pdf-extractor

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Turn PDFs into structured data in seconds.

Authoralibaba
Version1.0.0
Installs0

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What problem does it solve?

This Skill enables automated extraction of text, tables, and metadata from PDF documents, eliminating tedious manual copying and data-entry tasks. It simplifies the process of transforming unstructured PDF content into structured data for analysis, reporting, or ingestion into data pipelines.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Text Extraction: Pull plain text from PDFs for indexing, search, or processing.
  • Table Extraction: Extract tabular data into structured arrays for analytics.
  • Metadata Extraction: Capture document properties such as title, author, creation and modification dates.
  • Use Case: Batch process hundreds of PDFs to generate a consolidated JSON payload suitable for a data warehouse or BI tool.

Quick Start

Run the extraction script on a PDF file, for example 'sample.pdf', using: python .claude/skills/pdf-extractor/scripts/extract_pdf.py sample.pdf

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

scripts

💻 Claude Code Installation

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Please help me install this Skill:
Name: pdf-extractor
Download link: https://github.com/alibaba/spring-ai-alibaba/archive/main.zip#pdf-extractor

Please download this .zip file, extract it, and install it in the .claude/skills/ directory.
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