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Anthropic official skill collection for creating, editing, and analyzing PDF documents
Basic Information
| Program name | PDF Skills (PDF skills) |
|---|---|
| One-line introduction | Anthropic official skill collection for creating, editing, and analyzing PDF documents |
| Developed and maintained by | Anthropic |
| Official homepage | https://github.com/anthropics/skills |
| Official documentation | https://github.com/anthropics/skills |
| Installation and distribution | git clone https://github.com/anthropics/skills |
| Runtime environment | Claude Code · Claude Desktop · Compatible agents |
| License | Anthropic skills license |
| Stable version | GitHub main (2026-10-09 push) · 181,746★ — checked on 2026-10-18 |
| GitHub repository | https://github.com/anthropics/skills |
| Category | Skill Build (tags: Skill, Anthropic, Agent, Claude, Skill Build) |
What is this program?
PDF Skills (PDF skills) is a skill included in Anthropic’s official Agent Skills repository. It lets agents automatically perform tasks from Anthropic’s official skill collection for creating, editing, and analyzing PDF documents.
It consists of instructions in SKILL.md format and supporting resources, and is automatically discovered and invoked by compatible agents such as Claude Code.
What problems does it solve?
- (When using skills: when you need tasks from the Anthropic official skill collection for creating, editing, and analyzing PDF documents, the official skill guides you automatically)
- (For workflow standardization: when your team’s way of working needs to be applied consistently to agents, standardize it with SKILL.md)
Key features
Official skill
Provides Anthropic official skill collection functionality for creating, editing, and analyzing PDF documents
- Use cases: Proven guidance
- What you get: Maintained by Anthropic
- Limitations: Optimized for Claude
Automatic invocation
Automatically loads when a task matches a skill
- Use cases: No manual invocation required
- What you get: Accuracy depends on description quality
- Limitations: Watch for skill conflicts
Installation and execution
git clone
Clones the official skills repository.
git clone https://github.com/anthropics/skills
Usage example
Skill installation
Copy the relevant skill folder to the agent skills directory.
cp -r skills/pdf-skills ~/.claude/skills/
Advantages and limitations
Advantages
- Anthropic official skill
- Verified by 181k+ stars
- SKILL.md standard
Things to consider before use
- Optimized for the Claude family
- Need to check compatibility with other agents
Comparison with similar programs
| Program | Characteristics | Suitable when |
|---|---|---|
| Write your own | Create a custom skill yourself | Special workflows |
| MCP server | Connect external tools | Integration with real systems |
Official resources and further learning
- Official homepage — https://github.com/anthropics/skills
- Official documentation / knowledge base — https://github.com/anthropics/skills
- Installation and distribution — git clone https://github.com/anthropics/skills
- Release notes — https://github.com/anthropics/skills/commits/main
- Source / development materials — https://github.com/anthropics/skills
Version and supported environment information was confirmed on the official site as of 2026-10-18. Installation commands may vary depending on your distribution and version, so also check the official installation documentation.
Actual execution screen
Synthetic example — not an actual execution result. The screen is a synthetic example and not an actual execution result.
Server running in production
Source (HTML): https://games.aidebatehub.com/programs/mcp/skill/pdf-skills.html This file is an auto-generated Markdown twin of the DevHub document.
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