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PDF Toolkit

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Merges, splits and fills in PDFs, and pulls text and tables out of them

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About PDF Toolkit

The skill Anthropic uses for Claude's own PDF work. Ask in plain words and Claude merges or splits PDFs, adds a watermark or password, fills in forms, and pulls out text and tables, even from scans.

For Office workersStudentsPeople handling forms

Made by Anthropic

Anthropic is an AI research and products company that makes Claude, which it offers to businesses, nonprofits and individuals.

Stars
★ 185k
License
Closed source
Cost
Free
Level
Beginner
Contents
Includes scripts

Overview

This is the skill Anthropic uses for Claude's own PDF work. Ask in plain words and Claude merges or splits files, rotates pages, adds a watermark or password, fills in a PDF form, or pulls the text and tables out of a PDF, including scanned pages. You get a new PDF or the extracted content. It suits office workers, students and anyone who handles forms and reports.

It covers everyday PDF jobs such as merging, splitting and filling in forms, and it already ships inside Claude.ai.

Try these first

Start with the first one: it is a small task you can check easily.

  1. Merge these two PDFs into one file, first [file A] then [file B]. Tell me the page count of the result.First try · creates a file

  2. Pull every table out of this report and put them in a spreadsheet: [attach PDF]

  3. Fill in this PDF form with these details and keep the original layout: [attach form] [paste details]creates a file

  4. This PDF is a scan. Make the text searchable and give me the text of page 2: [attach PDF]

Example prompts written by Agent Flows Hub.

What you get

From the creator's documentation.

OutputWhat it isReads
Merge and splitCombine PDFs into one file or split one into separate pagesFiles you share
PagesRotate pages, add a watermark, or add or remove a passwordFiles you share
Text and tablesExtract text, tables and images from a PDFFiles you share
FormsFill in the fields of a PDF formFiles you share
Scanned pagesRead text from scanned PDFs with character recognitionFiles you share
New PDFsCreate a new PDF report from your contentFiles you share

Good to know

Combine several PDFs into one file, or pull a table out of a report into a spreadsheet. The skill tells Claude which PDF tools to use for each job and how to fill in form fields.

Limits

  • It is source-available, not open source: its license allows use only through Anthropic's services under your Claude terms, so it is not meant to be copied into other agents.
  • Text from scanned pages comes from character recognition and can contain mistakes. Check names, numbers and dates against the original.

Notes by (original project name: pdf (Anthropic skills)), written from the creator's documentation, not from running it ourselves. pdf skill: SKILL.md (Anthropic) · Use skills in Claude (Claude Help Center)

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