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Pdf Reader

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childbamboo·vlatest·writing

Extracts text, tables, and images from PDF documents with high accuracy using advanced OCR and layout analysis.

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Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add childbamboo/claude-code-marketplace-sample --skill pdf-reader -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

childbamboo

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Install target

Live repository

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No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned childbamboo/claude-code-marketplace-sample at 53dc1bcf6a.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
53dc1bcf6a
Manifest
plugins/general/skills/pdf-reader/SKILL.md
Scanned
3 files, 493 lines
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About this skill

What it does

This skill allows AI agents to read and extract information from PDF documents. It can process text, tables, and other elements within a PDF file, enabling the agent to answer questions based on its content or summarize key findings. The tool is designed for straightforward PDF parsing and data retrieval.

When to use it

  • Research: Quickly gather insights from academic papers or industry reports.
  • Contract Analysis: Extract important clauses and dates from legal documents.
  • Data Extraction: Pull specific information, like product details or pricing, from PDF catalogs.
  • Summarization: Generate concise summaries of lengthy PDF reports.

Key capabilities

  • PDF text extraction
  • Table recognition (limited)
  • Document parsing

Example prompts

  • "Read the attached PDF and tell me what year the company was founded."
  • "Can you summarize the key findings from this PDF report?"
  • "Extract all product names and prices from the attached catalog PDF."

Tips & gotchas

The skill's table recognition is limited; complex tables may not be parsed accurately. Ensure the PDF isn’t a scanned image, as it requires text-based PDFs for optimal performance.