pdf-extractor skillA
pdf-extractor is agent-read markdown (skill) from ahundt/autorun: This skill should be used when the user asks to "extract text from PDF", "convert PDF to text", "parse PDF", "read PDF contents", "extract data from documents", "batch PDF extraction", "PDF to markdown", "OCR PDF", "get text from PDF files", "I have a PDF", "can you read this PDF", "what's in this PDF", "summarize this PDF", "open PDF file", "extract from [filename].pdf", or needs to process PDF documents for data extraction. Handles single-file extraction, batch processing, and OCR for scanned .
Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns the same grade.
What the file says
# PDF Data Extraction <purpose> Extract text and structured data from PDF documents using a multi-backend approach with automatic fallback. ## Overview This skill provides PDF text extraction with 9 different backends, automatic GPU detection, and intelligent backend selection. The extraction system tries backends in order until one succeeds, producing markdown output optimized for further processing. </purpose> <workflow> ## Quick Start Workflow To extract text from PDFs: 1. **Single file extraction (installed CLI - recommended):** ```bash extract-pdfs /path/to/document.pdf ``` Output: Creates `document.md` in the same directory. 2. **Batch extraction (directory):** ```bash extract-pdfs /path/to/pdfs/ /path/to/output/ ``` Output: Creates `.md` files for all PDFs in output directory. 3. **Custom output file:** ```bash extract-pdfs document.pdf output.md ``` 4. **Specific backends:** ```bash extract-pdfs document.pdf --backends markitdown pdfplumber ``` 5. **List available backends:** ```bash extract-pdfs --list-backends ``` Output: Shows available backends and GPU status. ### Alternative Execution Methods …
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How to install
mdr add ahundt/autorun/pdf-extractor@v1.0.0rc2mdr add ahundt/autorun/pdf-extractor@sha256:70490060874bb756Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
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Versions
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| v1.0.0rc2 latest | 2026-09-07 | 2c215ea | 12,871 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0rc1 | 2026-08-22 | 08f9465 | 12,871 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0rc1 | 2026-08-16 | b22df34 | 12,865 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0rc1 | 2026-08-15 | 2807be5 | 12,743 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0rc1 | 2026-08-15 | 7ddcc0f | 12,615 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (12871 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
ahundt/autorun · 12 stars · license NOASSERTION · pushed 2026-09-17 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_omqr46ur4omokkk4 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ahundt/autorun/pdf-extractor GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/70490060874bb75640f75520639cc792ff6a259e04cd455727ff2f2acfeaa82e
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