liteparse

Extract layout-aware text, OCR, and bounding boxes from PDFs and office documents.

74|5|Updated Dec 10, 2025
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/dralkh/seerai --skill liteparse-dralkh
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Skill: liteparse
Source: https://github.com/dralkh/seerai/tree/main/skills/liteparse
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/dralkh/seerai --skill liteparse-dralkh

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill requires liteparse, and includes scripts (resource) and references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve?

This Skill removes the friction of turning PDFs, scans, office files, and images into usable text and structured data while preserving page layout and coordinates.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Local document parsing: Extract layout-preserved text or JSON without sending files to a cloud service.
  • OCR and screenshots: Read scanned pages, handle image-only documents, and render page images for multimodal review.
  • Research workflows: Batch-ingest paper folders, inspect page regions, ground citations with bounding boxes, and work with encrypted PDFs or selected page ranges.

Quick Start

Ask the skill to parse the attached document or folder and return layout-preserved text, JSON, or screenshots as needed.

Frequently Asked Questions about liteparse

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I extract text and bounding boxes from PDFs locally?

To extract text and bounding boxes locally, you can use this Skill to parse PDFs and office documents, yielding layout-aware text or JSON without relying on cloud services.

Can I batch parse a folder of research papers and output JSON?

Yes, you can batch parse a folder of research papers to output layout-preserved text or JSON, supporting literature review ingestion and structured data extraction.

How do I run OCR on scanned PDF documents?

You can run OCR on scanned PDF documents by using this Skill to read image-only pages and extract text, optionally rendering page screenshots for multimodal review.

Do I need LibreOffice and ImageMagick to parse office documents?

Optional LibreOffice and ImageMagick dependencies are required for conversions when parsing office documents, alongside the required local LiteParse bindings for core extraction.

Does local PDF parsing work with encrypted files and page subsets?

Local PDF parsing supports handling encrypted PDFs and extracting specific page subsets, allowing targeted document region inspection and citation grounding.