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pdf · nexu-io — Claude Code skill: what it does, how to install

Extracts text, creates PDF documents, and fills out forms. Helps produce press releases, branded one-pagers, and printable design deliverables.

Install into Claude Code · Skills CLI (Vercel) All methods and platforms ↓ 
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill pdf -a claude-code
Open on GitHub

What pdf does

The skill equips your agent to read text from PDF files, build new pages, and handle interactive forms. It focuses on routine document layout tasks. These include branded one-pagers, press releases, and printable assets.

This package comes from Anthropic's official skills repository and is published in OpenDesign in prototype mode. The entry advertises PDF capabilities to the planner. To get the original scripts and reference files, you need to pull the upstream bundle directly from the Anthropic repository.

What it helps with

  • extract plain text from existing PDF files
  • create a branded one-pager ready for print
  • build a clean press release document
  • fill out interactive PDF form fields

Example prompts for the agent

  • Create a branded one pager and export it to PDF
  • Extract all text content from contract.pdf
  • Fill out the fields in registration-form.pdf

How to install pdf

1Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill pdf -a claude-code

2Manually: put the files in place

~/.claude/skills/pdf/SKILL.md

Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/pdf/

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Questions about pdf

How to install pdf in Claude Code?

Run npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill pdf -a claude-code.

What does the pdf skill do?

It enables your coding agent to read text from PDFs, generate printable documents, and handle form fields.

Where does this skill come from?

It is curated from the Anthropic official skills repository. The OpenDesign version acts as a prototype entry, while original scripts live in the upstream project.

Source text

SKILL.md · Apache-2.0 
---
name: pdf
description: |
  Extract text, create PDFs, and handle forms. Useful for press releases, branded one-pagers, and printable design deliverables.
triggers:
  - "pdf"
  - "create pdf"
  - "pdf form"
  - "branded pdf"
  - "one pager"
od:
  mode: prototype
  category: documents
  upstream: "https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/pdf"
---

# pdf

> Curated from Anthropic's official skills repository.

## What it does

Extract text, create PDFs, and handle forms. Useful for press releases, branded one-pagers, and printable design deliverables.

## Source

- Upstream: https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/pdf
- Category: `documents`

## How to use

This catalogue entry advertises the skill in OpenDesign so the agent
discovers it during planning. To run the full upstream workflow with
its original assets, scripts, and references, install the upstream
bundle into your active agent's skills directory:

```bash
# Inspect the upstream README for exact paths
open https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/pdf
```

Then ask the agent to invoke this skill by name (`pdf`) or with
one of the trigger phrases listed in this skill's frontmatter.

© nexu-io · Apache-2.0 · nexu-io/open-design

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