Agent skill

PDF Fill Studio

by davila7 in davila7/claude-code-templates

Fill any PDF locally and place each value precisely in a visual editor.

MITAuto-check passedDocuments & Office

Install PDF Fill Studio

skills CLI
$ npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill pdf-fill-studio -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates pdf-fill-studio --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-tool/components/skills/document-processing/pdf-fill-studio .claude/skills/pdf-fill-studio && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
pdf-fill-studio
GitHub stars
32k
Token cost
~578 tokens
SKILL.md length
279 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
478
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Fill any PDF locally and place each value precisely in a visual editor.

  • Works in 5 steps: Start: pdf-fill-studio form.pdf -o… → AcroForm (native fields): re-run with a… → Flat (no fields): a local browser editor… → …
  • The user wants to fill out a PDF form
  • SKILL.md covers When to use, Setup (once), Flow and Self-check (before declaring…, plus 1 more section
  • Calls pip, python3 and python

What it does

PDF Fill Studio is an agent skill from davila7/claude-code-templates. Fill any PDF locally and place each value precisely in a visual editor. Use when the user wants to fill out a PDF form, enter data into a PDF, complete a tax/insurance/bank form, or position text on a flat/scanned PDF. Handles flat (field-less) PDFs, per-character (comb) fields, and native AcroForm fields; leaves the signature blank for the user to sign.

Its SKILL.md is about 580 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Documents & Office, covering PDF. The repository describes itself as: CLI tool for configuring and monitoring Claude Code. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user wants to fill out a PDF form
  • Enter data into a PDF
  • Complete a tax/insurance/bank form
  • Position text on a flat/scanned PDF

Example prompts

  • “/pdf-fill-studio”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Start: pdf-fill-studio form.pdf -o out/form_filled.pdf. It detects the form type.
  2. AcroForm (native fields): re-run with a profile of known facts
  3. Flat (no fields): a local browser editor opens. Tell the user to type values, drag boxes
  4. XFA: tell the user this form type is not supported yet (open it in free Adobe Reader).
  5. The filled PDF is written to out/. The user signs it themselves.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 46b4d8b. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • pip
    • python3
    • python

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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 Fill Studio loads about 578 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 93 tokens; SKILL.md has 279 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~93
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~578

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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from davila7/claude-code-templates at commit 46b4d8b, republished under its MIT licence (© davila7). 279 words, ~578 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/pdf-fill-studio/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
pdf-fill-studio
description
Fill any PDF locally and place each value precisely in a visual editor. Use when the user wants to fill out a PDF form, enter data into a PDF, complete a tax/insurance/bank form, or position text on a flat/scanned PDF. Handles flat (field-less) PDFs, per-character (comb) fields, and native AcroForm fields; leaves the signature blank for the user to sign.

pdf-fill-studio

Fill a PDF locally, place the values precisely, then export. Flat PDFs use a browser editor; AcroForm PDFs fill natively; the signature is always left blank for the user to sign.

When to use

The user gives you a PDF to fill (form, claim, tax/bank/insurance document).

Setup (once)

pip install pdf-fill-studio (provides the pdf-fill-studio command). From source instead: python3 -m venv .venv && .venv/bin/pip install -e ., then use .venv/bin/pdf-fill-studio.

Flow

(Replace form.pdf and profile.json with the user's actual file paths.)

  1. Start: pdf-fill-studio form.pdf -o out/form_filled.pdf. It detects the form type.
  2. AcroForm (native fields): re-run with a profile of known facts: pdf-fill-studio form.pdf -o out/form_filled.pdf --profile profile.json. Matched fields fill automatically; it prints "Needs manual input: [...]" for the rest. Ask the user for each listed field, add them to the profile, re-run, then render to verify.
  3. Flat (no fields): a local browser editor opens. Tell the user to type values, drag boxes onto the lines, nudge with arrow keys, and click "Export PDF". Comb fields (one box per character, e.g. postal code) are detected and filled one character per cell automatically.
  4. XFA: tell the user this form type is not supported yet (open it in free Adobe Reader).
  5. The filled PDF is written to out/. The user signs it themselves.

Self-check (before declaring done)

Render and look: python -m pdf_fill_studio.render_page out/form_filled.pdf out/preview. Check each value sits on its line / inside its cell, not too low or spilling outside. Apply minimal coordinate corrections and re-bake if needed.

Rules

  • Never fill a signature field.
  • Never store or hard-code a SIN, bank account, or card number (the profile matcher skips them).
  • Everything runs locally; no document is uploaded.

© davila7, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in cli-tool/components/skills/document-processing/pdf-fill-studio of davila7/claude-code-templates.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 46b4d8b

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Questions about PDF Fill Studio

What does PDF Fill Studio do?

Fill any PDF locally and place each value precisely in a visual editor. PDF Fill Studio is an agent skill from davila7/claude-code-templates. Fill any PDF locally and place each value precisely in a visual editor.

When should I use PDF Fill Studio?

PDF Fill Studio fits situations like: the user wants to fill out a PDF form; enter data into a PDF; complete a tax/insurance/bank form; position text on a flat/scanned PDF.

How do I install PDF Fill Studio in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill pdf-fill-studio -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-tool/components/skills/document-processing/pdf-fill-studio in davila7/claude-code-templates) into .claude/skills/pdf-fill-studio in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install PDF Fill Studio in Codex?

Run `npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill pdf-fill-studio -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-tool/components/skills/document-processing/pdf-fill-studio in davila7/claude-code-templates) into .agents/skills/pdf-fill-studio in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use PDF Fill Studio 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 davila7/claude-code-templates --skill pdf-fill-studio -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-fill-studio, .gemini/skills/pdf-fill-studio, .github/skills/pdf-fill-studio and .opencode/skills/pdf-fill-studio in your project.

What does PDF Fill Studio need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, PDF Fill Studio needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pip, python3 and python). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does PDF Fill Studio access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is PDF Fill Studio 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. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does PDF Fill Studio use?

PDF Fill Studio is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does PDF Fill Studio use?

About 578 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.3k 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 Fill Studio?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with PDF Fill Studio: Markitdown (ImCa0/just-laws, 782 stars), Gzh Design (isjiamu/gzh-design-skill, 3.9k stars), GenOffice Document CLI (genspark-ai/genoffice, 9k stars) and Harness Book Best Practice (wquguru/harness-books, 3.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains PDF Fill Studio?

davila7 (a GitHub user) maintains it in davila7/claude-code-templates, which has 32,483 GitHub stars. The repository holds 478 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: davila7/claude-code-templates on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.