{
 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-31",
 "id": "anthropics-skills--extract-pdf-form-fields-with-the-document-skills",
 "repo": "anthropics/skills",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/anthropics/skills",
 "repo_slug": "anthropics-skills",
 "title": "Extract PDF form fields in Claude Code",
 "page_title": "How to extract PDF form fields in Claude Code with Anthropic Skills",
 "summary": "Install the document-skills plugin, the same docx, pdf, pptx and xlsx Anthropic Skills behind Claude's document features, and ask Claude Code to work on your files by naming the skill.",
 "who": "Someone in operations or finance who needs Claude to read and process PDFs, Word, PowerPoint or Excel files from the terminal.",
 "problem": "Getting reliable, repeatable document handling out of a general coding agent takes a lot of prompting each time.",
 "outcome": "Claude Code with Anthropic's production document Anthropic Skills installed, so a plain request like using the PDF skill on a file works the same way every time.",
 "steps": [
  "Run `/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills` in Claude Code to register the repo as a plugin marketplace",
  "Run `/plugin install document-skills@anthropic-agent-skills` to install the xlsx, docx, pptx and pdf Anthropic Skills",
  "Mention the skill in your request, for example: Use the PDF skill to extract the form fields from `path/to/some-file.pdf` (use your own file path)",
  "Name the docx, pptx or xlsx skill the same way for Word, PowerPoint and Excel files"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "I installed the document-skills plugin from anthropics/skills. Use the PDF skill to extract the form fields from my PDF and list each field name with its current value. Do not modify the original file; write any output to a new file.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Beginner",
 "time": "10 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README says the docx, pdf, pptx and xlsx Anthropic Skills are source-available, not open source, so read each skill's LICENSE.txt before reusing the code. It also says these are demonstration Anthropic Skills and behavior may differ from Claude's built-in document features.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "Claude Code to install the plugins (Claude.ai paid plans already include the example skills)",
  "The Claude API only if you use pre-built or custom skills through the API",
  "Many skills are Apache 2.0; the docx, pdf, pptx and xlsx skills are source-available, not open source"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.9,
 "evidence": [],
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