只要 PDF 文件是任务的输入或输出,或者需要被打开、读取、创建、修改,就使用本 Skill. An agent skill from nexus-research-lab/nexus.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedDocuments & Office

Install PDF

skills CLI
$ npx skills add nexus-research-lab/nexus --skill pdf -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install nexus-research-lab/nexus pdf --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/nexus-research-lab/nexus.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/pdf .claude/skills/pdf && 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
GitHub stars
151
Token cost
~387 tokens
SKILL.md length
83 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
19
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

只要 PDF 文件是任务的输入或输出,或者需要被打开、读取、创建、修改,就使用本 Skill. An agent skill from nexus-research-lab/nexus.

  • Works in 5 steps: 用 pypdf 重新打开最终文件,确认页数、加密状态、页面顺序和表单结构符合任务。 → 用 Poppler 渲染全部页面并逐页检查 → 修复截字、重叠、乱码、黑方块、模糊图片、错误页码、断裂表格和意外空白页后重新渲染。 → …
  • Tasks that involve PDF
  • SKILL.md covers 工作契约, 读取, 创建与编辑 and 完成条件
  • Calls pdftoppm

What it does

PDF is an agent skill from nexus-research-lab/nexus. 只要 PDF 文件是任务的输入或输出,或者需要被打开、读取、创建、修改,就使用本 Skill。 包括提取文字和表格、查看页面、合并拆分、旋转裁剪、加水印、填写表单、OCR,以及制作或 交付 PDF。不用于既不读取也不产出 PDF 的普通写作或一般数据分析。

Its SKILL.md is about 390 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file.

It sits in Documents & Office, covering PDF. It works with pypdf. The repository describes itself as: Multi-agent collaboration platform for persistent, proactive AI agents across rooms, workspaces, skills, and external services. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve PDF

Example prompts

  • “/pdf”

Workflow steps

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

  1. 用 pypdf 重新打开最终文件,确认页数、加密状态、页面顺序和表单结构符合任务。
  2. 用 Poppler 渲染全部页面并逐页检查
  3. 修复截字、重叠、乱码、黑方块、模糊图片、错误页码、断裂表格和意外空白页后重新渲染。
  4. 缺少 pdftoppm 时可以继续纯文本读取;写任务要说明未完成视觉检查。
  5. 最终只交付 PDF,不附带页面 PNG、构建脚本或临时叠加文件。

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 712f7df. 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:

    • pdftoppm

    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 loads about 387 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 33 tokens; SKILL.md has 83 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~33
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~387

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 nexus-research-lab/nexus at commit 712f7df, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© nexus-research-lab). 83 words, ~387 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/pdf/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
pdf
description
只要 PDF 文件是任务的输入或输出,或者需要被打开、读取、创建、修改,就使用本 Skill。 包括提取文字和表格、查看页面、合并拆分、旋转裁剪、加水印、填写表单、OCR,以及制作或 交付 PDF。不用于既不读取也不产出 PDF 的普通写作或一般数据分析。
metadata.title
PDF 文档
metadata.version
2.0.0
metadata.category_key
content-docs
metadata.category_name
内容与文档
metadata.recommendation
适合读取、创建和处理固定版式 PDF,包括页面操作与表单。
metadata.tags
pdf, document-reading, document-creation, document-editing, page-analysis

PDF 文档

任务路径
阅读、问答、视觉审阅优先用运行时 Read 读取相关页面
提取表格或复杂布局用 pdfplumber,并对照原页面
合并、拆分、旋转、裁剪、元数据、水印用 pypdf
新建 PDF用 ReportLab;长文档优先使用 Platypus 流式排版
填写 AcroForm用 pypdf,同时校验字段树与页面 Widget
扫描件先看页面图像;只有用户需要可搜索文本时才做 OCR

工作契约

  • 只读问题不改写或重新导出 PDF。
  • 写操作保留原文件并输出新文件;已签名 PDF 默认只读,写入前说明签名会失效。
  • 先直接使用当前环境。依赖导入失败且任务需要时,取得用户同意后在隔离环境安装 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/requirements.txt,不要静默修改系统 Python。

读取

  • 长文件只读取与问题相关的页面,但答案必须保留页码依据。
  • 文本抽取不能证明版式、图表、签名或扫描内容;这些信息必须查看页面。
  • 表格抽取后核对表头、跨页行、脚注和合并单元格,不能只相信二维数组。
  • 加密、损坏或无法可靠 OCR 的文件要明确说明,不猜内容。

创建与编辑

  • 新建前确定纸张、用途和阅读场景;中文和其他非拉丁文字注册真实可用字体,避免缺字方块。
  • 可见内容使用明确的页边距、层级和分页;表格重复表头并避免行被裁断。
  • PDF 适合页面级编辑,不适合可靠重排既有正文。正文大改时请求源 DOCX/PPTX 或重建新 PDF。
  • 表单默认保持可交互。更新后核对 get_fields() 中的值、每页 /Widget 的有效值和 /AP 外观; 只有用户明确要求静态成品时才扁平化,并确认 Widget 与 AcroForm 字段树均已移除。

完成条件

  1. 用 pypdf 重新打开最终文件,确认页数、加密状态、页面顺序和表单结构符合任务。
  2. 用 Poppler 渲染全部页面并逐页检查:
bash
pdftoppm -png -r 144 "<output.pdf>" "<empty-qa-dir>/page"
  1. 修复截字、重叠、乱码、黑方块、模糊图片、错误页码、断裂表格和意外空白页后重新渲染。
  2. 缺少 pdftoppm 时可以继续纯文本读取;写任务要说明未完成视觉检查。
  3. 最终只交付 PDF,不附带页面 PNG、构建脚本或临时叠加文件。

© nexus-research-lab, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/pdf of nexus-research-lab/nexus.

  • SKILL.md
  • requirements.txt

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 712f7df

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Questions about PDF

What does PDF do?

只要 PDF 文件是任务的输入或输出,或者需要被打开、读取、创建、修改,就使用本 Skill. An agent skill from nexus-research-lab/nexus. PDF is an agent skill from nexus-research-lab/nexus.

When should I use PDF?

PDF fits situations like: tasks that involve PDF.

How do I install PDF in Claude Code?

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

How do I install PDF in Codex?

Run `npx skills add nexus-research-lab/nexus --skill pdf -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/pdf in nexus-research-lab/nexus) into .agents/skills/pdf in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use PDF 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 nexus-research-lab/nexus --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 need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, PDF needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pdftoppm).

Does PDF 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 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 use?

PDF is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does PDF use?

About 387 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.5k 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?

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Who maintains PDF?

nexus-research-lab (a GitHub organization) maintains it in nexus-research-lab/nexus, which has 151 GitHub stars. The repository holds 19 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: nexus-research-lab/nexus on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.