Agent skill

PDF Extractor

by guia-matthieu in guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills

Extract text, tables, and images from PDFs. An agent skill from guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills.

Install PDF Extractor

skills CLI

$ npx skills add guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills --skill pdf-extractor -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills pdf-extractor --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/guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/automation/pdf-extractor .claude/skills/pdf-extractor && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "pdf-extractor" agent skill from https://github.com/guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills/tree/main/skills/automation/pdf-extractor into .claude/skills/pdf-extractor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pdf-extractor", 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

$skill-installer install https://github.com/guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills/tree/main/skills/automation/pdf-extractor

Type 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills --skill pdf-extractor -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills pdf-extractor --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/automation/pdf-extractor .agents/skills/pdf-extractor && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "pdf-extractor" agent skill from https://github.com/guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills/tree/main/skills/automation/pdf-extractor into .agents/skills/pdf-extractor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pdf-extractor", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills --skill pdf-extractor -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills pdf-extractor --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/automation/pdf-extractor .cursor/skills/pdf-extractor && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "pdf-extractor" agent skill from https://github.com/guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills/tree/main/skills/automation/pdf-extractor into .cursor/skills/pdf-extractor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pdf-extractor", 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

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills.git --path skills/automation/pdf-extractor

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills --skill pdf-extractor -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills pdf-extractor --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/automation/pdf-extractor .gemini/skills/pdf-extractor && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "pdf-extractor" agent skill from https://github.com/guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills/tree/main/skills/automation/pdf-extractor into .gemini/skills/pdf-extractor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pdf-extractor", 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.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills pdf-extractor

Installs 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).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills --skill pdf-extractor -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/automation/pdf-extractor .github/skills/pdf-extractor && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "pdf-extractor" agent skill from https://github.com/guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills/tree/main/skills/automation/pdf-extractor into .github/skills/pdf-extractor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pdf-extractor", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills --skill pdf-extractor -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills pdf-extractor --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/automation/pdf-extractor .opencode/skills/pdf-extractor && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "pdf-extractor" agent skill from https://github.com/guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills/tree/main/skills/automation/pdf-extractor into .opencode/skills/pdf-extractor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pdf-extractor", 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-extractor
GitHub stars: 150
Token cost: ~761 tokens
SKILL.md length: 175 words
Files: 3 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo: 31
Repo updated: Oct 1, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Extract text, tables, and images from PDFs. An agent skill from guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills.

: extracting data from reports
SKILL.md covers When to Use This Skill, What Claude Does vs What You…, Dependencies and Commands, plus 4 more sections
Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python and pip
Converting PDF tables to CSV

What it does

PDF Extractor is an agent skill from guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills. Extract text, tables, and images from PDFs. Use when: extracting data from reports; converting PDF tables to CSV; pulling images from presentations; processing research papers; batch converting PDFs to text

Its SKILL.md is about 760 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including scripts (for example `scripts/main.py`).

It sits in Documents & Office, covering PDF. The repository describes itself as: 172 expert marketing skills for AI agents — ClawFu MCP Server. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

: extracting data from reports
Converting PDF tables to CSV
Pulling images from presentations
Processing research papers

Example prompts

“/pdf-extractor”

Requirements

Python 3

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4108f5c. 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 2 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- python
- pip
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 Extractor loads about 761 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 55 tokens; SKILL.md has 175 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~55
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~761

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

The full file from guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills at commit 4108f5c, republished under its MIT licence (© guia-matthieu). 175 words, ~761 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/pdf-extractor/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: pdf-extractor
description: Extract text, tables, and images from PDFs. Use when: extracting data from reports; converting PDF tables to CSV; pulling images from presentations; processing research papers; batch converting PDFs to text
license: MIT
metadata.author: ClawFu
metadata.version: 1.0.0
metadata.mcp-server: @clawfu/mcp-skills

PDF Extractor

Extract text, tables, and images from PDF files using pdfplumber - turn static PDFs into usable data.

When to Use This Skill

Report processing - Extract data from PDF reports
Table extraction - Convert PDF tables to CSV
Image collection - Pull images from presentations
Text mining - Bulk convert PDFs to searchable text
Research - Process academic papers and whitepapers

What Claude Does vs What You Decide

Claude Does	You Decide
Structures analysis frameworks	Metric definitions
Identifies patterns in data	Business interpretation
Creates visualization templates	Dashboard design
Suggests optimization areas	Action priorities
Calculates statistical measures	Decision thresholds

Dependencies

bash

pip install pdfplumber pypdf click pandas
# For image extraction:
pip install Pillow

Commands

Extract Text

bash

python scripts/main.py text document.pdf
python scripts/main.py text document.pdf --pages 1-5

Extract Tables

bash

python scripts/main.py tables report.pdf --output tables.csv
python scripts/main.py tables financial.pdf --page 3

Extract Images

bash

python scripts/main.py images presentation.pdf --output ./images/

Merge PDFs

bash

python scripts/main.py merge doc1.pdf doc2.pdf --output combined.pdf

PDF Info

bash

python scripts/main.py info document.pdf

Examples

Example 1: Extract Financial Tables

bash

python scripts/main.py tables annual-report.pdf --output financials.csv

# Output: financials.csv with all tables found
# Also creates individual CSVs: table_page3_1.csv, table_page5_1.csv

Example 2: Batch Convert to Text

bash

python scripts/main.py batch ./pdfs/ --output ./text/

# Converts all PDFs in folder to .txt files

Example 3: Extract Specific Pages

bash

python scripts/main.py text whitepaper.pdf --pages 1,5-10,15

# Extracts only pages 1, 5-10, and 15

Skill Boundaries

What This Skill Does Well

Structuring data analysis
Identifying patterns and trends
Creating visualization frameworks
Calculating statistical measures

What This Skill Cannot Do

Access your actual data
Replace statistical expertise
Make business decisions
Guarantee prediction accuracy

web-scraper - Scrape web content
content-repurposer - Repurpose extracted content

Skill Metadata

Mode: centaur

yaml

category: automation
subcategory: document-processing
dependencies: [pdfplumber, pypdf, pandas]
difficulty: beginner
time_saved: 4+ hours/week

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (scripts) in skills/automation/pdf-extractor of guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills.

SKILL.md
scripts/main.py
scripts/requirements.txt

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4108f5c

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Questions about PDF Extractor

What does PDF Extractor do?

Extract text, tables, and images from PDFs. An agent skill from guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills. PDF Extractor is an agent skill from guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills. Extract text, tables, and images from PDFs.

When should I use PDF Extractor?

PDF Extractor fits situations like: : extracting data from reports; converting PDF tables to CSV; pulling images from presentations; processing research papers.

How do I install PDF Extractor in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills --skill pdf-extractor -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/automation/pdf-extractor in guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills) into .claude/skills/pdf-extractor in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install PDF Extractor in Codex?

Run `npx skills add guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills --skill pdf-extractor -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/automation/pdf-extractor in guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills) into .agents/skills/pdf-extractor in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use PDF Extractor 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 guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills --skill pdf-extractor -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-extractor, .gemini/skills/pdf-extractor, .github/skills/pdf-extractor and .opencode/skills/pdf-extractor in your project.

What does PDF Extractor need to run?

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

Does PDF Extractor 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 Extractor 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 Extractor use?

PDF Extractor is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does PDF Extractor use?

About 761 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains PDF Extractor?

guia-matthieu (a GitHub user) maintains it in guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills, which has 150 GitHub stars. The repository holds 31 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 1, 2026.

Source: guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install PDF Extractor

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

PDF Extractor

When to Use This Skill

What Claude Does vs What You Decide

Dependencies

Commands

Extract Text

Extract Tables

Extract Images

Merge PDFs

PDF Info

Examples

Example 1: Extract Financial Tables

Example 2: Batch Convert to Text

Example 3: Extract Specific Pages

Skill Boundaries

What This Skill Does Well

What This Skill Cannot Do

Related Skills

Skill Metadata

Files

Compare with similar skills

Similar skills

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