FORMS.md 并按照其中的说明操作。”
- name
- license
- Proprietary. LICENSE.txt has complete terms
- metadata.builtin_skill_version
- 1.1
Files
SKILL.md and 11 other files (scripts) in src/qwenpaw/agents/skills/pdf-zh of agentscope-ai/QwenPaw.
- SKILL.md
- LICENSE.txt
- forms.md
- reference.md
- scripts/check_bounding_boxes.py
- scripts/check_fillable_fields.py
- scripts/convert_pdf_to_images.py
- scripts/create_validation_image.py
- scripts/extract_form_field_info.py
- scripts/extract_form_structure.py
- scripts/fill_fillable_fields.py
- scripts/fill_pdf_form_with_annotations.py
Open the folder on GitHubat commit f389534
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| PDF Processing Guide this skillagentscope-ai/QwenPaw | 35k | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Proprietary | |
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| PDF Processing with PythonHKUDS/DeepTutor | 41k | — | ~2.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| PDF ToolkitTokenRhythm/opensquilla | 7.1k | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| PDF ToolkitXiaomiMiMo/MiMo-Code | 14k | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| PDF Generation, Forms and Extractionpipeshub-ai/pipeshub-ai | 3.8k | — | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about PDF Processing Guide
What does PDF Processing Guide do?
Handles PDF tasks with Python libraries and command-line tools: extract text and tables, merge, split, rotate, create, fill forms and more. The skill is a Chinese-language PDF guide built on pypdf for reading, merging, splitting, rotating and metadata, pdfplumber for text and table extraction, reportlab for creating PDFs, and command-line tools from poppler-utils (`pdftotext`, `pdftoppm`) and qpdf. Scripts are run from the skill directory.
When should I use PDF Processing Guide?
PDF Processing Guide fits situations like: extracting text or tables from a PDF; merging, splitting or rotating PDF pages; filling in a PDF form; creating a new PDF report.
How do I install PDF Processing Guide in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add agentscope-ai/QwenPaw --skill pdf -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (src/qwenpaw/agents/skills/pdf-zh in agentscope-ai/QwenPaw) into .claude/skills/pdf in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install PDF Processing Guide in Codex?
Run `npx skills add agentscope-ai/QwenPaw --skill pdf -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (src/qwenpaw/agents/skills/pdf-zh in agentscope-ai/QwenPaw) into .agents/skills/pdf in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use PDF Processing Guide in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add agentscope-ai/QwenPaw --skill pdf -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/pdf, .gemini/skills/pdf, .github/skills/pdf and .opencode/skills/pdf in your project.
What does PDF Processing Guide need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, PDF Processing Guide needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (qpdf, pdftotext and python). Our summary lists: Python with pypdf, pdfplumber and reportlab; poppler-utils (`pdftotext`, `pdftoppm`) and qpdf for command-line work.
Does PDF Processing Guide access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is PDF Processing Guide safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does PDF Processing Guide use?
PDF Processing Guide carries a proprietary licence (declared in SKILL.md). It is published on GitHub, but it is not open source: read the licence file before using or sharing it.
How many tokens does PDF Processing Guide use?
About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to PDF Processing Guide?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with PDF Processing Guide: PDF Processing (anthropics/skills, 180k stars), PDF Processing with Python (HKUDS/DeepTutor, 41k stars), PDF Toolkit (TokenRhythm/opensquilla, 7.1k stars) and PDF Toolkit (XiaomiMiMo/MiMo-Code, 14k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains PDF Processing Guide?
agentscope-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in agentscope-ai/QwenPaw, which has 35,493 GitHub stars. The repository holds 20 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.
Source: agentscope-ai/QwenPaw on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.