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Comprehensive toolkit to extract text/tables, create, merge, split, and fill PDF forms — the all-in-one PDF skill.
Best PDF Skills for Claude Code (2026)
The best Claude Code skills for pdf work — from official skill repos to community contributors. Hand-filtered from 12 genuinely relevant results across 30,000+ skills.
✅ 10 curated📊 12 relevant in catalog
At a glance
Our top pick for pdf is pdf-official: Comprehensive toolkit to extract text/tables, create, merge, split, and fill PDF forms — the all-in-one PDF skill. pdftk-server and document-parser round out the podium. This list includes skills maintained by GitHub, K-Dense AI, OpenClaw. 8 of the 10 picks are rated high-relevance for this exact use case.
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Wraps the battle-tested pdftk CLI to merge, split, rotate, encrypt/decrypt, and fill forms from a reputable source.
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High-precision parser that extracts structured data from PDFs, images, and Word docs.
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Focused, reliable text extraction from PDFs prepared specifically for LLM processing.
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Converts PDFs (and Office files, images with OCR) into clean Markdown for downstream reading and editing.
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Removes watermarks from single or batched PDFs with a guided confirmation flow.
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Inspects malicious PDFs for embedded JavaScript, shellcode, and exploits without opening the file.
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Validates PDFs against the PDF/UA-1 accessibility standard for deterministic compliance checks.
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Reads PDF (and epub/txt) books from various sources with progress tracking.
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Translates document images and outputs a bilingual PDF pairing the original with its English translation.
Frequently asked
What is the best pdf skill for Claude Code?
pdf-official (from sickn33/antigravity-awesome-skills) is our #1 pick. Comprehensive toolkit to extract text/tables, create, merge, split, and fill PDF forms — the all-in-one PDF skill. It ranked first out of 12 genuinely relevant skills we evaluated for pdf.
Are there official pdf skills from major companies?
Yes — this ranking includes skills maintained by GitHub, K-Dense AI, OpenClaw. Official and corporate-maintained skills tend to be better documented and more actively updated than one-off community scripts.
How do I install a pdf skill in Claude Code?
Open any skill on this list for full instructions. In most cases you copy the skill folder (with its SKILL.md) into your project's .claude/skills/ directory, or install it via the source repo's plugin marketplace. All 10 listed skills are open source and free.