OpenAI · Agent Skill

pdf

Use when tasks involve reading, creating, or reviewing PDF files where rendering and layout matter; prefer visual checks by rendering pages (Poppler) and use Python tools such as reportlab, pdfplumber, and pypdf for generation and extraction.

Published by OpenAI67 lines in SKILL.md

Source: openai/skills/skills/.curated/pdf
Repository owner: openai

Install

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Claude Code (user-level)

git clone --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --sparse https://github.com/openai/skills.git /tmp/skills
cd /tmp/skills && git sparse-checkout set "skills/.curated/pdf"
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "skills/.curated/pdf" ~/.claude/skills/pdf

Skills folder docs:

Claude Code Codex Gemini CLI OpenCode Cursor GitHub Copilot goose OpenHands Amp Factory Droid Junie Kiro Roo Code Mistral Vibe pi Hermes Agent OpenClaw Letta

Works with

Agent Skills is an open format, so this skill loads in any harness that supports it, including Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, goose, OpenHands. Some skills are written for one product and say so in their description.

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Reviewed Oct 5, 2026. Name and description are the skill's own frontmatter.