pdf-read-python

What problem does it solve?

This Skill demonstrates the correct method to read PDF files by using Python's pdfplumber instead of the Read tool, which frequently raises errors when handling PDFs directly.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Reliable PDF text extraction: Use pdfplumber to extract text per page and access table data for structured processing.
• Controlled environment: Works within a shared Python virtual environment to avoid dependency conflicts.
• Local automation ready: Script-based workflows for batch-processing documents, metadata extraction, and content archival.

Quick Start

• Activate the common virtual environment: source /Users/ksato/workspace/.venv/bin/activate
• Run a Python snippet to read a PDF: import pdfplumber pdf_path = '/path/to/file.pdf' with pdfplumber.open(pdf_path) as pdf: for i, page in enumerate(pdf.pages, start=1): print(f"Page {i}:") print(page.extract_text())