Pdf Reader Cn

Extract text, tables, and metadata from PDFs; analyze, summarize, and search PDF content, including specific pages or page ranges.

PDF Reader Skill

Extract and analyze content from PDF files using pdfplumber and PyMuPDF.

Quick Start

For basic text extraction, use the provided script:

bash

python scripts/extract_pdf.py <path-to-pdf>

Capabilities

• Text extraction - Extract all text from PDF pages
• Table extraction - Extract tables as structured data
• Metadata - Get PDF metadata (author, pages, etc.)
• Page-specific - Extract from specific pages or ranges
• Search - Find specific text within PDF

Scripts

Script	Purpose
scripts/extract_pdf.py	Extract text from PDF
scripts/analyze_pdf.py	Analyze and summarize PDF content

References

• references/pdf-libraries.md - Python PDF library documentation

Usage Examples

Extract all text:

text

python scripts/extract_pdf.py document.pdf

Extract specific page:

text

python scripts/extract_pdf.py document.pdf --page 5

Analyze and summarize:

text

python scripts/analyze_pdf.py document.pdf