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pdf from chancegraff/rules-for-claude is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

mdr add chancegraff/rules-for-claude/pdf@git:20260921.64add91

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Audit grade

A, 17 of 17 checks passed

Kind

SKILL.md skill

Repository

chancegraff/rules-for-claude

Path

skills/synced/b274f0e7-ba7f-4b80-9128-3c20a62a5a94_fb1313aa-c023-436b-bd7f-af7178660a2a/pdf/SKILL.md

Versions recorded

1

Latest version

git:20260921.64add91, committed Sep 21, 2026

Size

8,072 bytes

Repository stars

4

License

none declared

Use this skill whenever the user wants to do anything with PDF files. This includes reading or extracting text/tables from PDFs, combining or merging multiple PDFs into one, splitting PDFs apart, rotating pages, adding watermarks, creating new PDFs, filling PDF forms, encrypting/decrypting PDFs, extracting images, and OCR on scanned PDFs to make them searchable. If the user mentions a .pdf file or asks to produce one, use this skill.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# PDF Processing Guide

## Overview

This guide covers essential PDF processing operations using Python libraries and command-line tools. For advanced features, JavaScript libraries, and detailed examples, see REFERENCE.md. If you need to fill out a PDF form, read FORMS.md and follow its instructions.

## Quick Start

```python
from pypdf import PdfReader, PdfWriter

# Read a PDF
reader = PdfReader("document.pdf")
print(f"Pages: {len(reader.pages)}")

# Extract text
text = ""
for page in reader.pages:
    text += page.extract_text()
```

## Python Libraries

### pypdf - Basic Operations

#### Merge PDFs
```python
from pypdf import PdfWriter, PdfReader

writer = PdfWriter()
for pdf_file in ["doc1.pdf", "doc2.pdf", "doc3.pdf"]:
    reader = PdfReader(pdf_file)
    for page in reader.pages:
        writer.add_page(page)

with open("merged.pdf", "wb") as output:
    writer.write(output)
```

#### Split PDF
```python
reader = PdfReader("input.pdf")
for i, page in enumerate(reader.pages):
    writer = PdfWriter()
    writer.add_page(page)
    with open(f"page_{i+1}.pdf", "wb") as output:
        writer.write(output)
```

#### Extract Metadata
```python
reader = PdfReader("document.pdf")
…

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How to install

mdr add chancegraff/rules-for-claude/pdf@sha256:9f78b8359fbd4943

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_btt6b3qkzbubmirh.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_btt6b3qkzbubmirh)

Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Sep 21, 2026.

Audit of the latest version

Source

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_btt6b3qkzbubmirh
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=chancegraff/rules-for-claude/pdf
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/9f78b8359fbd4943ad260a7a1e436e5a96503406d6c34e99f69223d647d85b9c

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