alterlab-pdf

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Turn PDFs into editable data and forms.

AuthorAlterLab-IEU
Version1.0.0
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System Documentation

What problem does it solve?

PDFs are often static and difficult to edit, analyze, or reuse. This Skill automates PDF processing to extract text and tables, fill forms (fillable and non-fillable), merge or split documents, rotate pages, and apply watermarks, enabling data reuse and streamlined document workflows.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Comprehensive PDF processing: extract text, extract tables, rotate pages, merge/split PDFs, create new PDFs, fill PDF forms, and add watermarks.
  • Data digitization & extraction: convert content from PDFs into machine-readable formats for databases, spreadsheets, or reports.
  • Use Case: researchers can digitize collected documents, automate invoice data extraction, and prepare PDFs for publication or archiving.

Quick Start

Ask me to extract text from document.pdf and generate a CSV of any detected tables.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

pypdfpdfplumberpdf2imagePillow

Components

scripts

💻 Claude Code Installation

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Name: alterlab-pdf
Download link: https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills/archive/main.zip#alterlab-pdf

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