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openai·vlatest·writing

Official openai skill covering OpenAI, PDF for building AI and machine learning applications.

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  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add openai/skills --skill pdf -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

openai

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Install target

Live repository

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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.

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

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned openai/skills at 49f948faa9.

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Commit
49f948faa9
Manifest
skills/.curated/pdf/SKILL.md
Scanned
3 files, 66 lines
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About this skill

What it does

The openai-pdf skill enables AI agents to process and analyze PDF documents, extracting text, identifying key information, and summarizing content. It supports handling complex layouts, tables, and images embedded in PDFs.

When to use it

  • To extract and summarize the contents of a research paper or technical document.
  • For automating data entry by pulling structured information from PDF forms.
  • When analyzing legal documents for key clauses or terms.
  • To convert scanned PDFs into searchable text using OCR capabilities.

Key capabilities

  • Text extraction from PDF files
  • Support for tables and images within PDFs
  • Summarization of document content
  • Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for scanned documents

Example prompts

  • "Extract all the headings and subheadings from this PDF."
  • "Summarize the key findings of this research paper in bullet points."
  • "Convert this scanned PDF into editable text."

Tips & gotchas

  • Ensure that the PDF is not password-protected or encrypted before processing.
  • For best results, use high-quality scans when relying on OCR for scanned documents.