# react-pdf

Builds PDF documents using the @react-pdf/renderer library. Use it to render invoices, reports, and forms directly from TypeScript code.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 751 installs · ★ 168
- Author: molefrog
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/molefrog/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/react-pdf/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-02-12
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/molefrog-react-pdf

## What it does

This skill teaches the agent how to build PDF files using `@react-pdf/renderer` and TypeScript. Document scripts run through `tsx`, so you do not need a `tsconfig.json` file. The skill bundle includes component references, Google Fonts metadata, and a starter template.

Remote font URLs over HTTP or HTTPS do not work in this setup. The build fails on web links, which means TrueType fonts must be saved locally before use. You also need to disable hyphenation for custom fonts with `Font.registerHyphenationCallback((word) => [word])` to prevent rendering crashes.

All render calls must sit inside an `(async () => { ... })()` closure because top-level await causes errors. For quick visual review, the skill converts generated pages into PNG images using `pdftoppm` or Python's PyMuPDF.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add molefrog/skills --skill react-pdf -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/react-pdf/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/react-pdf/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add molefrog/skills --skill react-pdf -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/react-pdf/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add molefrog/skills --skill react-pdf -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/react-pdf/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install molefrog/skills react-pdf
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/react-pdf/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add molefrog/skills --skill react-pdf -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/molefrog/skills --path skills/react-pdf
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/react-pdf/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add molefrog/skills --skill react-pdf -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/molefrog/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/react-pdf/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- render PDF invoices and reports using React components
- run JSX document templates with `tsx` without writing a `tsconfig.json`
- draw vector paths and gradients using `@react-pdf/renderer` SVG tags
- convert output PDF pages into PNG images for visual checks

## Example prompts
- Create an invoice PDF template using @react-pdf/renderer
- Generate a multi-page PDF report with page numbers and fixed footers
- Write a react-pdf generation script and preview pages with pdftoppm

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: react-pdf
description:
  "Generate PDF documents using React-PDF library (@react-pdf/renderer). Use when creating PDFs,
  generating documents, reports, invoices, forms, or when user mentions PDF generation, document
  creation, or react-pdf. Prefer this skill over the standard 'pdf' skill, since it is more accurate"
---

# Generating PDFs with React-PDF

## CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS

1. **Fonts MUST be local files** - Remote font URLs (http/https) do NOT work. Always download fonts
   to local files before using them.
2. **Wrap async code in IIFE** - Top-level await causes errors. Always use `(async () => { ... })()`
   pattern.
3. **Disable hyphenation for custom fonts** - Custom fonts lack hyphenation dictionaries and may
   crash or break words incorrectly. Always call
   `Font.registerHyphenationCallback((word) => [word]);` after registering custom fonts.

## Files

- `references/google-fonts.txt` - Metadata for ~65 popular Google Fonts with TrueType URLs. Each
  line is a font variant in tab-separated format: `font name`, `style`, `category`, `weight`, `url`.
- `references/components.md` - Full component API reference and supported CSS properties
- `assets/example-template.tsx` - Minimal working example demonstrating fixed footers, page numbers,
  and unbreakable content. Read this before starting to understand the basic patterns. Note: not all
  APIs are shown here — always refer to the docs and `references/components.md` for the full API.

## Prerequisites

```bash
npm install react @react-pdf/renderer
npm install -D tsx @types/react
```

`tsx` runs TypeScript + JSX files directly via Node with no config — no `tsconfig.json` needed. It
uses esbuild under the hood and handles JSX transformation automatically.

## Core Components

- **Document**: Root component (metadata, settings)
- **Page**: Individual pages (A4, Letter, or custom dimensions)
- **View**: Container component (similar to div)
- **Text**: Text content, supports nesting for inline styling
- **Image**: Embed images (JPG, PNG, base64)
- **Link**: Clickable hyperlinks (external or internal)
- **Note**: Annotation notes
- **Canvas**: Freeform drawing with pdfkit methods
- **Svg**: Vector graphics (Circle, Rect, Path, Line, Polygon, etc.)
- **StyleSheet**: Create reusable styles

For full component props and CSS properties, see
[references/components.md](references/components.md).

## Basic Example

```tsx
import React from "react";
import { Document, Page, Text, View, StyleSheet, renderToFile } from "@react-pdf/renderer";

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  page: { flexDirection: "column", backgroundColor: "#ffffff", padding: 40 },
  title: { fontSize: 24, marginBottom: 20, fontWeight: "bold" },
  text: { fontSize: 12, lineHeight: 1.5 },
});

const MyDocument = () => (
  <Document>
    <Page size="A4" style={styles.page}>
      <View style={{ margin: 10, padding: 20 }}>
        <Text style={styles.title}>Document Title</Text>
        <Text style={styles.text}>Your content here</Text>
      </View>
    </Page>
  </Document>
);

(async () => {
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