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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 .

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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

Latest version
mdr add ahundt/autorun/pdf-extractor@v1.0.0rc2
Exact content
mdr add ahundt/autorun/pdf-extractor@sha256:70490060874bb756

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v1.0.0rc12026-08-15 7ddcc0f 12,615 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, same answer every run.
  • 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

GitHub

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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