Agent skill

OCR And Documents

Extract text from PDFs, images, scans, Word docs (Python). An agent skill from taracodlabs/aiden.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedDocuments & Office

Install OCR And Documents

skills CLI

$ npx skills add taracodlabs/aiden --skill ocr-and-documents -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install taracodlabs/aiden ocr-and-documents --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/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ocr-and-documents .claude/skills/ocr-and-documents && 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 "ocr-and-documents" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/ocr-and-documents into .claude/skills/ocr-and-documents/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ocr-and-documents", 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/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/ocr-and-documents

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 taracodlabs/aiden --skill ocr-and-documents -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install taracodlabs/aiden ocr-and-documents --agent codex

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ocr-and-documents .agents/skills/ocr-and-documents && 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 "ocr-and-documents" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/ocr-and-documents into .agents/skills/ocr-and-documents/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ocr-and-documents", 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 taracodlabs/aiden --skill ocr-and-documents -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install taracodlabs/aiden ocr-and-documents --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ocr-and-documents .cursor/skills/ocr-and-documents && 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 "ocr-and-documents" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/ocr-and-documents into .cursor/skills/ocr-and-documents/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ocr-and-documents", 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/taracodlabs/aiden.git --path skills/ocr-and-documents

--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 taracodlabs/aiden --skill ocr-and-documents -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install taracodlabs/aiden ocr-and-documents --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/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ocr-and-documents .gemini/skills/ocr-and-documents && 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 "ocr-and-documents" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/ocr-and-documents into .gemini/skills/ocr-and-documents/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ocr-and-documents", 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 taracodlabs/aiden ocr-and-documents

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 taracodlabs/aiden --skill ocr-and-documents -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ocr-and-documents .github/skills/ocr-and-documents && 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 "ocr-and-documents" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/ocr-and-documents into .github/skills/ocr-and-documents/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ocr-and-documents", 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 taracodlabs/aiden --skill ocr-and-documents -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 taracodlabs/aiden ocr-and-documents --agent opencode

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ocr-and-documents .opencode/skills/ocr-and-documents && 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 "ocr-and-documents" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/ocr-and-documents into .opencode/skills/ocr-and-documents/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ocr-and-documents", 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: ocr-and-documents
GitHub stars: 851
Token cost: ~934 tokens
SKILL.md length: 277 words
Files: 2
Skills in repo: 63
Repo updated: Sep 13, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

Extract text from PDFs, images, scans, Word docs (Python). An agent skill from taracodlabs/aiden.

Works in 7 steps: Extract text from a PDF (pymupdf —… → Extract text from a PDF (pdf-parse via… → OCR a scanned image (Tesseract) → …
Tasks that involve Word documents
SKILL.md covers When to Use, How to Use, Examples and Cautions
Calls winget

What it does

OCR And Documents is an agent skill from taracodlabs/aiden. Extract text from PDFs, images, scans, Word docs (Python)

Its SKILL.md is about 930 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `skill.json`).

It sits in Documents & Office, covering Word documents and PDF. It works with Python and Microsoft Word. The repository describes itself as: Aiden — an autonomous AI agent and work engine built solo. It can operate your browser, terminal, files, apps, APIs, skills and tools, remember context, recover from failures… The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve Word documents
Tasks that involve PDF

Example prompts

“/ocr-and-documents”

Requirements

Python 3
Node.js

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

Extract text from a PDF (pymupdf — fastest)
Extract text from a PDF (pdf-parse via Node.js)
OCR a scanned image (Tesseract)
OCR with preprocessing for better accuracy
Extract text from a Word .docx file
Extract a specific page range from a PDF
Extract tables from a PDF

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3704204. 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:
- winget
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

OCR And Documents loads about 934 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 19 tokens; SKILL.md has 277 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~19
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~934

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 taracodlabs/aiden at commit 3704204, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© taracodlabs). 277 words, ~934 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/ocr-and-documents/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: ocr-and-documents
description: Extract text from PDFs, images, scans, Word docs (Python)
category: productivity
version: 1.0.0
origin: aiden
license: Apache-2.0
tags: ocr, pdf, image, text-extraction, documents, docx, scan, pymupdf, tesseract, pdf-parse

OCR and Document Text Extraction

Extract readable text from PDFs, scanned images, and Word documents using Python libraries available in most environments. No cloud API required.

When to Use

User wants to read text from a PDF file
User wants to extract text from a scanned image or photo of a document
User wants to read a .docx Word document programmatically
User wants to convert a multi-page document to plain text for analysis
User wants to extract specific pages or sections from a PDF

How to Use

1. Extract text from a PDF (pymupdf — fastest)

python

import fitz  # pip install pymupdf

doc  = fitz.open("document.pdf")
text = "\n\n".join(page.get_text() for page in doc)
print(text[:2000])  # preview first 2000 chars
doc.close()

2. Extract text from a PDF (pdf-parse via Node.js)

javascript

// requires: npm install pdf-parse (already in DevOS dependencies)
const pdfParse = require('pdf-parse')
const fs       = require('fs')
const data     = await pdfParse(fs.readFileSync('document.pdf'))
console.log(data.text.slice(0, 2000))
console.log(`Pages: ${data.numpages}`)

3. OCR a scanned image (Tesseract)

Requires Tesseract installed: winget install UB-Mannheim.TesseractOCR

python

import pytesseract          # pip install pytesseract
from PIL import Image       # pip install Pillow

img  = Image.open("scan.png")
text = pytesseract.image_to_string(img, lang="eng")
print(text)

4. OCR with preprocessing for better accuracy

python

import pytesseract
from PIL import Image, ImageFilter, ImageOps

img = Image.open("scan.jpg")
img = ImageOps.grayscale(img)
img = img.filter(ImageFilter.SHARPEN)
img = img.point(lambda p: 255 if p > 128 else 0)  # binarize
text = pytesseract.image_to_string(img, config="--psm 6")
print(text)

5. Extract text from a Word .docx file

python

from docx import Document   # pip install python-docx

doc   = Document("report.docx")
paras = [p.text for p in doc.paragraphs if p.text.strip()]
text  = "\n".join(paras)
print(text)

6. Extract a specific page range from a PDF

python

import fitz

doc    = fitz.open("big_report.pdf")
pages  = range(4, 9)   # pages 5-9 (0-indexed)
text   = "\n\n".join(doc[i].get_text() for i in pages)
print(text)

7. Extract tables from a PDF

python

import pdfplumber   # pip install pdfplumber

with pdfplumber.open("financial_report.pdf") as pdf:
  for page in pdf.pages:
    for table in page.extract_tables():
      for row in table:
        print("\t".join(str(cell or "") for cell in row))

Examples

"Read the text from this PDF contract" → Use step 1 (pymupdf) or step 2 (pdf-parse) depending on whether Python or Node is preferred.

"Extract the table from page 3 of this quarterly report PDF" → Use step 7 (pdfplumber) targeting pdf.pages[2] for page 3.

"Read the text from this scanned invoice image" → Use step 3 or 4 (Tesseract). For low-quality scans, use step 4 with preprocessing.

Cautions

Scanned PDFs (image-only) have no embedded text — Tesseract OCR is required
Tesseract accuracy drops on handwriting, decorative fonts, or low-resolution images (< 150 DPI)
pymupdf (fitz) extracts only programmatically embedded text — it won't OCR scanned pages
Large PDFs can use significant memory — process page by page for files > 100 MB
For non-English text, specify the language code in Tesseract: lang="hin" for Hindi, "deu" for German

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/ocr-and-documents of taracodlabs/aiden.

SKILL.md
skill.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3704204

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Questions about OCR And Documents

What does OCR And Documents do?

Extract text from PDFs, images, scans, Word docs (Python). An agent skill from taracodlabs/aiden. OCR And Documents is an agent skill from taracodlabs/aiden.

When should I use OCR And Documents?

OCR And Documents fits situations like: tasks that involve Word documents; tasks that involve PDF.

How do I install OCR And Documents in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add taracodlabs/aiden --skill ocr-and-documents -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ocr-and-documents in taracodlabs/aiden) into .claude/skills/ocr-and-documents in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install OCR And Documents in Codex?

Run `npx skills add taracodlabs/aiden --skill ocr-and-documents -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ocr-and-documents in taracodlabs/aiden) into .agents/skills/ocr-and-documents in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use OCR And Documents 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 taracodlabs/aiden --skill ocr-and-documents -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ocr-and-documents, .gemini/skills/ocr-and-documents, .github/skills/ocr-and-documents and .opencode/skills/ocr-and-documents in your project.

What does OCR And Documents need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, OCR And Documents needs the command-line tools its instructions call (winget). Our summary lists: Python 3; Node.js.

Does OCR And Documents 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 OCR And Documents 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 OCR And Documents use?

OCR And Documents is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does OCR And Documents use?

About 934 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.7k 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 OCR And Documents?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with OCR And Documents: Software Certificate Skill (IvanCodesDev/software-certificate-skill, 156 stars), Doc Cleaner (notoriouslab/doc-cleaner, 309 stars), Mineru (Nebutra/MinerU-Skill, 122 stars) and Exam Ingest (ZeKaiNie/universal-examprep-skill, 303 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains OCR And Documents?

taracodlabs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in taracodlabs/aiden, which has 851 GitHub stars. The repository holds 63 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 13, 2026.

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

Install OCR And Documents

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

OCR and Document Text Extraction

When to Use

How to Use

1. Extract text from a PDF (pymupdf — fastest)

2. Extract text from a PDF (pdf-parse via Node.js)

3. OCR a scanned image (Tesseract)

4. OCR with preprocessing for better accuracy

5. Extract text from a Word .docx file

6. Extract a specific page range from a PDF

7. Extract tables from a PDF

Examples

Cautions

Files

Compare with similar skills

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