**WORKFLOW SKILL** - Process PDF files including text extraction, rotation, and merging. USE FOR: "extract PDF text", "rotate PDF", "merge PDFs", "split PDF pages", "convert PDF to text". DO NOT USE FOR: creating PDFs from scratch (use document-creator), editing PDF forms (use form-filler). INVOKES: pdf-tools MCP for extraction, file-system for I/O. FOR SINGLE OPERATIONS: Use pdf-tools MCP directly for simple extractions.
apm install @microsoft/pdf-processor
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name: pdf-processor
description: |
**WORKFLOW SKILL** - Process PDF files including text extraction, rotation, and merging.
USE FOR: "extract PDF text", "rotate PDF", "merge PDFs", "split PDF pages", "convert PDF to text".
DO NOT USE FOR: creating PDFs from scratch (use document-creator), editing PDF forms (use form-filler).
INVOKES: pdf-tools MCP for extraction, file-system for I/O.
FOR SINGLE OPERATIONS: Use pdf-tools MCP directly for simple extractions.
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# PDF Processor
**WORKFLOW SKILL** - Handles complex PDF manipulation workflows.
## Instructions
1. Parse the user's request to determine the PDF operation
2. Use appropriate tools for the operation
3. Return results with status
## MCP Tools Used
| Step | Tool | Command | Purpose |
| ---- | ----------- | ------- | --------------------- |
| 1 | pdf-tools | extract | Extract text from PDF |
| 2 | file-system | write | Save output file |
## Prerequisites
- **Required MCP tools:** `pdf-tools`, `file-system`
**CLI Fallback (if MCP unavailable):**
Use `pdftotext` command-line utility.