pdf-reading SKILL.md skillA
pdf-reading from razshy/wiggle is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add razshy/wiggle/pdf-reading@git:20260904.bb60abfPins git:20260904.bb60abf in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- razshy/wiggle
- Path
mnt-skills/public/pdf-reading/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260904.bb60abf, committed Sep 4, 2026
- Size
- 11,374 bytes
- Repository stars
- 100
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Use this skill when you need to read, inspect, or extract content from PDF files — especially when file content is NOT in your context and you need to read it from disk. Covers content inventory, text extraction, page rasterization for visual inspection, embedded image/attachment/table/form-field extraction, and choosing the right reading strategy for different document types (text-heavy, scanned, slide-decks, forms, data-heavy). Do NOT use this skill for PDF creation, form filling, merging…
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 reading operations using Python libraries and command-line tools. For advanced features (pypdfium2 rendering, pdfplumber table settings, OCR fallback, encrypted/corrupted PDF handling), see REFERENCE.md.
## Reading & Inspecting PDFs
Before doing anything with a PDF, understand what you're working with.
### Content inventory
Run a quick diagnostic first. For simple tasks ("summarize this
document"), `pdfinfo` + `pdffonts` + a text sample may suffice. For
anything involving figures, attachments, or extraction issues, run the
full set:
```bash
# Always: page count, file size, PDF version, metadata
pdfinfo document.pdf
# Always: does a text layer exist? No fonts → scanned/raster → see "Scanned documents"
pdffonts document.pdf
# If fonts are present: sample the text layer
pdftotext -f 1 -l 1 document.pdf - | head -20
# If figures/charts may matter:
pdfimages -list document.pdf
# If the PDF might contain embedded files (reports, portfolios):
pdfdetach -list document.pdf
```
This tells you:
- **Page count and size** — how big is the job?
- **Font status** — are any fonts present? An empty `pdffonts` table
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add razshy/wiggle/pdf-reading@sha256:e2081f071b4f56fbThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260904.bb60abf, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Sep 4, 2026.
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 (11374 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
razshy/wiggle · 100 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-09-05 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qlaxlzlbnygssz3h GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=razshy/wiggle/pdf-reading GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e2081f071b4f56fb0fd994dad13c3b7b1dc35d7f3655707ae38ccaf230b787b6
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