agent-skill-creator/examples/pdf-text-extractor-cskill/SKILL.md

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pdf-text-extractor-cskill	Simple skill for extracting text from PDF documents with basic cleaning and formatting options. Created by Agent-Skill-Creator.

PDF Text Extractor

This skill extracts text content from PDF documents and provides basic formatting options.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when you need to:

• Extract text from PDF files
• Clean up extracted text (remove artifacts)
• Format extracted text for different use cases
• Process single or multiple PDFs

Capabilities

PDF Processing

• Extract text from PDF files
• Handle encrypted PDFs (with password)
• Process multiple pages
• Maintain basic text structure

Text Cleaning

• Remove line breaks within paragraphs
• Fix common PDF artifacts
• Preserve important formatting
• Clean up special characters

Output Formats

• Plain text (.txt)
• Markdown (.md)
• JSON with metadata

Usage Examples

Basic extraction: "Extract text from document.pdf"

With cleaning: "Extract and clean text from report.pdf, remove line breaks"

Multiple files: "Extract text from all PDFs in the reports/ folder"

With output format: "Extract text from invoice.pdf and save as markdown"

Scripts Available

• scripts/extract_pdf.py - Main extraction functionality
• scripts/clean_text.py - Text cleaning utilities
• scripts/batch_process.py - Process multiple files

References

• examples/sample_output.txt - Example of cleaned output
• pdf-formats.md - Supported PDF formats and limitations

Limitations

• Scanned PDFs require OCR (not included)
• Complex layouts may need manual adjustment
• Embedded images not extracted

Installation Requirements

pip install PyPDF2 python-docx

This is a Simple Skill example - focused on one primary capability with minimal complexity.