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PDF Toolkit

Read, merge, split, fill and create PDFs, including OCR for scanned pages.

Official Anthropicby AnthropicChecked October 18, 2026

Anthropic's official skill for working with PDF files in almost any way. It covers everyday jobs like merging and splitting as well as harder ones like pulling tables out of reports or filling in form fields.

Who it is for

  • Office workers
  • Accountants
  • Researchers
  • Admin staff

Prompts to try

Once the skill is installed, ask for the result in plain words. Claude picks the skill up on its own.

Prompt 1
Merge these five invoices into one PDF in date order
Prompt 2
Extract the tables from annual_report.pdf into a spreadsheet
Prompt 3
Fill in this PDF application form using the details in my notes

How to install it

In Claude Code

  1. /plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills
  2. /plugin install document-skills@anthropic-agent-skills

In Claude.ai

Built into Claude.ai for all plans: turn on Code execution and file creation in Settings > Capabilities and Claude uses it automatically.

Good to know

Part of the document-skills plugin.

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How we checked it

Confirmed SKILL.md at skills/pdf/SKILL.md in anthropics/skills via the GitHub API; skill folder last changed 2026-02-06, repo has 181,779 stars and was pushed 2026-10-09; the skill folder carries Anthropic's source-available license file.

Source: github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/pdf

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