What problem does it solve?
This Skill provides a programmable toolkit to automate PDF workflows, reducing repetitive manual tasks such as data extraction, document creation, merging, and form handling across batches of PDFs.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Extract text and tables from PDFs for data pipelines, reporting, or archival purposes.
- Create, merge, split, rotate, and annotate PDFs to support end-to-end document workflows.
- Fill both fillable and non-fillable PDF forms programmatically, enabling batch submission and archiving.
- Use Case: process a large set of thesis chapters or invoices, extract structured data, and produce standardized outputs with minimal manual intervention.
Quick Start
Install required libraries: pip install pypdf pdf2image Pillow
Extract field information: python scripts/extract_form_field_info.py input.pdf fields.json
Fill fields into a PDF: python scripts/fill_fillable_fields.py input.pdf fields.json output.pdf