PDF Processing Skill

Overview

This skill enables agents to process PDF documents, extract text content, and analyze the information within them.

When to Use

Activate this skill when:

• User asks to read or analyze a PDF file

• User needs to extract text from a PDF

• User wants to summarize a PDF document

• User needs to search for information within a PDF

Instructions

• First, verify the PDF file exists at the specified path

• Use appropriate tools to read the PDF content

• Extract text while preserving structure where possible

• For large PDFs, process in chunks to manage context

• Summarize or analyze based on user's specific request

Best Practices

• Always confirm the file path before processing

• Handle encrypted PDFs gracefully with appropriate error messages

• For scanned PDFs, note that OCR may be required

• Preserve important formatting like tables and lists