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smithery.ai

pdf-reader

Reads text content from PDF files. Use when you need to extract text, analyze content, or summarize information from a PDF document. Supports limiting the number of pages read.

First seen Mar 24, 2026

Installation

$ npx skills add https://smithery.ai
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Package contents

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  • skill md SKILL.md 1,593 B
  • docs SUMMARY.md 194 B

History

  1. First seen on skills.sh
  2. First recorded snapshot · 2 installs

SKILL.md

PDF Reader Skill

Description

This skill allows you to extract and read text content from PDF files using pypdf.

Usage

To read a PDF file, execute the following command using uv:

XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/.cache UV_CACHE_DIR=/tmp/.uv-cache \
uv run --with pypdf python3 ~/deploy/configs/llm/skills/pdf-reader/scripts/read_pdf.py <path_to_pdf> [--pages <number_of_pages>]

Examples

Read an entire PDF:

XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/.cache UV_CACHE_DIR=/tmp/.uv-cache \
uv run --with pypdf python3 ~/deploy/configs/llm/skills/pdf-reader/scripts/read_pdf.py /path/to/document.pdf

Read only the first 5 pages:

XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/.cache UV_CACHE_DIR=/tmp/.uv-cache \
uv run --with pypdf python3 ~/deploy/configs/llm/skills/pdf-reader/scripts/read_pdf.py /path/to/document.pdf --pages 5

Troubleshooting

If uv fails because it cannot write to ~/.cache/uv (common in sandboxed sessions), re-run with temporary cache directories:

XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/.cache UV_CACHE_DIR=/tmp/.uv-cache \
uv run --with pypdf python3 ~/deploy/configs/llm/skills/pdf-reader/scripts/read_pdf.py <path_to_pdf> [--pages <number_of_pages>]

If uv is not available, ensure pypdf is installed via pip:

pip install pypdf
python3 ~/deploy/configs/llm/skills/pdf-reader/scripts/read_pdf.py <path_to_pdf> --pages <number_of_pages>