What problem does it solve?
This Skill removes the friction of reading PDFs by converting them into local Markdown that is searchable, copyable, and easier to inspect, while also extracting embedded images for later review.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Local PDF parsing: Use
structai.read_pdf to parse a PDF once and reuse the generated local Markdown on subsequent reads.
- Image extraction: Capture images and layout resources from the PDF so figures and tables can be reviewed alongside the text.
- Retry and cache handling: Handle MinerU token setup, proxy-related failures, and parsing cache reuse when the same PDF is processed again.
- Use case: A researcher can parse a paper into Markdown, quickly jump to sections with text search, and inspect extracted figures without reopening the original PDF repeatedly.
Quick Start
Ask the assistant to parse the attached PDF into local Markdown and extracted images, then review the generated full.md file instead of the original document.