Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add eins78/agent-skills --skill pdf-zinegit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/eins78/agent-skillsWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/eins78/agent-skills/pdf-zine)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/eins78/agent-skills/pdf-zine"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/eins78/agent-skills/pdf-zine/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/eins78/agent-skills/pdf-zine"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/eins78/agent-skills/pdf-zine.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00110 | $0.01070 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00055 | $0.00535 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00022 | $0.00214 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00011 | $0.00107 |
Grade A, and why
pdf-zine scanned grade A with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 12d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Makes network callslowCapability
Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.
curl -fsSL https://github.com/eins78/pdf2zine/raw/refs/heads/main/pdf2zine > ~/bin/pdf2zine How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 101 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
pdf-zine
Turn a PDF into a fold-and-print booklet ("zine"): A4 sheets, double-sided (short-edge flip), fold in half for an A5 booklet. Wraps the pdf2zine CLI, which itself wraps bookletimposer and qpdf in Docker so there's nothing to compile. Prefer this over hand-rolled Ghostscript or pdfjam imposition scripts — one command does it.
Prerequisites
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Docker running (e.g. Docker Desktop)
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The
pdf2zinescript on$PATH:curl -fsSL https://github.com/eins78/pdf2zine/raw/refs/heads/main/pdf2zine > ~/bin/pdf2zine chmod +x ~/bin/pdf2zine
No Docker? See ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/bookletimposer-native.md for a native bookletimposer install.
Quick Reference
| Flag | Purpose |
|---|---|
| (none) | Move page 1 to the end (cover-flip), force A4 output |
--keep-cover |
Skip the cover-flip — impose pages in original order |
--keep-format |
Let bookletimposer pick output size (skip the forced A4) |
-- |
Pass remaining args through to bookletimposer |
Input: one PDF. Output: <input>_booklet.pdf next to the input.
Common Recipes
Default booklet (cover-flip, force A4)
pdf2zine doc.pdf
# → doc_booklet.pdf
Use this when the InDesign export put the cover's back on page 1 (common pattern). The script moves page 1 to the end, then 2-up imposes onto A4.
Cover already in the right place
pdf2zine --keep-cover doc.pdf
Use when page 1 is the front cover and should stay first.
Don't force A4 (e.g. A4 input → A3 output)
pdf2zine --keep-format doc.pdf
bookletimposer will pick a paper size that fits 2-up without scaling.
Pass-through to bookletimposer
pdf2zine doc.pdf -- --output custom.pdf
pdf2zine -- -h # show bookletimposer help
How it works
qpdf --pages doc.pdf 2-z,1 -- moved.pdfmoves page 1 to the end (skipped with--keep-cover).bookletimposer --no-gui --booklet [--format=A4] moved.pdf out.pdfdoes the 2-up imposition.- Output is written next to the input as
<name>_booklet.pdf.
What ships with it
2 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 12d ago First seen · 101 lines · 110 tokens per session scan A 62e878cef4fd
pdf-zine is a skill published in the GitHub repository eins78/agent-skills (2 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 110 tokens to every session and 1,070 once invoked, about $0.0006 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.
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add-pdf-report
Internal implementation skill invoked by /add-native for app-generated PDF report workflows using expo-print and, when present, expo-sharing.
add-pdf-viewer
Internal implementation skill invoked by /add-native for native PDF control workflows. Handles HTTPS and file URI PDF viewing with @microsoft/power-apps-native-pdf-viewer 0.2.9+.
compile-latex
Compile a Beamer LaTeX slide deck with XeLaTeX (3 passes + bibtex). Use when user says "compile", "build the slides", "rebuild the PDF", "run latex", "render the tex", or asks why a .tex file isn't producing a PDF. Operates on Slides/.tex.
epd-parser
Extract GWP, life-cycle stages, certifications, and impact metrics from an EPD PDF. Use when given a declaration to parse; not to find or compare EPDs.
product-spec-pdf-parser
Extract structured FF&E specs from PDF price books, fact sheets, or spec sheets into a schedule. Use for product PDFs; not web URLs or EPDs.
pdf-processing
Inspect, extract, OCR, create, merge, split, reorder, rotate, annotate, fill, redact, compress, secure, and verify PDF documents while preserving source files and visual fidelity. Use when working with one or more .pdf files; converting documents to or from PDF; extracting text, tables, images, metadata, forms, or…