PDF Toolkit

Extract, create, merge, split, and fill PDF documents programmatically — handle any PDF workflow without leaving your editor.

Features

• Text Extraction — Pull structured text content from PDFs with layout preservation
• PDF Generation — Create new PDFs from Markdown, HTML, or structured data
• Merge & Split — Combine multiple PDFs or extract specific page ranges into new files
• Form Filling — Detect form fields and fill them programmatically with data
• Metadata Editing — Read and modify PDF metadata, bookmarks, and annotations

Quick Start

claude skill install pdf-toolkit

Usage

# Extract text from a PDF document
/pdf-toolkit extract report.pdf

# Merge multiple PDFs into one
/pdf-toolkit merge --files "cover.pdf,chapter1.pdf,chapter2.pdf" --output book.pdf

How It Works

Uses pdf-lib and pdf-parse libraries to manipulate PDF documents at the byte level. Supports reading encrypted PDFs, preserving hyperlinks during merges, and generating accessible PDFs with proper tagging. All operations run locally without uploading files to external services.

Compatibility

Works with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, Windsurf, and Aider.