Getting it into your agent
It runs from inside its repository, so the clone comes first — what it calls does not travel with the file alone.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Justdvp/claude-code-templatesnpx agentmods add skills/justdvp/claude-code-templates/pdf-processing-proWrote 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/justdvp/claude-code-templates/pdf-processing-pro)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/justdvp/claude-code-templates/pdf-processing-pro"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/justdvp/claude-code-templates/pdf-processing-pro/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/justdvp/claude-code-templates/pdf-processing-pro"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/justdvp/claude-code-templates/pdf-processing-pro.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 | $0.00046 | $0.01649 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00018 | $0.00660 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00009 | $0.00330 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00005 | $0.00165 |
Grade A, and why
PDF Processing Pro 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 1mo 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.
Runs shell commandslowCapability
Expected in a hook, worth knowing in a rule or an instructions file.
result = subprocess.run([ This is a copy
100% identical to pdf-processing-pro — 2 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 297 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
PDF Processing Pro
Production-ready PDF processing toolkit with pre-built scripts, comprehensive error handling, and support for complex workflows.
Quick start
Extract text from PDF
import pdfplumber
with pdfplumber.open("document.pdf") as pdf:
text = pdf.pages[0].extract_text()
print(text)
Analyze PDF form (using included script)
python scripts/analyze_form.py input.pdf --output fields.json
# Returns: JSON with all form fields, types, and positions
Fill PDF form with validation
python scripts/fill_form.py input.pdf data.json output.pdf
# Validates all fields before filling, includes error reporting
Extract tables from PDF
python scripts/extract_tables.py report.pdf --output tables.csv
# Extracts all tables with automatic column detection
Features
✅ Production-ready scripts
All scripts include:
- Error handling: Graceful failures with detailed error messages
- Validation: Input validation and type checking
- Logging: Configurable logging with timestamps
- Type hints: Full type annotations for IDE support
- CLI interface:
--helpflag for all scripts - Exit codes: Proper exit codes for automation
✅ Comprehensive workflows
- PDF Forms: Complete form processing pipeline
- Table Extraction: Advanced table detection and extraction
- OCR Processing: Scanned PDF text extraction
- Batch Operations: Process multiple PDFs efficiently
- Validation: Pre and post-processing validation
Advanced topics
PDF Form Processing
For complete form workflows including:
- Field analysis and detection
- Dynamic form filling
- Validation rules
- Multi-page forms
- Checkbox and radio button handling
See FORMS.md
Table Extraction
For complex table extraction:
- Multi-page tables
- Merged cells
- Nested tables
- Custom table detection
- Export to CSV/Excel
See TABLES.md
OCR Processing
For scanned PDFs and image-based documents:
- Tesseract integration
- Language support
- Image preprocessing
- Confidence scoring
- Batch OCR
What ships with it
4 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.
- 1mo ago First seen · 297 lines · 46 tokens per session scan A 0e07e0c87b71
PDF Processing Pro is a skill published in the GitHub repository Justdvp/claude-code-templates (7 stars, last pushed 6d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 46 tokens to every session and 1,649 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (runs shell commands). It is 100% identical to pdf-processing-pro, differing in 2 lines, and is treated as a copy.
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