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PDF Processing Skill

Overview

This skill enables agents to process PDF documents, extract text content, and analyze the information within them.

When to Use

Activate this skill when:

• User asks to read or analyze a PDF file
• User needs to extract text from a PDF
• User wants to summarize a PDF document
• User needs to search for information within a PDF

Instructions

1. First, verify the PDF file exists at the specified path
2. Use appropriate tools to read the PDF content
3. Extract text while preserving structure where possible
4. For large PDFs, process in chunks to manage context
5. Summarize or analyze based on user's specific request

Best Practices

• Always confirm the file path before processing
• Handle encrypted PDFs gracefully with appropriate error messages
• For scanned PDFs, note that OCR may be required
• Preserve important formatting like tables and lists